Urumqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) | Flights to Urumqi

Location: Yingbin Road, Xinshi District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区乌鲁木齐市新市区迎宾路, about 16 km, 30 minutes’ drive to downtown.

Urumqi Diwopu International Airport was opened to traffic in 1973. Urumqi International Airport is located in Diwopu, northwest suburb of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 16 kilometers away from the urban area. At present, the airfield of Diwopu airport has one runway of 3600 meters long and 3 terminals, T1, T2, and T3 under operation, with a total area of 185000 square meters, 60000 square meters of freight depots, 93 parking spaces, and 34 corridor bridges. The area of terminal T4 is still under construction (updated on 7, June, 2021) and the T4 will be far larger than the other three. Among terminals, T1 has 6 security channels and 19 check-in counters, serving mainly for regional flights around Xinjiang province. T2 serves mainly domestic flight routes outside Xinjiang Province, except for the flights of China Southern Airline, Xiamen Airline, and Chongqing Airline. Comparing with T1 and T2, T3 is much larger handling more than 275,000 tons of cargo and 155,000 aircraft a year.

As of 2016, there are 33 airlines operating regular flights at Urumqi airport. In 2014, there are 156 domestic routes, 27 international routes, and 1 regional route, which are open to 15 countries and 81 cities. There are four Airlines based here: Urumqi Airlines, Xinjiang branch of China Southern Airlines and Xinjiang branch of Tianjin Airlines, Hainan Airlines Xinjiang branch.

Urumqi Diwopu International Airport Location & Transfer

Urumqi Airport is located in Diwopu, northwest suburb of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 16.8km away from Urumqi city. It has convenient transportation, with rail transit subway line 1, airport shuttles, buses, and taxis leading to the city.

• To Urumqi downtown: about 16 km, 30 minutes by car; 1.5 hours by shuttle bus, 1h by subway line 1;
• To Tianchi Lake (Heavenly Lake): about 70 km, 1.5 hours by car.

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