# Tashikuergan Hongqilafu Airport (HQL / ZWTK)

**Tashikuergan Hongqilafu Airport** (IATA: HQL, ICAO: ZWTK) is a medium airport in Tashikuergan, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 23 Dec 2022. It has one runway, 3,800 m (12,467 ft) long. In 2025 it handled 16 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0237

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HQL / ZWTK
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Tashikuergan, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 23 Dec 2022
- Elevation: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Coordinates: 37.6613, 75.2889
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,800 m / 12,467 ft
- Passengers: 16,209 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkurgan_Khunjerab_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107621242
- Ident: CN-0237

## Timeline

- 23 Dec 2022: Tashikuergan Hongqilafu Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 3,800 m / 12,467 ft | 45 m / 148 ft |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2022 | 97 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 15,787 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 27,897 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 16,209 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 16K (2025) | =2,519 of 3,974 | #769 in Asia | #258 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,800 m / 12,467 ft | =204 of 29,858 | =50 in Asia | =17 in CN |
| Elevation | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | #82 of 43,403 | #29 in Asia | #19 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2022 | =14,253 of 15,079 | =814 in Asia | =241 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

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- [TJ-UT44](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tj-ut44.md) Murghab Airport · 126 km / 78 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #24

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0237/data