URC
Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport
Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport (IATA: URC, ICAO: ZWWW) is a large airport in Ürümqi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 1973. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,600 m (11,811 ft). In 2022 it handled 10.0 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1973–19931973
OpenedÜrümqi Tianshan International Airport opens.
13 NOV 1993
DisasterChina Northern Airlines Flight 6901.12 killed
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap07/25074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
08R/26L · LIT
LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH60 m198 ftSURFACEPaved
08L/26R · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,498 ftWIDTH60 m198 ftSURFACEPaved
Passengers per year
2011–202211.1M
13.3M
15.4M
16.3M
18.5M
20.2M
21.5M
23.0M
24.0M
11.2M
16.9M
10.0M
111213141516171819202122
Routes
114 destinations · 15 countriesYear-round106
KRLKorla Licheng AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines278 km173 miNLTXinyuan Nalati AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines334 km208 miFYNFuyun Koktokay AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines358 km222 miBPLBole Alashankou AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines426 km265 miAATAltay Xuedu AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines429 km267 miTCGTacheng Qianquan AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines446 km277 miKCAKuqa Qiuci AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Hainan Airlines451 km280 miYINIli Yining International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, China Eastern Airlines492 km306 miZFLZhaosu Tianma AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, China Eastern Airlines513 km319 miHMIHami AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines514 km319 miRQARuoqiang Loulan AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines551 km342 miACFAral Tarim AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines642 km399 miAKUAksu Hongqipo AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Air China658 km409 miDNHDunhuang Mogao International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines735 km457 miTWCTumxuk Tangwangcheng AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines816 km507 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana842 km523 miYTWYutian Wanfang AirportChina · Urumqi Air925 km575 miHTNHotan AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Urumqi Air +3999 km621 miJGNJiayuguan International AirportChina · 9 Air1,005 km624 miBSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · Aero Nomad Airlines1,052 km654 miKHGKashgar Laining International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Urumqi Air +51,067 km663 miYZYZhangye Ganzhou AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines1,237 km769 miFEGFergana International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways1,354 km841 miJICJinchang Jinchuan AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines1,377 km856 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan1,435 km892 miNGQNgari Gunsa AirportChina · Lucky Air1,465 km910 miCITShymkent International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines1,468 km912 miXNNXining Caojiabao International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, Air China1,481 km920 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Air China, Uzbekistan Airways1,516 km942 miLBDKhujand International AirportTajikistan · Somon Air1,521 km945 miLHWLanzhou Zhongchuan International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Spring Airlines, Tianjin Airlines +41,594 km990 miLXALhasa Gonggar International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines1,653 km1,027 miDYUDushanbe International AirportTajikistan · Somon Air1,666 km1,035 miINCYinchuan Hedong International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Loong Air +11,697 km1,054 miDSNOrdos Ejin Horo International AirportChina · Urumqi Air1,915 km1,190 miIQNQingyang Xifeng AirportChina · Urumqi Air1,933 km1,201 miLNLLongnan Chengzhou AirportChina · Urumqi Air1,937 km1,204 miHETHohhot Baita International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines2,021 km1,256 miGYSGuangyuan Panlong AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines2,036 km1,265 miMIGMianyang Nanjiao AirportChina · Urumqi Air, Sichuan Airlines2,050 km1,274 miCTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Air China2,073 km1,288 miHZGHanzhong Chenggu AirportChina · Urumqi Air2,084 km1,295 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Jiangxi Air +32,106 km1,309 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Qingdao Airlines +62,125 km1,320 miBZXBazhong Enyang AirportChina · Urumqi Air2,151 km1,337 miNAONanchong Gaoping AirportChina · Urumqi Air2,194 km1,363 miTYNTaiyuan Wusu International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines2,214 km1,376 miAKAAnkang Fuqiang AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,230 km1,386 miYCUYuncheng Yanhu International AirportChina · Air China2,234 km1,388 miYBPYibin Wuliangye AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines2,256 km1,402 miDZHDazhou Jinya AirportChina · Urumqi Air2,258 km1,403 miLZOLuzhou Yunlong AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines2,298 km1,428 miCKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · West Air, Chongqing Airlines, Tianjin Airlines +32,314 km1,438 miWXNWanzhou Wuqiao AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,345 km1,457 miSVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines2,346 km1,458 miSJWShijiazhuang Zhengding International AirportChina · Hebei Airlines, Spring Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines2,353 km1,462 miLYALuoyang Beijiao AirportChina · Urumqi Air2,360 km1,466 miWDSShiyan Wudangshan AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,389 km1,484 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Air China2,431 km1,511 miPKXBeijing Daxing International AirportChina · China United Airlines, Hebei Airlines, Xiamen Airlines +22,438 km1,515 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · West Air, Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines +72,486 km1,545 miZYIZunyi Xinzhou AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,513 km1,562 miKMGKunming Changshui International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines +12,516 km1,563 miXFNXiangyang Liuji AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,521 km1,566 miTSNTianjin Binhai International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Air China2,528 km1,571 miYIHYichang Sanxia AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,577 km1,601 miKWEGuiyang Longdongbao International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,597 km1,614 miTNAJinan Yaoqiang International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Hainan Airlines2,622 km1,629 miFUGFuyang Xiguan AirportChina · Urumqi Air2,732 km1,698 miWUHWuhan Tianhe International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Urumqi Air +32,759 km1,714 miXUZXuzhou Guanyin International AirportChina · Loong Air2,801 km1,740 miLYILinyi Qiyang AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,812 km1,747 miTAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Hainan Airlines2,875 km1,786 miCSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, Urumqi Air +22,880 km1,790 miYNTYantai Penglai International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,883 km1,791 miHFEHefei Xinqiao International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines2,885 km1,793 miSCOAktau International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan2,892 km1,797 miSHEShenyang Taoxian International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines2,926 km1,818 miHIAHuai'an Lianshui AirportChina · Urumqi Air2,940 km1,827 miKHNNanchang Changbei International AirportChina · Jiangxi Air3,021 km1,877 miNNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines3,035 km1,886 miNKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Juneyao Air, Urumqi Air +33,046 km1,893 miYNZYancheng Nanyang International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines3,046 km1,893 miYTYYangzhou Taizhou AirportChina · Spring Airlines, Urumqi Air3,060 km1,901 miWUXSunan Shuofang International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines3,183 km1,978 miBHYBeihai Fucheng AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines3,197 km1,987 miJNHJiaxing Nanhu AirportChina · Loong Air3,252 km2,021 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Xiamen Airlines +73,265 km2,029 miSHAShanghai Hongqiao International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines +23,272 km2,033 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · 9 Air, Urumqi Air, China Eastern Airlines +23,278 km2,037 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Juneyao Air, Urumqi Air, China Eastern Airlines +33,312 km2,058 miNGBNingbo Lishe International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Spring Airlines, Hainan Airlines3,372 km2,095 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines3,375 km2,097 miHUZHuizhou Pingtan AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines3,392 km2,108 miZUHZhuhai Jinwan AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines3,403 km2,115 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines, Urumqi Air, Cathay Pacific3,411 km2,119 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Urumqi Air, Hainan Airlines3,412 km2,120 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Air China3,440 km2,138 miWNZWenzhou Longwan International AirportChina · Urumqi Air, Hainan Airlines3,458 km2,149 miSYXSanya Phoenix International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Hainan Airlines3,507 km2,179 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Xiamen Airlines +23,512 km2,182 miFOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Xiamen Airlines +13,516 km2,185 miJJNQuanzhou Jinjiang International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines3,525 km2,190 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Shandong Airlines, Urumqi Air3,591 km2,231 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Air China3,729 km2,317 miMSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Belavia4,346 km2,700 miSeasonal2
KBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Ariana Afghan Airlines1,879 km1,168 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Greater Bay Airlines3,411 km2,119 miCargo11
TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · My Freighter Airlines1,516 km942 miISBIslamabad International AirportPakistan · YTO Cargo Airlines1,711 km1,063 miUGCUrgench International AirportUzbekistan · My Freighter Airlines2,197 km1,365 miAKXAktobe International AirportKazakhstan · YTO Cargo Airlines2,379 km1,478 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · YTO Cargo Airlines3,265 km2,029 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · SF Airlines3,440 km2,138 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · YTO Cargo Airlines3,729 km2,317 miININiš Constantine the Great AirportSerbia · My Freighter Airlines5,136 km3,191 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · YTO Cargo Airlines5,181 km3,219 miLGGLiège AirportBelgium · Air China Cargo5,911 km3,673 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines6,081 km3,779 miMost destinationsTianjin Airlines 42Urumqi Air 29Hainan Airlines 27Sichuan Airlines 20Air China 17Shandong Airlines 16
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from URC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
3 channelsATISATIS126.700
GNDGND121.650
TWRTWR118.100