Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport
Airport serving Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
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Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport (IATA: URC, ICAO: ZWWW) is an international airport serving Ürümqi, the capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.[4] It is located in the Diwopu township of Xinshi district, 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of downtown Ürümqi. As a hub for China Southern Airlines and as a focus city for Hainan Airlines, the airport handled 29,179,737 passengers in 2025, making it the 18th busiest airport in China by passenger traffic.[1]
Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport 乌鲁木齐天山国际机场 ئۈرۈمچى تىيانشان خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى | |||||||||||||||||||
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View of Terminal 4 in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Xinjiang Airport Group Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ürümqi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Diwopu, Xinshi, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Focus city for | Hainan Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 648 m / 2,126 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°54′26″N 87°28′27″E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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  URC/ZWWW Location in Xinjiang  URC/ZWWW Location in China | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (2025[1]) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: DAFIF[2][3] Source: List of the busiest airports in China | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌鲁木齐天山国际机场 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烏魯木齊天山國際機場 | ||||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||||
| Uyghur | ئۈرۈمچى تىيانشان خەلقئارا ئايروپورتى | ||||||||||||
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History
Facilities
The airport covers an area of 484 hectares (1,200 acres). Its newly built runway is 3,600 m (11,800 ft) in length. The airport can allow the landing of large aircraft such as the Boeing 747. The 110,000 m2 (1,200,000 sq ft) apron can accommodate over 30 aircraft.[citation needed]
Runways
- The first runway (07/25) was built in 1994 to accept the expansion, the flight zone level 4E, runway length 3,600 meters (11,811 ft), 45 meters (148 ft) wide, PCN value of 74, elevation 648 meters, with Class II precision approach.[7]
- The second runway (08R/26L): located to the north of the first runway, flight zone level 4F, runway length 3,600 meters (11,811 ft), 60 meters (197 ft) wide.[8][9]
- The third runway (08L/26R): located to the north of the first runway, flight zone level 4F, runway 3,200 meters (10,499 ft) long, 60 meters (197 ft) wide.[9][10]
Terminals
Terminal 1 (closed)
The original terminal opened in 1974. It was closed between 23 April 2011 and 30 August 2013 for renovation.[11] On 1 April 2014, operations were resumed.[12] After the transformation of the T1 terminal has six security channels, 19 check-in counters, with the peak hourly 700 times the business capacity.[clarification needed][13] This terminal is mainly for regional aviation around Xinjiang province and low-cost aviation use, including Tianjin Airlines, Capital Aviation, Spring Airlines, Yunnan Xiangpeng Airlines, China United Airlines, Okay Airways, and Western Airlines.[14]
Terminal 2 (closed)
Construction on this terminal started in April 1994, was completed in December 2001 through the national acceptance, and on 12 May 2002, the terminal opened. On 10 July 2010, it closed for a renovation project, and resumed operations on 16 April 2011.[15] It serves most domestic routes outside of Xinjiang province, except for China Southern, Xiamen and Chongqing Airlines flights.
Waiting hall
Arrival tunnel
Waiting hall towards Terminal 3
Terminal 2 exterior
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Terminal 3 (closed)
Construction of Terminal 3 to the west of the older terminal building began in April 2007 at a cost of 2.8 billion yuan (350 million U.S. dollars). It increased Diwopu's ability to handle more than three times its 2007 capacity of 5.13 million passengers annually to 16.35 million passengers annually. It can also handle 275,000 tons of cargo and 155,000 aircraft a year. Terminal 3 added 22 more jet bridges and nearly 106,000 square meters of new terminal space.[16] The terminal opened in 2009.
Terminal 3 exterior
Check-in zone B
Check-in zone C
Boarding gate
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Terminal 4 (North Terminal)
An expansion project, which began in 2017, is underway and will see a new terminal building covering almost 400,000 sq meters consisting of 177 gates, as well as two additional runways north of the existing.[17][18] On 17 April 2025, the North Terminal officially opened. After the opening of the new T4, the previous three terminals will be converted to cargo relay stations as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
URC North Terminal
North Terminal departure hall
North Terminal arrival hall
North Terminal airside
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Statistics
Other facilities
When the airline existed, China Xinjiang Airlines had its headquarters on the airport property.[96]
Ground transport
International Airport station on Line 1 of Ürümqi Metro opened on 25 October 2018 and links the airport to downtown Ürümqi. In addition, the Ürümqi International Airport MRT, or Airport MRT, has opened to connect two stations of International Airport and International Airport North (North Terminal).
North Terminal Ground Transport Centre (GTC)
North Terminal GTC (Metro Station International Airport North)
