Qiemo Yudu Airport is an

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Qiemo Town The oasis town of Qiemo or Cherchen ( ug, چەرچەن, Чәрчән}, ; Uighur: Qarqan, also spelled Charchan) is the capital of Qiemo County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It is on the Qiemo River and at the foot o ...

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Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Located roughly northwest of the town, the airport has a terminal and a runway that measures . It replaced another airport serving the town, which has a shorter runway, on 19 December 2016.

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offers flights to

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History

In January 2011, civil aviation officials in Xinjiang announced plans to build a new airport for

, part of a wider scheme to invest in airport construction in the region between 2011 and 2015.

Qiemo County Qiemo County () as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Qarqan County ( Uyghur: ; ), is a county under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the ...

officials stated in March 2013 that construction would begin in June. Qiemo Yudu Airport was built in two years at a cost of ¥588million. Located about northwest of Qiemo Town, the airport replaces another airport serving the town, which has a shorter runway.

operated a test flight to the airport on 26 August 2016. It opened on 19 December 2016; China Southern commenced flights to

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five times a week. The flights mark the resumption of commercial air service to Qiemo Town, which ended at the old airport in 2011. ''

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'' reported in December 2016 that China Southern will receive annual government subsidies of about ¥7million for operating the flights.

Infrastructure

Qiemo Yudu Airport has a terminal that can handle 120,000 passengers per year. The airport can also process of cargo annually. The runway has dimensions .

Airlines and destinations

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Images of the inaugural passenger flight
19 December 2016

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