Turpan Jiaohe Airport

Summary

Turpan Jiaohe Airport[a] (IATA: TLQ, ICAO: ZWTP) is an airport serving the city of Turpan in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is located 10 kilometers northwest of the city, and named after the Jiaohe Ruins. First built in the 1950s but out of use by the 1970s, the airport was relocated and rebuilt at the current site starting May 2009, with an investment of 430 million yuan. Turpan Airport was reopened on 9 July 2010.[1] The runway is 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) long.[citation needed]

Turpan Jiaohe Airport

吐鲁番交河机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesTurpan, Xinjiang, China
Opened9 July 2010; 13 years ago (2010-07-09)
Coordinates43°1′50″N 89°6′2″E / 43.03056°N 89.10056°E / 43.03056; 89.10056
Map
TLQ is located in Xinjiang
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TLQ
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,500 8,202 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers39,635
Aircraft movements1,219
Cargo (metric tons)59.1

Airlines and destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Guangzhou,[2] Xi'an[3]
Air Travel Changsha[2]
Chengdu Airlines Aksu,[4] Altay,[4] Aral,[4] Bole,[4] Chengdu–Tianfu,[4] Dunhuang,[4] Hotan,[4] Karamay,[4] Korla,[4] Kuqa,[4] Nalati,[4] Ruoqiang,[4] Shihezi,[4] Tumxuk,[4] Yining,[4] Zhaosu[4]
China Express Airlines Aksu,[2] Korla
Tianjin Airlines Aral,[2] Xi'an[2]

Ground transportation edit

The Turpan North Railway Station of the Lanzhou–Ürümqi High-Speed Railway, opened in November 2014, is located within 500 m from the airport.[5]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Chinese: 吐鲁番交河机场

References edit

  1. ^ 新疆吐鲁番交河机场7月9日首航 Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d e "10月29日起,吐鲁番机场计划新开和恢复8条航线". Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ "九元航空冬春航线换季开始,快来看看有没有您心仪的航线!". Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "冬春航季今启航 | 成都航空32条新航线陆续首航,150元新疆区域"无限飞"!". Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ^ 新疆高铁的7个“最” (2014-11-16)