AviatDataKashgar Laining International Airport KHG / ZWSH
Kashgar, Xinjiang · China · Xinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. — wholly state-owned enterprise directly under the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region government; Kashgar is a civil-military joint-use (dual-use) aerodrome and a long-designated national first-class (Category I) port of entry
5.2Mpax · 2025
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAZWSH / KHG
OperatorXinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. — wholly state-owned enterprise directly under the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region government; Kashgar is a civil-military joint-use (dual-use) aerodrome and a long-designated national first-class (Category I) port of entry
Coordinates39.5431°N, 76.0200°E
Elevation4,529 ft · 1,380 m
Time zoneCST (UTC+8, no DST) — official Beijing time; day-to-day life in Xinjiang commonly runs on an unofficial local 'Xinjiang time' (UTC+6), but published flight schedules, ATC and the AIP all use Beijing/CST
Passengers / yr5,233,499 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceZWSH — AIP China (CAAC / Xinjiang Regional Administration)
Operating hoursCivil-military joint-use aerodrome; continuous H24 civil ATC staffing is not independently confirmed — the published airport shuttle-bus service runs roughly 08:20-21:30 local (Beijing time), consistent with daytime/evening-clustered passenger schedules rather than round-the-clock operations. Verify current tower hours, curfew and any PPR requirement via NOTAM given the shared military use.
TerminalsT1 (23,800 sqm, opened 26 May 2009) plus T2 (33,000 sqm, opened 25 Sep 2022, 11 jet bridges, 27 aircraft stands, individually designed for roughly 5 million annual passengers) — 2025 actual traffic of 5.23 million already exceeds T2's standalone design figure; total combined T1+T2 design capacity is higher and was not independently confirmed here
Runways (1)
- 08/26 · 3,200 m / 10,499 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT I; runway 26 is additionally approved for HUD-enabled Special CAT II operations for suitably-equipped aircraft (a HUD-based procedure flown off CAT I ground infrastructure, not a confirmed CAT II ILS installation) — flight-area reference code 4E
Airport contact
CAAC's 2025 national production-statistics bulletin recorded 5,233,499 passengers at Kashgar, +16.4% versus 4,497,137 in 2024 (41,956 aircraft movements; 25,121.6 t of cargo), reflecting Kashgar's build-out as southern Xinjiang's regional hub and gateway toward Central/South Asia. China Southern's Urumqi-Kashgar-Islamabad service (resumed 27 Jan 2024) remains the airport's longest-running scheduled international route, but a second international route, Kashgar-Tashkent (Uzbekistan), opened 15 Jan 2026 on weekly flight 7Q3166/3167 (A320) — so Islamabad is no longer the only scheduled international destination. Renamed from plain 'Kashgar Airport' to 'Kashgar Laining International Airport' on 22 Jun 2023, honoring the historic Qing-era garrison city of Laining, following the Sep 2022 opening of the larger T2 terminal. Sits at 1,380 m elevation on the edge of the Tarim Basin near the Pamir foothills; as a civil-military joint-use aerodrome serving a sensitive far-western border region, foreign-carrier access, security procedures and any PPR/slot constraints should be reconfirmed directly with Xinjiang Airport Group ahead of operations.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. – Kashgar Management Branch (新疆机场集团喀什管理分公司)
State-owned airport operator self-provides passenger, ramp and turnaround handling for all scheduled carriers at Kashgar Laining International Airport; Xinjiang Airport Group's Kashgar branch runs the airport's ground-service operations directly, referenced in CAAC Xinjiang regulatory-bureau inspection reports covering apron/ground operations. Phone number corroborated independently against the airport's own listed contact number (•••).
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Aircraft fuel
Available
China National Aviation Fuel (CNAF) Xinjiang Aviation Fuel Co., Ltd. – Kashgar Branch (中航油新疆航空油料有限公司喀什分公司)
Into-plane Jet A-1 fuel supplier and fuelling agent for Kashgar Laining International Airport, registered as CNAF Xinjiang's dedicated Kashgar branch (qixin.com corporate registry); CNAF is the near-universal into-plane fuel monopoly at CAAC-regulated airports in China, and Xinjiang Aviation Fuel is its established regional subsidiary, making a Kashgar-specific branch highly consistent with standard industry structure. A CNAF Xinjiang filing describes a new fuel pipeline under construction on the airport's old apron per a 2026 environmental-impact filing lodged with the Kashi prefecture government; this specific filing detail was not.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Seasonal
Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. – Kashgar Management Branch (新疆机场集团喀什管理分公司)
Genuinely required — Kashgar sits at roughly 1,374-1,380 m elevation in a continental winter-snow zone (not tropical/subtropical); CAAC Xinjiang oversaw the airport's first ground de/anti-icing drill in 2017, and the branch maintains de-icing trucks plus stocks of aircraft and pavement de-icing fluid for winter operations (reported again during a March 2025 sleet event). · seasonal, winter months
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Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. – Kashgar Management Branch (新疆机场集团喀什管理分公司)
Aircraft cabin/lavatory servicing is presumed bundled into the branch's full-service ground handling for turnarounds, standard practice at Xinjiang Airport Group-run fields; no standalone cabin-cleaning contractor was identified.
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Ground support equipment
Available
Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. – Kashgar Management Branch (新疆机场集团喀什管理分公司)
Airport-owned ground support equipment, including de-icing trucks and apron vehicles, operated by the Kashgar branch; confirmed by CAAC Xinjiang reporting on the airport's de-icing fleet and pre-winter equipment checks.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. – Kashgar Management Branch (新疆机场集团喀什管理分公司)
Operates the airport's cargo terminal; Kashgar holds a CAAC/national quality-inspection designation as an approved port of entry for imported fruit, the only such fruit-import port in southern Xinjiang, implying in-house cold-chain/cargo-terminal handling capability.
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Aviation security
Available
Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. – Kashgar Management Branch (新疆机场集团喀什管理分公司)
Runs the terminal security-screening checkpoints (passenger and cargo screening posts were inspected by the CAAC Xinjiang regulatory bureau in 2017); reported to have become one of Xinjiang's first 'one-face clearance' facial-recognition security airports in 2023 — exact date not independently re-confirmed here.
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Passenger & crew transport
Unconfirmed
Xinjiang Airport Group Co., Ltd. – Kashgar Management Branch (新疆机场集团喀什管理分公司)
As airport operator would provide apron/ramp transport as part of standard ground handling; no separately named crew-shuttle, apron-bus or car-rental operator was identified.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Available
Universal Aviation – Kashi (ZWSH/KHG) FBO & Ground Handling
Business-aviation FBO/trip-support desk covering Kashi Airport; manages third-party arrangements, permit coordination, parking and CAAC regulatory relations through local ground supervisory agents, with a named local contact (Ricky Fang, Assistant General Manager, •••). VERIFIED directly against the company's own live Kashi (ZWSH/KHG) location page — company phone, contact name/title and mobile number all match exactly.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
Available
Kashgar Aviation Hotel (喀什航空酒店 / Xinjiang Aviation Hotel Co., Ltd.)
On-airport hotel at 473 Jichang Road, inside the Kashgar Laining International Airport grounds, operated by Xinjiang Aviation Hotel Co., Ltd. since 2015; positioned for crew/passenger layover given its on-airport location. China Postal Airlines separately ran a 2025-2028 tender for Kashgar crew-hotel services (3,159 room-nights, within 30 minutes of the terminal), confirming an active crew-accommodation market at this airport, though the tender itself did not name the winning hotel, so this remains unconfirmed as the specific contracted crew hotel.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source