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Urumqi Airport was opened to foreign passengers in 1973, and has been used for emergency landings for flights between Europe and west Asia.
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 m (1,200,000 sq ft) apron can accommodate over 30 aircraft.
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.
The second runway (???): under construction, located to the north of the current runway, flight zone level 4F, runway length 3,600 meters (11,811 ft), 60 meters (197 ft) wide.
The third runway (???): under construction, located to the north of the current runway, flight zone level 4F, runway 3,200 meters (10,499 ft) long, 60 meters (197 ft) wide.
Terminals
Terminal 1
The original terminal opened in 1974. It was closed between April 23, 2011, and August 30, 2013, for renovation. On April 1, 2014, operations were resumed. After the transformation of the T1 terminal has six security channels, 19 check-in counters, with the peak hourly 700 times the business capacity. 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, Ryanair and Western Airlines.
Terminal 2
Construction on this terminal started in April 1994, was completed in December 2001 through the national acceptance, and on May 12, 2002, the terminal opened. On July 10, 2010, it closed for a renovation project, and resumed operations on April 16, 2011. It serves most domestic routes outside of Xinjiang province, except for China Southern, Xiamen and Chongqing Airlines flights.
Terminal 2 gallery
Waiting hall
Arrival tunnel
Waiting hall towards Terminal 3
Terminal 2 exterior
Terminal 3
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. The terminal opened in 2009.
Terminal 3 gallery
Terminal 3 exterior
Check-in zone B
Check-in zone C
Boarding gate
Terminal 3 entrance
Terminal 4
Terminal 4 in September 2023
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. Originally set to open in 2024, the date was pushed backed to July 2025 due to many aspects of the terminal being unfinished. After the opening of T4, the previous three terminals will be converted to cargo relay stations as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Annual passenger traffic at URC airport.
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Other facilities
When the airline existed, China Xinjiang Airlines had its headquarters on the airport property.
Ground Transport
Line 1 of Ürümqi Metro opened on 25 October 2018 and links the airport to downtown Ürümqi.
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View of Terminal 2 in 2023
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Waiting hall
Arrival tunnel
Waiting hall towards Terminal 3
Terminal 2 exterior
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Terminal 3 exterior
Check-in zone B
Check-in zone C
Boarding gate
Terminal 3 entrance
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Ürümqi Metro
Turpan Tram
Long distance rail