Kuqa Qiuci Airport | |
Nativename-A: | Chinese: {{nobold|库车龟兹机场 |
Iata: | KCA |
Icao: | ZWKC |
Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Xinjiang |
Pushpin Label: | KCA |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Kuqa, Xinjiang, China |
Elevation-M: | 1,074 |
Coordinates: | 41.7181°N 82.9869°W |
Metric-Elev: | y |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,600 |
Stat-Year: | 2021 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 437,652 |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
Stat2-Data: | 6,098 |
Stat3-Header: | Cargo (metric tons) |
Stat3-Data: | 351.6 |
Footnotes: | Source:CAAC[1] [2] |
Order: | st |
S: | 库车龟兹机场 |
T: | 庫車龜茲機場 |
P: | Kùchē Qiūcí Jīchǎng |
Kuqa Qiuci Airport is an airport serving Kuqa County in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It is located 38 kilometers from the city. The airport was first built in 1939, but ceased operation in 1998. In 2009 it was moved and rebuilt at its current location with an investment of 333 million yuan, and was reopened in 2011 under the new name Kuqa Qiuci Airport, after the ancient kingdom based in Kuqa.[3]
The airport is situated at an elevation of 1074m (3,524feet) above mean sea level. It has one runway which measures 2600m (8,500feet).