CN-0237
Tashkurgan Airport (under construction)
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Name
Tashkurgan Airport (under construction)
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ICAO
CN-0237
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- Region
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Timezone
10:11 pm (CST)
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Municipality
Tashkurgan
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Coordinates
37° 39′ 40″ N 75° 17′ 19″ E
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Elevation
10’499 ft (3’200 m MSL)
About Tashkurgan Airport (under construction)
Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport is an airport in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It opened on 23 December 2022. At an elevation of 3,200 m, it is Xinjiang's first high plateau airport.
Construction started on 26 April 2020 with an expected investment of CN¥1.63 billion or US$251 million. The airport was designed to handle 400 tons and 160,000 passengers annually. Test flights were started at the airport in May 2022.
The airport is seen to be part of a larger effort to develop the region commercially and to support the land route, a part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, and the larger Belt and Road Initiative. It is also seen as a larger part of China's border infrastructure improvement and its 14th Five Year Plan.