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History

Urumqi Airport was opened to foreign passengers in 1973, and has been the emergency landing ground for airlines to Europe and west Asia.

Facilities

The airport covers an area of 4.84 million sq metre. Its newly built runway is 3600m in length. the airport can allow large aircraft such as Boeing 757 to use. The 110,000 sq. metre apron can accommodate over 30 planes. American Airlines Boeing 757 Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-232 at LAX in August 2003. ...

Usage

In 2002, 1.6734 million passengers and 35,000 tons of goods passed through the airport.

Airlines

The airport is a hub of China Southern Airlines after the airline has acquired China Xinjiang Airlines. China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... China Xinjiang Airlines is an airline based in the Peoples Republic of China. ...

• Air China (Beijing, Chengdu)
• Ariana Afghan Airlines (Kabul)
• Azerbaijan Airlines (Baku)
• China Eastern Airlines (Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao)
• China Southern Airlines (Alma Ata, Beijing, Bishkek, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Islamabad, Kunming, Lanzhou, Moscow, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou)
• Dalavia Far East Airways
• Dragonair (Hong Kong)
• Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Sanya, Xi'an)
• Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon - seasonal flights)
• Kyrgyz International Airlines (Bishkek)
• Kyrgyzstan Airlines (Bishkek)
• Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad)
• Shandong Airlines
• Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Hongqiao)
• Shenzhen Airlines
• Siberia Airlines (Novosibirsk)