# Altay Xuedu Airport (AAT / ZWAT) **Altay Xuedu Airport** (IATA: AAT, ICAO: ZWAT) is a medium airport in Altay, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aviation Administration of China. In 2022 it handled 238 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwat ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: AAT / ZWAT - Type: Medium airport - Operator: Civil Aviation Administration of China - Serves: Altay, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China - Elevation: 750 m / 2,460 ft - Coordinates: 47.7499, 88.0858 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,218 ft - Passengers: 237,627 (2022) - Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altay_Xuedu_Airport (19 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1266681 - Ident: ZWAT ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 12/30 | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | | Concrete | | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2011 | 183,280 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 186,377 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 188,154 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 177,139 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 259,915 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 298,486 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 105,301 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 397,391 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 498,279 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 284,230 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 403,690 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 237,627 | Wikidata | ## Routes 19 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (18) - [KRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkm.md) Karamay Airport · China · 349 km / 217 mi · China Express Airlines - [TCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtc.md) Tacheng Qianquan Airport · China · 378 km / 235 mi · Chengdu Airlines - [SHF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwhz.md) Shihezi Huayuan Airport · China · 425 km / 264 mi · China Express Airlines - [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 429 km / 267 mi · Tianjin Airlines - [TLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtl.md) Turpan Jiaohe Airport · China · 531 km / 330 mi · Chengdu Airlines - [BPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwbl.md) Bole Alashankou Airport · China · 546 km / 339 mi · Chengdu Airlines - [YIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwyn.md) Ili Yining International Airport · China · 672 km / 418 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines - [HMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwhm.md) Hami Airport · China · 699 km / 434 mi · China Express Airlines - [AKU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwak.md) Aksu Hongqipo Airport · China · 949 km / 590 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines - [ACF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwal.md) Aral Tarim Airport · China · 978 km / 608 mi · Chengdu Airlines - [KHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsh.md) Kashgar Laining International Airport · China · 1,330 km / 826 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines - [QSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsc.md) Shache Airport · China · 1,383 km / 859 mi · Chengdu Airlines - [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 1,783 km / 1,108 mi · Spring Airlines - [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 2,266 km / 1,408 mi · China Eastern Airlines - [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 2,388 km / 1,484 mi · Spring Airlines, Sichuan Airlines - [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 2,421 km / 1,504 mi · Hainan Airlines, Air China - [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 2,558 km / 1,589 mi · Tianjin Airlines - [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 3,393 km / 2,108 mi · China Eastern Airlines ### Seasonal (1) - [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 3,368 km / 2,093 mi · China Eastern Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AAT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (8) - EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 8 - G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 6 - MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 3 - 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 2 - GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 2 - CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 1 - HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 1 - 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 238K (2022) | #1,463 of 3,974 | #480 in Asia | #153 in CN | | Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | =3,269 of 29,858 | =994 in Asia | =256 in CN | | Elevation | 750 m / 2,460 ft | =7,072 of 43,403 | #588 in Asia | #123 in CN | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN | ## Nearby airports - [CN-0279](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0279.md) Beitun Fengqing Airport · 61 km / 38 mi - [CN-0282](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0282.md) Burqin Kaerqisi Airport · 87 km / 54 mi - [KJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkn.md) Burqin Kanas Airport · 97 km / 60 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: “Altay Xuedu Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Altay_Xuedu_Airport&oldid=1364815650), revision of 18 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/zwat/data