QSZ

Shache Airport

ICAO ZWSC38.2454°N 77.0561°E1,290 m / 4,232 ftMedium airport
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Shache Airport (IATA: QSZ, ICAO: ZWSC) is a medium airport in Shache, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 1 Aug 2017. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long. In 2022 it handled 110 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2017–2017
01 AUG 2017
OpenedShache Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
15/33
LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACE—

Passengers per year

2017–2022
44K
213K
320K
224K
277K
110K
171819202122

Routes

17 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miKHG · Kashgar Laining International Airport · 170 km / 106 miTWC · Tumxuk Tangwangcheng Airport · 262 km / 163 miHTN · Hotan Airport · 281 km / 175 miAKU · Aksu Hongqipo Airport · 435 km / 270 miKCA · Kuqa Qiuci Airport · 625 km / 388 miYIN · Ili Yining International Airport · 729 km / 453 miNGQ · Ngari Gunsa Airport · 736 km / 457 miBPL · Bole Alashankou Airport · 858 km / 533 miKRL · Korla Licheng Airport · 860 km / 534 miTLQ · Turpan Jiaohe Airport · 1,145 km / 711 miAAT · Altay Xuedu Airport · 1,383 km / 859 miHMI · Hami Airport · 1,491 km / 926 miXNN · Xining Caojiabao International Airport · 2,209 km / 1,373 miLHW · Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · 2,347 km / 1,458 miTFU · Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · 2,654 km / 1,649 miXIY · Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · 2,857 km / 1,775 miPVG · Shanghai Pudong International Airport · 4,126 km / 2,564 miPVGXIYTFULHWHMIAATTLQBPLNGQKCAHTNTWCKHGKRLYINAKUXNNQSZ
Year-round17
KHGKashgar Laining International AirportChina · China Express Airlines170 km106 miTWCTumxuk Tangwangcheng AirportChina · China Express Airlines262 km163 miHTNHotan AirportChina · China Express Airlines281 km175 miAKUAksu Hongqipo AirportChina · China Express Airlines435 km270 miKCAKuqa Qiuci AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines625 km388 miYINIli Yining International AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines729 km453 miNGQNgari Gunsa AirportChina · Tibet Airlines736 km457 miBPLBole Alashankou AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines858 km533 miKRLKorla Licheng AirportChina · China Express Airlines860 km534 miTLQTurpan Jiaohe AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines1,145 km711 miAATAltay Xuedu AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines1,383 km859 miHMIHami AirportChina · China Express Airlines1,491 km926 miXNNXining Caojiabao International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,209 km1,373 miLHWLanzhou Zhongchuan International AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines2,347 km1,458 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines2,654 km1,649 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines2,857 km1,775 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Spring Airlines4,126 km2,564 mi
Most destinationsChina Express Airlines 8Chengdu Airlines 7Tibet Airlines 2China Eastern Airlines 1Spring Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from QSZ. From the Wikipedia article “Shache Yarkant Airport” (revision of 5 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers110K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,777of 3,974 · #583 Asia · #195 CNLongest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =390 Asia · #98 CNElevation1,290 m4,232 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=3,091of 43,341 · #353 Asia · #68 CNAgeOpened 20172026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,520of 15,079 · =739 Asia · =199 CNRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =31 CN
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record