Ili Yining International Airport

Ili Yining International Airport
伊犁伊宁国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesYining, Xinjiang, China
Elevation AMSL2,185 ft / 666 m
Coordinates43°57′21″N 81°19′49″E / 43.95583°N 81.33028°E / 43.95583; 81.33028
Map
YIN/ZWYN
Location in Xinjiang
YIN/ZWYN
YIN/ZWYN (China)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,400 7,874 Asphalt
Statistics (2025)
Passengers3,454,959
Aircraft movements33,129
Cargo (metric tons)9,604.8
Source: CAAC2025 [1]
Ili Yining International Airport
Simplified Chinese伊犁伊宁国际机场
Traditional Chinese伊犁伊寧國際機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYīlí Yīníng Guójì Jīchǎng

Ili Yining International Airport (IATA: YIN, ICAO: ZWYN) is an airport located in Yining (Ghulja) City, within the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is operated by Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. Construction of the original Yining Airport began in 1936, and over the decades it has used several names, including Yili Air Station (伊犁航空站), Civil Aviation Yining Station (民用航空伊宁站), CAAC Ürümqi Administration Yining Airport (民航乌鲁木齐管理局伊宁机场), Xinjiang Airport Group Yining Airport (新疆机场集团有限责任公司伊宁机场) and Xinjiang Airport Group Yining (Nalati) Airport.[2]

In 2009, Yining Airport (伊宁机场) and Nalati Airport (那拉提机场) were placed under unified or joint operation under the Xinjiang Airport Group.[2] The airport is currently undergoing a key transition toward becoming a permanently normalized international aviation port. On June 6, 2024, the Civil Aviation Administration of China approved its renaming to Ili Yining International Airport (Kazakh: ىلە قۇلجا حالىقارالىق اۋەجايى / Іле Құлжа Халықаралық Әуежайы; Simplified Chinese: 伊犁伊宁国际机场).[3][4]

History

Ili Yining International Airport, originally known as the Yili Air Station, began construction on July 29, 1936. About three months later, on October 31, the airport was fully completed. The airfield measured 950 meters in length and 750 meters in width, and it could accommodate Junkers aircraft carrying three to five passengers. It was among the earliest airports built in Xinjiang. The first-generation terminal building entered service in 1939, and the second-generation terminal building, with a total area of ​​817 square meters, was put into use in 1958.[5]

In 1984, the third-generation terminal building of Yining Airport was put into use[5], and the runway was extended to 1,800 meters.

The airport underwent two expansions and renovations in 2005 and 2010, increasing its total assets from 70 million yuan in 2004 to 391 million yuan today. The terminal building has a total construction area of ​​16,700 square meters, including the fourth-generation terminal that went into operation in July 2011, which has three boarding bridges and a parking lot of 18,000 square meters. It can meet the needs of 1.5 million passengers, 1,100 tons of cargo and mail, and 15,306 takeoffs and landings per year, with a peak hourly takeoff and landing capacity of 10 flights and a peak hourly passenger capacity of 962 passengers.[6]

In August 2016, the State Council approved the opening of Yining Airport to the outside world. In the same year, Yining Airport's passenger throughput exceeded 1 million for the first time.[7] In December 2023, the airport passed national inspection and was officially designated as an aviation port open to international traffic (对外开放的航空口岸).[8]

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 2,185 feet (666 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 06/24 which measures 2,400 by 45 metres (7,874 ft × 148 ft).[9][10]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu,[11] Karamay
Beijing Capital Airlines Xi'an[12]
Chengdu Airlines Aksu,[13] Altay,[14] Aral,[15] Bole,[15] Chengdu–Shuangliu,[16] Fuyun,[17] Fuzhou,[18] Hotan,[15] Kashgar,[15] Kuqa,[14] Qitai,[19] Shache,[14] Shihezi,[15] Tacheng,[14] Turpan,[13] Wuhan,[18] Yutian[15]
China Eastern Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[16] Nanjing, Ürümqi,[16] Xi'an[20]
China Express Airlines Aksu, Altay,[21] Aral,[22] Hami, Hotan,[23] Karamay,[22] Kashgar, Korla, Kuqa, Shache, Shihezi,[24] Tumxuk[22]
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[16] Chengdu–Tianfu,[25] Nanjing, Ürümqi, Xi'an[25]
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing[16]
FlyArystan Seasonal: Almaty (resumes29 March 2026)[26]
Qingdao Airlines Changsha,[27] Ürümqi[27]
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu[28]
Spring Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[29] Lanzhou,[16] Xi'an,[16] Zhengzhou[16]
Tianjin Airlines Ürümqi
Urumqi Air Zhengzhou[16]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
YTO Cargo Airlines Tashkent[30]

See also

References

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  • Accident history for YIN / ZWYN at Aviation Safety Network
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