# Bole Alashankou Airport (BPL / ZWBL)

**Bole Alashankou Airport** (IATA: BPL, ICAO: ZWBL) is a medium airport in Bole, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 2010. It has one runway, 2,600 m (8,530 ft) long. In 2022 it handled 161 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BPL / ZWBL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bole, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 2010
- Elevation: 382 m / 1,253 ft
- Coordinates: 44.8955, 82.3001
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 m / 8,530 ft
- Passengers: 161,061 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bole_Alashankou_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3886440
- Ident: ZWBL

## Timeline

- 2010: Bole Alashankou Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft |  |  |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 18,397 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 27,538 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 48,672 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 77,471 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 124,676 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 129,030 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 134,269 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 168,933 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 303,664 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 161,017 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 251,570 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 161,061 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (13)

- [YIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwyn.md) Ili Yining International Airport · China · 130 km / 81 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [TCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtc.md) Tacheng Qianquan Airport · China · 213 km / 132 mi · China Express Airlines
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 426 km / 265 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [AKU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwak.md) Aksu Hongqipo Airport · China · 436 km / 271 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [KRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkl.md) Korla Licheng Airport · China · 479 km / 298 mi · China Express Airlines
- [ACF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwal.md) Aral Tarim Airport · China · 503 km / 313 mi · China Express Airlines
- [AAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwat.md) Altay Xuedu Airport · China · 546 km / 339 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [TLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtl.md) Turpan Jiaohe Airport · China · 582 km / 362 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [KHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsh.md) Kashgar Laining International Airport · China · 788 km / 490 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [QSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsc.md) Shache Airport · China · 858 km / 533 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 2,016 km / 1,253 mi · Urumqi Air
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 2,522 km / 1,567 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 2,911 km / 1,809 mi · Urumqi Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 6
- G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 5
- UQ [Urumqi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/urumqi-air) · 2
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1
- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 161K (2022) | #1,634 of 3,974 | #532 in Asia | #173 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | =2,041 of 29,858 | =627 in Asia | =138 in CN |
| Elevation | 382 m / 1,253 ft | =14,366 of 43,403 | #975 in Asia | #179 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2010 | =12,735 of 15,079 | =654 in Asia | =140 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [YIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwyn.md) Ili Yining International Airport · 130 km / 81 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: “Bole Alashankou Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bole_Alashankou_Airport&oldid=1363186337), revision of 8 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/zwbl/data