Shache Ye'erqiang Airport is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
that serves
Yarkant County (Shache) in
Kashgar Prefecture
Kashgar Prefecture, also known as Kashi Prefecture, is located in southwestern Xinjiang, China, located in the Tarim Basin region (roughly the southern half of Xinjiang). It has an area of and 4,499,158 inhabitants at the 2015 census with a pop ...
of
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. It is located near Zerepshat/Zirefuxiati Village (, ). The airport received approval from the
State Council of China
The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the p ...
and the
Central Military Commission in January 2014. The estimated cost of construction was 541 million yuan.
Shache Airport opened on 1 August 2017 as the 19th airport in Xinjiang.
Facilities
''Carnoc'' reported in 2014 that the airport would have a 3,000-meter runway (class 4C), a 3,000 square-meter terminal building, and four aircraft parking places. It is projected to handle 200,000 passengers and 830 tons of cargo annually by 2020.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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List of airports in China
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List of the busiest airports in China
References
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Airports in Xinjiang
Airports established in 2017
Kashgar Prefecture
2017 establishments in China