# Aral Tarim Airport (ACF / ZWAL)

**Aral Tarim Airport** (IATA: ACF, ICAO: ZWAL) is a small airport in Aral, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 16 Jun 2022. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 43 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwal

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ACF / ZWAL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Aral, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 16 Jun 2022
- Coordinates: 40.4347, 81.2621
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Passengers: 43,357 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Talim_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113038977
- Ident: ZWAL

## Timeline

- 16 Jun 2022: Aral Tarim Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Routes

11 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (11)

- [YIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwyn.md) Ili Yining International Airport · China · 392 km / 244 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [KHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsh.md) Kashgar Laining International Airport · China · 457 km / 284 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [SHF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwhz.md) Shihezi Huayuan Airport · China · 569 km / 354 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 642 km / 399 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [TLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtl.md) Turpan Jiaohe Airport · China · 711 km / 442 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [AAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwat.md) Altay Xuedu Airport · China · 978 km / 608 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 1,989 km / 1,236 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 2,374 km / 1,475 mi · Chengdu Airlines, Loong Air
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 2,932 km / 1,822 mi · Loong Air
- [CSX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgha.md) Changsha Huanghua International Airport · China · 3,212 km / 1,996 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 3,695 km / 2,296 mi · Loong Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ACF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 7
- GJ [Loong Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loong-air) · 3
- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 43K (2022) | #2,137 of 3,974 | #664 in Asia | #228 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =458 in Asia | =99 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

- [CN-0166](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0166.md) Alar Lanpowan Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [CN-0226](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0226.md) Aksu Zhicheng Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [AKU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwak.md) Aksu Hongqipo Airport · 123 km / 76 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Aral Talim Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aral_Talim_Airport&oldid=1363013898), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/zwal/data