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Kashgar Laining International Airport

ICAO ZWSH39.5423°N 76.0202°E1,380 m / 4,529 ftLarge airport

Kashgar Laining International Airport (IATA: KHG, ICAO: ZWSH) is a large airport in Kashgar, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 10 Mar 1954. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954

10 MAR 1954

OpenedKashgar Laining International Airport opens.

From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

08/26086° / 266° · LIT

LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH41 m135 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022

913K

1.1M

1.1M

1.4M

1.7M

1.8M

2.0M

2.1M

2.4M

1.3M

2.2M

1.6M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

42 destinations · 4 countries

Year-round40

QSZShache AirportChina · China Express Airlines170 km106 mi TWCTumxuk Tangwangcheng AirportChina · China Express Airlines277 km172 mi OSSOsh International AirportKyrgyzstan · Chengdu Airlines299 km186 mi AKUAksu Hongqipo AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines409 km254 mi HTNHotan AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines436 km271 mi ACFAral Tarim AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines457 km284 mi LBDKhujand International AirportTajikistan · Chengdu Airlines545 km339 mi YTWYutian Wanfang AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines588 km365 mi KCAKuqa Qiuci AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines625 km388 mi YINIli Yining International AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines659 km409 mi BPLBole Alashankou AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines788 km490 mi KRLKorla Licheng AirportChina · China Express Airlines885 km550 mi NGQNgari Gunsa AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines904 km562 mi KRYKaramay AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines984 km611 mi TCGTacheng Qianquan AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines990 km615 mi URCÜrümqi Tianshan International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Urumqi Air +51,067 km663 mi TLQTurpan Jiaohe AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines1,158 km720 mi JBKQitai Jiangbulake AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines1,231 km765 mi AATAltay Xuedu AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines1,330 km826 mi DHHBarkol Dahe AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines1,494 km928 mi HMIHami AirportChina · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines1,519 km944 mi XNNXining Caojiabao International AirportChina · West Air, Tibet Airlines2,295 km1,426 mi LHWLanzhou Zhongchuan International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines2,431 km1,511 mi ZHYZhongwei Shapotou AirportChina · West Air2,532 km1,573 mi INCYinchuan Hedong International AirportChina · Loong Air2,618 km1,627 mi CTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines2,717 km1,688 mi TFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Urumqi Air, Air China2,772 km1,722 mi XIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Fuzhou Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Loong Air2,946 km1,831 mi CKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Chongqing Airlines2,990 km1,858 mi CGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · West Air, Urumqi Air, Hainan Airlines +13,379 km2,100 mi PEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Air China3,436 km2,135 mi TNAJinan Yaoqiang International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines3,581 km2,225 mi ZHAZhanjiang Wuchuan International AirportChina · Urumqi Air3,837 km2,384 mi CANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Loong Air3,927 km2,440 mi SZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines4,019 km2,497 mi HGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Loong Air4,136 km2,570 mi SHAShanghai Hongqiao International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines4,167 km2,589 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines4,210 km2,616 mi NGBNingbo Lishe International AirportChina · Loong Air4,246 km2,638 mi FOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · Fuzhou Airlines4,306 km2,676 mi

Seasonal1

KHNNanchang Changbei International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines3,820 km2,374 mi

Cargo1

KHIJinnah International AirportPakistan · YTO Cargo Airlines1,826 km1,135 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KHG. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kashgar Laining International Airport” (revision of 26 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

17 airlines · destinations from KHG

Passenger16

EUChengdu Airlines17 G5China Express Airlines13 MUChina Eastern Airlines7 GJLoong Air6 HUHainan Airlines4 UQUrumqi Air4 CAAir China3 FUFuzhou Airlines3 3USichuan Airlines3 PNWest Air3 8LLucky Air2 SCShandong Airlines2 TVTibet Airlines2 OQChongqing Airlines1 9CSpring Airlines1 GSTianjin Airlines1

Cargo1

YGYTO Cargo Airlines1

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from KHG. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.6M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#666of 3,974 · #195 Asia · #59 CN Longest runway3,200 m10,499 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=818of 29,858 · =245 Asia · =68 CN Elevation1,380 m4,529 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#2,633of 43,403 · #322 Asia · #62 CN AgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =212 Asia · #21 CN Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =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

Radio frequencies

1 channels

TWRTWR118.500