# Ruoqiang Loulan Airport (RQA / ZWRQ)

**Ruoqiang Loulan Airport** (IATA: RQA, ICAO: ZWRQ) is a medium airport in Ruoqiang Town, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 29 Mar 2018. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long. In 2022 it handled 30 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RQA / ZWRQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ruoqiang Town, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 29 Mar 2018
- Elevation: 889 m / 2,916 ft
- Coordinates: 38.9747, 88.0083
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Passengers: 29,649 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Urumqi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruoqiang_Loulan_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16258278
- Ident: ZWRQ

## Timeline

- 29 Mar 2018: Ruoqiang Loulan Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 45 m / 148 ft |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2018 | 35,539 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 131,110 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 101,531 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 145,943 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 29,649 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [KRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkl.md) Korla Licheng Airport · China · 334 km / 208 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [TLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtl.md) Turpan Jiaohe Airport · China · 460 km / 286 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 551 km / 342 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [HTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtn.md) Hotan Airport · China · 745 km / 463 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 1,781 km / 1,107 mi · Tianjin Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 3
- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 30K (2022) | #2,294 of 3,974 | #709 in Asia | #242 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =458 in Asia | =99 in CN |
| Elevation | 889 m / 2,916 ft | #5,707 of 43,403 | #511 in Asia | #114 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2018 | =13,682 of 15,079 | =757 in Asia | =212 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 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: “Ruoqiang Loulan Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruoqiang_Loulan_Airport&oldid=1363075546), 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/zwrq/data