Burqin Kanas Airport () is an airport that serves

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and the nearby tourist destination

Kanas Lake Kanas Lake (, Xiao'erjing: كَانَاسِ خٗ; Mongolian: Ханас нуур; , USY: Қанас Көли) is a lake in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. The lake is located in a valley in the Altai Mountains, near the very northern tip of X ...

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, China. It is located 50 kilometers south of the lake in Burqin County. The airport was constructed in 2006 and opened on 15 August 2007. Until 2019, the airport was only open for flights in the summer. In September 2020,

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started flying to Kanas Airport using a

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with a Kanas lake themed livery and interior.

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