Aksu Hongqipo Airport guide

Aksu Hongqipo Airport serves Aksu city and Aksu Prefecture in the west of Xinjiang. It lies in Onsu County, 12.5 kilometres from the centre of Aksu, at an elevation of 1,163 metres. The airport is shared by civil and military aviation. It was called Aksu Wensu Airport until it was renamed in August 2022.

The airport has one asphalt runway, 09/27, which is 2,400 metres long and 45 metres wide. In 2025 it handled 2,778,946 passengers, 25,462 aircraft movements and 11,306 tonnes of cargo. Seventeen airlines operate here, including Air China, China Southern, China Eastern and Chengdu Airlines.

Terminal 2 opened on 26 November 2020. It covers 20,437 square metres over three floors and is designed for three million passengers a year. It has four jet bridges, 13 check-in counters and 15 aircraft stands for C-class jets. Terminal 1, a 5,000 square metre building, was reopened in December 2020 for CRJ900 regional jets.