| Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport | |
| City-Served: | Tashkurgan |
| R1-Length-M: | 3,800 |
| R1-Number: | 15/33 |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| Metric-Elev: | y |
| Elevation-M: | 3,200 |
| Coordinates: | 37.6627°N 75.2923°W |
| Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Xinjiang |
| Pushpin Label: | HQL |
| Location: | Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China |
| Type: | Public / military |
| Icao: | ZWTK |
| Iata: | HQL |
| Order: | st |
| S: | 塔什库尔干红其拉甫机场 |
| T: | 塔什庫爾幹紅其拉甫機場 |
| P: | Tǎshíkù'ěrgàn Hóngqílāfǔ Jīchǎng |
Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport is an airport in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It opened on 23 December 2022.[1] At an elevation of 3,200 m, it is Xinjiang's first high plateau airport.[2] [3]
Construction started on 26 April 2020 with an expected investment of or .[2] The airport was designed to handle 400 tons and 160,000 passengers annually.[4] [5] Test flights were started at the airport in May 2022.[6]
The airport is seen to be part of a larger effort to develop the region commercially and to support the land route, a part of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, and the larger Belt and Road Initiative.[7] [8] It is also seen as a larger part of China's border infrastructure improvement and its 14th Five Year Plan.[9] [10]