Urumqi International Airport

Urumqi International Airport meets ICAO 4E airport standards, its elevation is 647.67 meters with a runway of 3600×45×0.38 meters and a taxiway of 3600×28×0.28 meters, the operating category of the runway: runway 07 is CAT. I, runway 25 is CAT. II；The level of rescue and fire fighting is 9. 

With a total area of 185,000 square meters,Urumqi International Airport has 3 terminals with an area of 60,000 square meters of cargo warehouse; 93 aircraft parking positions, 34 boarding bridges, 111 check-in counters,12 self-service check-in counters, 47 security check passages, 12 carousels for departure, 9 carousels for arrival.Urumqi International Airport has a annual capacity of handling 17.30 million passenger throughput, 275,000 tons of cargo and mail throughput, aircraft movements of 155,000.　

The second runway of 3600-meter by 60-meter will be constructed within 5 years, another terminal will be built with 75 aircraft parking positions.

Number of Terminals:

3

Urban population:

3 million

Total Catchment Population:

21.9 million

Number of Runways:

1

Length of main runway (m):

3600m

Operational Opening Hours:

24 hours

Ownership:

Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Number of Direct Destinations:

83

List of Top 5 airlines:

Chin asouthern, Hainan Airline, Air china, Air Astana, Azerbaijan Airlines

Passenger Numbers (mppa):

11,078,597 (2011)

Cargo Tonnes (p.a.):

107,580 tonnes (2011)

Number of Serving Airlines:

29

Aircraft Parking Stands:

93