URC - Urumqi 🇨🇳

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Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
Urumqi Tianshan International Airport (ICAO: ZWWW / IATA: URC)

Location (City, Country)
Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China

Airport Type & Size
Major international airport with three runways, all classified as 4F:
• Runway 07/25 — 3,600 meters
• Runway 08/26 — 3,600 meters
• Runway 09/27 — 3,600 meters

Terminals:

• T1–T3 — temporarily closed since April 2025 for reconstruction. After the opening of Terminal T4 in April 2025, Terminals T1, T2, and T3 were shut down and are undergoing renovation. They will no longer be used for passenger arrivals or departures and are being converted into air cargo relay stations.

• T4 (North Terminal) — opened in April 2025, currently serves both domestic and international flights and is the main active terminal.

• The terminals are connected to a multimodal transport hub (subway, buses, taxis).

Annual passenger traffic — up to 48 million people. The airport also handles over 500,000 tons of cargo per year.

All runways are capable of handling large long-haul aircraft, including the Airbus A380.

Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
It is a major transport hub along the Silk Road, connecting China with Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Its unique location makes it an ideal point for both short- and long-haul flights. The airport handles mixed traffic — both passenger and cargo — in a geographically challenging region.
It also has a great geographical position for gameplay: in the center of Central Asia, between East Asia and Europe.

Major Airlines & Routes

Base / Hub Airlines:

• China Southern Airlines
• Hainan Airlines
• Urumqi Air

Focus city for:
• Sichuan Airlines
• Shandong Airlines
• Tianjin Airlines
• Air China

Other Airlines:

• Air China
• Hainan Airlines
• China Eastern Airlines
• Juneyao Airlines
• Sichuan Airlines
• XiamenAir
• Chengdu Airlines
• Okay Airways
• West Air
• Gestair Cargo
• MNG Airlines
• SCAT Airlines
• Uzbekistan Airways
• Kyrgyzstan Air Company
• Aeroflot
• S7 Airlines
• Nordwind
• Iran Aseman Airlines
• Pakistan International Airlines
• Turkish Airlines

Key Destinations:

Domestic routes:
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing, Lanzhou, Xi’an, Harbin, Hohhot, Kashgar, Heihe, and more.

International routes:
Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Bishkek, Tashkent, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tehran, Islamabad, Istanbul, and others.

Unique Features or Challenges
• High-altitude location and dry climate
• New North Terminal (T4) and closed older terminal
• Simultaneous passenger and cargo operations
• Multilingual environment (Chinese, Uyghur, English)
• Strategic transit point between East and West

Optional: Links, images, maps, or videos
Wikipedia: 乌鲁木齐天山国际机场 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
Wikipedia (English): Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport - Wikipedia

https://cdn.chartfox.org/c5085164-b235-4551-8eb5-4561a513a679-58beb680-04b1-49b5-8a8c-e86a8888a9a3.pdf