# Ili Yining International Airport (YIN / ZWYN)

**Ili Yining International Airport** (IATA: YIN, ICAO: ZWYN) is a medium airport in Ili (Yining / Ghulja), Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long. In 2022 it handled 649 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YIN / ZWYN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ili (Yining / Ghulja), Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
- Elevation: 666 m / 2,185 ft
- Coordinates: 43.9558, 81.3303
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 649,473 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ili_Yining_International_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2630866
- Weather station: ZWYN · WMO 51431
- Ident: ZWYN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | 45 m / 148 ft |  |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 483,967 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 553,839 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 581,589 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 698,994 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 964,446 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,041,470 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,151,337 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,332,536 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,477,371 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 690,930 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 821,782 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 649,473 | Wikidata |

## Routes

36 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (34)

- [BPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwbl.md) Bole Alashankou Airport · China · 130 km / 81 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [KCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkc.md) Kuqa Qiuci Airport · China · 283 km / 176 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [AKU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwak.md) Aksu Hongqipo Airport · China · 311 km / 193 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [KRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkm.md) Karamay Airport · China · 332 km / 206 mi · China Express Airlines, Air China
- [TCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtc.md) Tacheng Qianquan Airport · China · 341 km / 212 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [SHF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwhz.md) Shihezi Huayuan Airport · China · 365 km / 227 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [ACF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwal.md) Aral Tarim Airport · China · 392 km / 244 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [KRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkl.md) Korla Licheng Airport · China · 471 km / 293 mi · China Express Airlines
- [TWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/twc.md) Tumxuk Tangwangcheng Airport · China · 485 km / 301 mi · China Express Airlines
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 492 km / 306 mi · Tianjin Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, China Eastern Airlines
- [TLQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtl.md) Turpan Jiaohe Airport · China · 635 km / 395 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [JBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0417.md) Qitai Jiangbulake Airport · China · 657 km / 408 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [KHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsh.md) Kashgar Laining International Airport · China · 659 km / 409 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [AAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwat.md) Altay Xuedu Airport · China · 672 km / 418 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [FYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwfy.md) Fuyun Koktokay Airport · China · 713 km / 443 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [QSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwsc.md) Shache Airport · China · 729 km / 453 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [HTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwtn.md) Hotan Airport · China · 779 km / 484 mi · China Express Airlines, Chengdu Airlines
- [YTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwyt.md) Yutian Wanfang Airport · China · 796 km / 495 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [HMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwhm.md) Hami Airport · China · 1,004 km / 624 mi · China Express Airlines
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,079 km / 670 mi · FlyArystan
- [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 2,057 km / 1,278 mi · Spring Airlines
- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 2,481 km / 1,542 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 2,534 km / 1,575 mi · Spring Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Air China
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 2,574 km / 1,599 mi · Spring Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 2,736 km / 1,700 mi · Chongqing Airlines
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 2,923 km / 1,816 mi · Air China
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 2,967 km / 1,844 mi · Spring Airlines, Urumqi Air
- [TNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsjn.md) Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport · China · 3,113 km / 1,934 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [WUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhhh.md) Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · China · 3,225 km / 2,004 mi · Chengdu Airlines
- [CSX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgha.md) Changsha Huanghua International Airport · China · 3,328 km / 2,068 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [HFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsof.md) Hefei Xinqiao International Airport · China · 3,363 km / 2,090 mi · Spring Airlines
- [NKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnj.md) Nanjing Lukou International Airport · China · 3,528 km / 2,192 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [SWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgow.md) Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport · China · 3,918 km / 2,435 mi · Spring Airlines
- [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 3,978 km / 2,472 mi · Chengdu Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 351 km / 218 mi · FlyArystan

### Cargo (1)

- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 1,030 km / 640 mi · YTO Cargo Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (12)

- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 18
- G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 12
- 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 6
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 4
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 3
- FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 2
- QW [Qingdao Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qingdao-airlines) · 2
- JD [Beijing Capital Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/beijing-capital-airlines) · 1
- OQ [Chongqing Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chongqing-airlines) · 1
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1
- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 1
- UQ [Urumqi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/urumqi-air) · 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 | 649K (2022) | #997 of 3,974 | #313 in Asia | #94 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =882 in Asia | =221 in CN |
| Elevation | 666 m / 2,185 ft | =8,074 of 43,403 | #648 in Asia | #131 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [CN-0283](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0283.md) Tekes Zhuque Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [ZFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0359.md) Zhaosu Tianma Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [BPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwbl.md) Bole Alashankou Airport · 130 km / 81 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: “Ili Yining International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ili_Yining_International_Airport&oldid=1370324106), revision of 20 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/zwyn/data