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Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport

Coordinates: 43°54′26″N 87°28′27″E / 43.90722°N 87.47417°E / 43.90722; 87.47417
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Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport

乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场
ئۈرۈمچى دىۋوپۇ خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى
View of Terminal 2 in 2023
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorXinjiang Airport Group Co. Ltd.
ServesÜrümqi
LocationDiwopu, Xinshi, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
Opened1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Hub for
Focus city forHainan Airlines
Elevation AMSL648 m / 2,126 ft
Coordinates43°54′26″N 87°28′27″E / 43.90722°N 87.47417°E / 43.90722; 87.47417
Websitewww.xjairport.com
Map
URC/ZWWW is located in Xinjiang
URC/ZWWW
URC/ZWWW
Location in Xinjiang
URC/ZWWW is located in China
URC/ZWWW
URC/ZWWW
Location in China
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers16,880,507
Aircraft movements138,724
Cargo (metric tons)137,444.8
Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese乌鲁木齐地窝堡国际机场
Traditional Chinese烏魯木齊地窩堡國際機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWūlǔmùqí Dìwōpù Guójì Jīchǎng
other Mandarin
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Uyghur name
Uyghurئۈرۈمچى دىۋوپۇ خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى‎
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiÜrümchi Diwopu Xelqara Ayroporti
Yengi YeziⱪÜrümqi Diwopu Həlⱪ’ara Ayroporti
Siril YëziqiҮрүмчи Дизопу Хәлқара Айропорти

Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (IATA: URC, ICAO: ZWWW) is an international airport serving Ürümqi, the capital of Northwest China‘s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is located in the Diwopu township of Xinshi district, 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of downtown Ürümqi. As a hub for China Southern Airlines and as a focus city for Hainan Airlines, the airport handled 23,027,788 passengers in 2018, making it the 19th busiest airport in China by passenger traffic.[3]

History

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Urumqi Airport was opened to foreign passengers in 1973,[4] and has been used for emergency landings for flights between Europe and west Asia.

Facilities

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The airport covers an area of 484 hectares (1,200 acres). Its newly built runway is 3,600 m (11,800 ft) in length. The airport can allow the landing of large aircraft such as the Boeing 747. The 110,000 m2 (1,200,000 sq ft) apron can accommodate over 30 aircraft.[citation needed]

Runways

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  • The first runway (07/25) was built in 1994 to accept the expansion, the flight zone level 4E, runway length 3,600 meters (11,811 ft), 45 meters (148 ft) wide, PCN value of 74, elevation 648 meters, with Class II precision approach.
  • The second runway (???): under construction, located to the north of the current runway, flight zone level 4F, runway length 3,600 meters (11,811 ft), 60 meters (197 ft) wide.
  • The third runway (???): under construction, located to the north of the current runway, flight zone level 4F, runway 3,200 meters (10,499 ft) long, 60 meters (197 ft) wide.

Terminals

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Terminal 1

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The original terminal opened in 1974. It was closed between April 23, 2011, and August 30, 2013, for renovation.[5] On April 1, 2014, operations were resumed.[6] After the transformation of the T1 terminal has six security channels, 19 check-in counters, with the peak hourly 700 times the business capacity.[clarification needed][7] This terminal is mainly for regional aviation around Xinjiang province and low-cost aviation use, including Tianjin Airlines, Capital Aviation, Spring Airlines, Yunnan Xiangpeng Airlines, China United Airlines, Okay Airways and Western Airlines.[8]

Terminal 2

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Construction on this terminal started in April 1994, was completed in December 2001 through the national acceptance, and on May 12, 2002, the terminal opened. On July 10, 2010, it closed for a renovation project, and resumed operations on April 16, 2011.[9] It serves most domestic routes outside of Xinjiang province, except for China Southern, Xiamen and Chongqing Airlines flights.

Terminal 2 gallery
  • Waiting hall
    Waiting hall
  • Arrival tunnel
    Arrival tunnel
  • Waiting hall towards Terminal 3
    Waiting hall towards Terminal 3
  • Terminal 2 exterior
    Terminal 2 exterior

Terminal 3

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Construction of Terminal 3 to the west of the older terminal building began in April 2007 at a cost of 2.8 billion yuan (350 million U.S. dollars). It increased Diwopu's ability to handle more than three times its 2007 capacity of 5.13 million passengers annually to 16.35 million passengers annually. It can also handle 275,000 tons of cargo and 155,000 aircraft a year. Terminal 3 added 22 more jet bridges and nearly 106,000 square meters of new terminal space.[10] The terminal opened in 2009.

Terminal 3 gallery
  • Terminal 3 exterior
    Terminal 3 exterior
  • Check-in zone B
    Check-in zone B
  • Check-in zone C
    Check-in zone C
  • Boarding gate
    Boarding gate
  • Terminal 3 entrance
    Terminal 3 entrance

Terminal 4

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Terminal 4 in September 2023

An expansion project, which began in 2017, is underway and will see a new terminal building covering almost 400,000 sq meters consisting of 177 gates, as well as two additional runways north of the existing.[11][12] Originally set to open in 2024, the date was pushed backed to July 2025 due to many aspects of the terminal being unfinished. After the opening of T4, the previous three terminals will be converted to cargo relay stations as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guangzhou, Jiayuguan,[13] Zhongwei
Air Astana Almaty, Astana[14]
Air China Aksu, Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hotan, Kashgar, Moscow–Sheremetyevo,[15] Shanghai–Pudong, Tbilisi (begins 13 December 2024),[16] Tianjin, Wuhan, Xining, Yining, Yuncheng
Seasonal: Jeddah, Medina
Ariana Afghan Airlines Seasonal: Kabul
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Hangzhou, Nanjing,[17] Shijiazhuang,[17] Xiamen, Zhengzhou
Belavia Minsk (begins 16 December 2024)[18]
Chengdu Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu,[19] Kashgar[20]
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Kashgar, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shiyan, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an
China Express Airlines Chongqing
China Southern Airlines Aksu, Almaty, Altay, Ashgabat, Astana,[21] Baku,[21] Beijing–Daxing, Bishkek, Bole, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,[22] Chongqing, Dalian, Dushanbe, Fuyun, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Hohhot, Hong Kong,[23] Hotan, Islamabad, Istanbul,[24] Jinan, Kanas, Karamay, Kashgar, Korla, Kunming, Kuqa, Lanzhou, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nanjing, Nanning, Nanyang, Qingdao, Sanya, Shache, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tacheng, Tashkent, Tashkurgan, Tbilisi, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tianjin, Tumxuk, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yerevan,[25] Yining, Yiwu, Yutian, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing[26]
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing
FlyArystan Astana[27]
GX Airlines Fuyang,[28] Haikou,[28] Yichang
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Hotan,[29] Jinan, Kashgar, Kuqa, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo,[30] Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yichang, Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong[23]
Jiangxi Air Nanchang, Xi'an
Juneyao Air Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong
Korean Air Seasonal: Seoul–Incheon
Loong Air Hangzhou, Xuzhou,[31] Yinchuan
Lucky Air Chengdu–Tianfu, Kashgar, Kunming, Ngari, Zhengzhou[32]
Okay Airways Changsha, Tianjin,[33] Xi'an, Yinchuan[33]
Qingdao Airlines Lanzhou, Qingdao
Shandong Airlines Aksu, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Hotan, Jinan, Kashgar, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Quanzhou,[34] Shijiazhuang,[17] Taiyuan, Xiamen, Yinchuan
Shanghai Airlines Hotan, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Korla, Lanzhou, Shenzhen
Sichuan Airlines Beihai, Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Guangyuan, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Jinan,[35] Kashgar, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Luzhou, Mianyang, Nanning, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong,[36] Sydney, Xi'an, Xining, Yibin, Zhengzhou
Somon Air Dushanbe, Khujand[37]
Spring Airlines Lanzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shijiazhuang, Xi'an, Yangzhou
Suparna Airlines Linfen,[38] Shenzhen[38]
Tianjin Airlines Aksu, Altay, Aral,[39] Bole, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,[39] Chongqing, Fuyun,[39] Guiyang,[39] Hami, Hangzhou, Hotan, Kashgar, Korla, Kuqa, Nalati, Nantong,[40] Qingdao,[41] Ruoqiang,[39] Sanya, Tacheng, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an, Yancheng,[39] Yining, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai[40]
Urumqi Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu,[42] Fuzhou, Guangzhou,[43] Haikou, Hangzhou,[43] Hanzhong,[43] Hong Kong,[43] Hotan, Kashgar, Lanzhou, Longnan, Luoyang,[44] Mianyang, Nanchong, Nanjing, Qingyang,[45] Quanzhou, Shanghai–Pudong,[43] Wenzhou, Wuhan, Yulin (Shaanxi),[46] Yutian, Zhanjiang,[42] Zhengzhou
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent
West Air Chongqing, Zhengzhou
XiamenAir Beijing–Daxing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Huai'an, Jinan, Quanzhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines Belgium Liège
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Addis Ababa[47]
My Freighter Tashkent
SF Airlines Tbilisi[48]
Silk Way Airlines Baku
Turkmenistan Airlines Cargo Ashgabat
Uzbekistan Airways Cargo Ostrava
YTO Cargo Airlines Hangzhou, Islamabad,[49] Moscow–Sheremetyevo

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at URC airport. See Wikidata query.

Other facilities

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When the airline existed, China Xinjiang Airlines had its headquarters on the airport property.[50]

Ground Transport

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Line 1 of Ürümqi Metro opened on 25 October 2018 and links the airport to downtown Ürümqi.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Airport information for URC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
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