# Shache Airport (QSZ / ZWSC)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: QSZ / ZWSC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Shache, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 1 Aug 2017
- Elevation: 1,290 m / 4,232 ft
- Coordinates: 38.2454, 77.0561
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,842 ft
- Passengers: 109,900 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shache_Yarkant_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15642624
- Ident: ZWSC

## Timeline

- 1 Aug 2017: Shache Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | 45 m / 148 ft |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | 44,218 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 212,532 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 320,302 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 223,569 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 277,259 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 109,900 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (17)

- [KHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsh.md) Kashgar Laining International Airport · China · 170 km / 106 mi · China Express Airlines
- [TWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/twc.md) Tumxuk Tangwangcheng Airport · China · 262 km / 163 mi · China Express Airlines
- [HTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtn.md) Hotan Airport · China · 281 km / 175 mi · China Express Airlines
- [AKU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwak.md) Aksu Hongqipo Airport · China · 435 km / 270 mi · China Express Airlines
- [KCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkc.md) Kuqa Qiuci Airport · China · 625 km / 388 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [YIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwyn.md) Ili Yining International Airport · China · 729 km / 453 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [NGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zual.md) Ngari Gunsa Airport · China · 736 km / 457 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [BPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwbl.md) Bole Alashankou Airport · China · 858 km / 533 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [KRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkl.md) Korla Licheng Airport · China · 860 km / 534 mi · China Express Airlines
- [TLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtl.md) Turpan Jiaohe Airport · China · 1,145 km / 711 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [AAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwat.md) Altay Xuedu Airport · China · 1,383 km / 859 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [HMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwhm.md) Hami Airport · China · 1,491 km / 926 mi · China Express Airlines
- [XNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxn.md) Xining Caojiabao International Airport · China · 2,209 km / 1,373 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 2,347 km / 1,458 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 2,654 km / 1,649 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 2,857 km / 1,775 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 4,126 km / 2,564 mi · Spring Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 8
- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 7
- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 2
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 1
- 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 110K (2022) | #1,777 of 3,974 | #581 in Asia | #195 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | =1,325 of 29,858 | =389 in Asia | #98 in CN |
| Elevation | 1,290 m / 4,232 ft | =3,096 of 43,403 | #353 in Asia | #68 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2017 | =13,507 of 15,079 | =738 in Asia | =199 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: “Shache Yarkant Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shache_Yarkant_Airport&oldid=1373353519), revision of 5 Sep 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/zwsc/data