# Kashgar Laining International Airport (KHG / ZWSH)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KHG / ZWSH
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Kashgar, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 10 Mar 1954 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,380 m / 4,529 ft
- Coordinates: 39.5423, 76.0202
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 1,551,057 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+6 · Asia/Urumqi
- Website: http://www.ksairport.net
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashgar_Laining_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579951
- Weather station: ZWSH · WMO 51709
- Ident: ZWSH

## Timeline

- 10 Mar 1954: Kashgar Laining International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 41 m / 135 ft | Concrete | 086° / 266° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 912,591 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,086,340 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,149,428 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,428,586 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,732,958 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,815,091 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,048,004 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,060,100 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,433,209 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,272,042 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 2,171,947 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,551,057 | Wikidata |

## Routes

42 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (40)

- [QSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsc.md) Shache Airport · China · 170 km / 106 mi · China Express Airlines
- [TWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/twc.md) Tumxuk Tangwangcheng Airport · China · 277 km / 172 mi · China Express Airlines
- [OSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uafo.md) Osh International Airport · Kyrgyzstan · 299 km / 186 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [AKU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwak.md) Aksu Hongqipo Airport · China · 409 km / 254 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [HTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtn.md) Hotan Airport · China · 436 km / 271 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [ACF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwal.md) Aral Tarim Airport · China · 457 km / 284 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [LBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/utdl.md) Khujand International Airport · Tajikistan · 545 km / 339 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [YTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwyt.md) Yutian Wanfang Airport · China · 588 km / 365 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu 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 · 659 km / 409 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [BPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwbl.md) Bole Alashankou Airport · China · 788 km / 490 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [KRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkl.md) Korla Licheng Airport · China · 885 km / 550 mi · China Express Airlines
- [NGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zual.md) Ngari Gunsa Airport · China · 904 km / 562 mi · Tibet Airlines, Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines
- [KRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkm.md) Karamay Airport · China · 984 km / 611 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [TCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtc.md) Tacheng Qianquan Airport · China · 990 km / 615 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 1,067 km / 663 mi · Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Urumqi Air, Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Air China
- [TLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtl.md) Turpan Jiaohe Airport · China · 1,158 km / 720 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [JBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0417.md) Qitai Jiangbulake Airport · China · 1,231 km / 765 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [AAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwat.md) Altay Xuedu Airport · China · 1,330 km / 826 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [DHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwlk.md) Barkol Dahe Airport · China · 1,494 km / 928 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [HMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwhm.md) Hami Airport · China · 1,519 km / 944 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [XNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxn.md) Xining Caojiabao International Airport · China · 2,295 km / 1,426 mi · West Air, Tibet Airlines
- [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 2,431 km / 1,511 mi · Spring Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines
- [ZHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlzw.md) Zhongwei Shapotou Airport · China · 2,532 km / 1,573 mi · West Air
- [INC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlic.md) Yinchuan Hedong International Airport · China · 2,618 km / 1,627 mi · Loong Air
- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 2,717 km / 1,688 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 2,772 km / 1,722 mi · Urumqi Air, Air China
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 2,946 km / 1,831 mi · Fuzhou Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Loong Air
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 2,990 km / 1,858 mi · Chongqing Airlines
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 3,379 km / 2,100 mi · West Air, Urumqi Air, Hainan Airlines, Loong Air
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 3,436 km / 2,135 mi · Sichuan Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Air China
- [TNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsjn.md) Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport · China · 3,581 km / 2,225 mi · Shandong Airlines
- [ZHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgzj.md) Zhanjiang Wuchuan International Airport · China · 3,837 km / 2,384 mi · Urumqi Air
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 3,927 km / 2,440 mi · Loong Air
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 4,019 km / 2,497 mi · Hainan Airlines
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 4,136 km / 2,570 mi · China Eastern Airlines, Loong Air
- [SHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsss.md) Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport · China · 4,167 km / 2,589 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 4,210 km / 2,616 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [NGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnb.md) Ningbo Lishe International Airport · China · 4,246 km / 2,638 mi · Loong Air
- [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 4,306 km / 2,676 mi · Fuzhou Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [KHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zscn.md) Nanchang Changbei International Airport · China · 3,820 km / 2,374 mi · China Eastern Airlines

### Cargo (1)

- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 1,826 km / 1,135 mi · YTO Cargo Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (16)

- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 17
- G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 13
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 7
- GJ [Loong Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loong-air) · 6
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 4
- UQ [Urumqi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/urumqi-air) · 4
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 3
- FU [Fuzhou Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fuzhou-airlines) · 3
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 3
- PN [West Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/west-air) · 3
- 8L [Lucky Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lucky-air) · 2
- SC [Shandong Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shandong-airlines) · 2
- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 2
- OQ [Chongqing Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chongqing-airlines) · 1
- 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 1
- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- YG [YTO Cargo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yto-cargo-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.6M (2022) | #666 of 3,974 | #195 in Asia | #59 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =245 in Asia | =68 in CN |
| Elevation | 1,380 m / 4,529 ft | #2,633 of 43,403 | #322 in Asia | #62 in CN |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =212 in Asia | #21 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kashgar Laining International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kashgar_Laining_International_Airport&oldid=1371388806), revision of 26 Aug 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/zwsh/data