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 China3,730 km2,318 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 Airlines3,730 km2,318 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 miStraight 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.
Airlines
42 airlines · destinations from URCHub airlines1
CZChina Southern AirlinesPassenger36
GSTianjin Airlines42UQUrumqi Air29HUHainan Airlines273USichuan Airlines20CAAir China17SCShandong Airlines16MUChina Eastern Airlines15MFXiamen Airlines11JDBeijing Capital Airlines69CSpring Airlines68LLucky Air5FMShanghai Airlines5GJLoong Air4HOJuneyao Air3QWQingdao Airlines3ZHShenzhen Airlines3AQ9 Air2FSFlyArystan2NSHebei Airlines2RYJiangxi Air2BKOkay Airways2SZSomon Air2HYUzbekistan Airways2PNWest Air2—Aero Nomad Airlines1KCAir Astana1FGAriana Afghan Airlinesseasonal · 1B2Belavia1CXCathay Pacific1EUChengdu Airlines1KNChina United Airlines1OQChongqing Airlines1—Greater Bay Airlinesseasonal · 1HXHong Kong Airlines1WZRed Wings Airlines1DVSCAT Airlines1Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from URC. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 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