AviatDataIli Yining International Airport YIN / ZWYN
Yining, Xinjiang · China · Xinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. — wholly state-owned enterprise under the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region government, operating Yining as a group station
3.5Mpax · 2025
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAZWYN / YIN
OperatorXinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. — wholly state-owned enterprise under the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region government, operating Yining as a group station
Coordinates43.9558°N, 81.3303°E
Elevation2,185 ft · 666 m
Time zoneCST (UTC+8, no DST)
Passengers / yr3,454,959 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceZWYN — AIP China (CAAC / Xinjiang Regional Administration)
Operating hoursNot published as H24; scheduled domestic and limited international (Almaty) service only — confirm operating hours and any PPR via NOTAM
Terminals1 terminal (2011-built 4th-generation building, 3 boarding bridges, approx. 18,000 sq m apron)
Runways (1)
- 06/24 · 2,400 m / 7,874 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Renamed from Yining Airport to Ili Yining International Airport on 6 June 2024, then upgraded from a temporary to a permanent, normalized international aviation port on 19 March 2026 — Xinjiang's third such port after Urumqi and Kashgar; the sole scheduled international route is Yining-Almaty (Kazakhstan) on FlyArystan, about four times weekly. 2025 traffic reached 3,454,959 passengers (CAAC bulletin rank 57), up +37.6% on 2,510,780 the prior year, straining the single 4C-rated 06/24 runway (2,400 x 45 m, no confirmed ILS); CAAC cleared a relocation site in Huocheng County (Tukaida Desert, about 32 km from the current field) in January 2024 for a new 4E airport with a 3,600 m runway targeting 6.1 million annual passengers by 2035.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Xinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. – Yining Branch (Ili Yining International Airport)
Airport operator self-provides ramp and passenger ground handling for all scheduled carriers (Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Chengdu Airlines, Spring Airlines and others) at Ili Yining International, run through Xinjiang Airport (Group)'s dedicated ground-service/line-maintenance branch '天翼航服' (Tianyi Aviation Service) — confirmed active on-site at Yining via 2026 airport press items (a joint drone-control briefing with border-control authorities naming '伊宁国际机场天翼航服机务工程师', and a four-vehicle pre-deicing drill run jointly with the airport); Xinjiang Airport Group's core business scope covers aviation ground support nationwide and no separate external third-party handler was found.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
China Aviation Oil Group (CNAF) – Xinjiang Branch
China Aviation Oil Group (中国航空油料集团/CNAF) is China's near-universal into-plane Jet A-1 supplier, servicing 233 civil airports nationwide under standing contracts (gravity and pressure refuelling); no station-specific citation naming a Yining depot/branch was found in public sources, so this is the presumptive supplier for this CAAC-regulated regional airport pending direct confirmation.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Seasonal
Xinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. – Yining Branch (Ili Yining International Airport)
In-house winter de/anti-icing run by the airport's 天翼航服 ground/line-maintenance branch with the airport's Operations Management Committee (运管委); Yining has documented seasonal de-icing since at least 2009 (CAAC and CARNOC coverage of winter de-icing drills and snow response) and, per 2026 airport and trade-press coverage, now runs a 'pre-deicing' (预除冰) model built with the Ili Prefecture Meteorological Bureau (伊犁州气象局) and a centralized forecast center: a shared ice/snow warning map locks in icing periods 6-12 hours ahead so crews pre-clear surface snow/ice, cutting final aircraft de/anti-icing time from a traditional 9 minutes to about 3 minutes; runway/taxiway snow clearance runs in parallel.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
On request
Air Culinaire Worldwide
In-flight catering for business/GA aircraft at Yining is arranged through Air Culinaire Worldwide in partnership with Universal Aviation's local FBO desk — confirmed on Universal Aviation's own Yining (ZWYN) page, which lists catering arrangements 'through Air Culinaire Worldwide' among its services; actual meal production is via a local or partner kitchen not separately named — order-ahead/on-request basis, unconfirmed for scheduled-airline volumes.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Xinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. – Yining Branch (Ili Yining International Airport)
Aircraft interior cleaning and lavatory/water servicing presumed to sit within the airport's in-house ground-service scope (天翼航服 branch) alongside ramp handling; no separately named cabin-cleaning contractor identified for Yining.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Available
Xinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. – Yining Branch (Ili Yining International Airport)
Airport-owned ground support equipment fleet — passenger boarding stairs, ground power units, lavatory/water service vehicles, and winter equipment (snow blowers/sweepers, multiple de-icing trucks used in the documented four-vehicle pre-deicing drill) plus bird/wildlife-control vehicles — per the airport's published facilities description; operated in-house by the airport's own ground-service branch.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
YTO Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.
Operates scheduled freighter service ex-Yining/Ili Yining International to Tashkent (Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport); self-handled, YTO Cargo Airlines (圆通航空) — confirmed via airport traffic data (~9,604.8 tonnes of cargo handled in 2025) and via the carrier's own ARJ21 freighter maiden commercial flight, YG9097, which flew a full cargo load from Yining to Tashkent on 6 June 2024.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
Xinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. – Yining Branch (Ili Yining International Airport)
Passenger, baggage and cargo security screening at the terminal is run as a standard CAAC-regulated function of the airport operator, with the terminal's published facilities list including a security-screening area; no separately named security contractor identified.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
On request · 2 providers
Xinjiang Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. – Yining Branch (Ili Yining International Airport)
Airside apron/shuttle transfer between the terminal's boarding bridges/stands and remote parking positions is part of standard ground operations at this fourth-generation terminal (3 boarding bridges, 18,000 sqm apron); no separately named transport operator identified.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Universal Aviation
Arranges ground transportation for crew and passengers on business/GA flights routed through Yining, listed as a service on Universal's own Yining page; sourced on request through Universal's China office rather than a dedicated local fleet.
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Flight support
Available
Universal Aviation
FBO/trip-support desk covering Yining (ZWYN) as a supervisory location — permit coordination, parking assistance, and regulatory liaison with airport management and CAAC — run out of Universal Aviation's main China FBO office, with named local manager Ricky Fang, Assistant General Manager (•••); confirmed directly on Universal Aviation's own Yining (ZWYN) location page, which states third-party arrangements at Yining are sourced and managed through that main China office.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
Not listed