# Burqin Kanas Airport (KJI / ZWKN)

**Burqin Kanas Airport** (IATA: KJI, ICAO: ZWKN) is a medium airport in Burqin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 2007. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 27 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KJI / ZWKN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Burqin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 2007
- Elevation: 1,195 m / 3,921 ft
- Coordinates: 48.2223, 86.9959
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 26,750 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Urumqi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burqin_Kanas_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3281135
- Ident: ZWKN

## Timeline

- 2007: Burqin Kanas Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft |  | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 130,743 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 143,827 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 100,208 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 73,075 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 72,775 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 99,574 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 121,284 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 66,731 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 164,511 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 38,997 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 55,251 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 26,750 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [KHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsh.md) Kashgar Laining International Airport · China · 1,303 km / 810 mi · China Express Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 27K (2022) | #2,333 of 3,974 | #723 in Asia | #247 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =735 in Asia | =196 in CN |
| Elevation | 1,195 m / 3,921 ft | =3,663 of 43,403 | =378 in Asia | #73 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2007 | =12,369 of 15,079 | =621 in Asia | =124 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [CN-0282](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0282.md) Burqin Kaerqisi Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [AAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwat.md) Altay Xuedu Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [CN-0279](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0279.md) Beitun Fengqing Airport · 127 km / 79 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: “Burqin Kanas Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burqin_Kanas_Airport&oldid=1363023387), 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/zwkn/data