Tashiku'ergan Hongqilafu Airport

塔什库尔干红其拉甫机场

Tǎshíkù'ěrgān Hóngqílāfǔ Jīchǎng
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
ServesTashkurgan, Kashgar, China
LocationTaxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang
Opened23 December 2022 (2022-12-23)
Elevation AMSL3,200 m / 10,499 ft
Coordinates37°39′46″N 75°17′32″E / 37.66271°N 75.29227°E / 37.66271; 75.29227
Map
HQL is located in Xinjiang
HQL
HQL
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
3,800 12,467

Tashiku'ergan Hongqilafu Airport (Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport)[lower-alpha 1] is an airport in Xinjiang, China. It opened on 23 December 2022.[1] At an elevation of 3,200 m, it is Xinjiang's first high plateau airport.[2][3]

Construction started on 26 April 2020 with an expected investment of CN¥1.63 billion or US$251 million.[2] The airport was designed to handle 400 tons and 160,000 passengers annually.[4][5] Test flights were started at the airport in May 2022.[6]

The airport is seen to be part of a larger effort to develop the region commercially and to support the land route, a part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, and the larger Belt and Road Initiative.[7][8][5] It is also seen as a larger part of China's border infrastructure improvement and its 14th Five Year Plan.[9][10]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chinese: 塔什库尔干红其拉甫机场

References

  1. ↑ "Xinjiang opens first high plateau airport-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Jing, Zhao, ed. (27 April 2020). "Xinjiang's first high plateau airport-Tashkurgan Airport starts construction". Seetao. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ↑ 张涵 (4 June 2020). "In pics: construction site of Taxkorgan Airport in Xinjiang". www.xinhuanet.com. Xinhua. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Tashkurgan Airport, New Airport Profile". centreforaviation.com. Informa. CAPA Centre For Aviation. Retrieved 23 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. 1 2 Chonkar, Kunal (12 May 2020). "China, Pakistan discuss mutually strategic Tashkurgan airport". News21.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Bikhchandani, Raghav (20 May 2022). "China commences test flights at 1st 'super-high plateau airport' in Xinjiang region". ThePrint. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Phillips, Tom (12 May 2017). "World's biggest building project aims to make China great again". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Krishnan, Ananth (20 April 2015). "China's airport plan on Pamir plateau near PoK worries India". India Today. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Balakrishnan, Paran (19 June 2021). "Massive Chinese ramp-up of aviation facilities in border regions. Should India be worried?". Telegraph India. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "China to make occupied Tibet a military hub to dominate the Himalayas". Tibetan Review. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "China Will Open Its Westernmost Airport on Friday". 21 December 2022.
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