Shihezi Huayuan Airport guide

Shihezi Huayuan Airport serves Shihezi, a city in northern Xinjiang. Its ICAO code is ZWHZ. The airport sits in the Huayuan area, about 15 kilometres southwest of the city centre and 14 kilometres from Shihezi Railway Station. Bus route 17 links it with the city.

The present airport replaced an earlier field on a new site. Construction began in May 2012, and it reopened on 26 December 2015. Total investment was 515 million yuan. It has one runway, 09/27, rated 4C and 45 metres wide, and the apron has three commercial aircraft stands and 40 general aviation stands. The terminal covers about 3,000 square metres. The airport handles Boeing 737, Airbus A319 and A320 and Embraer 145 aircraft.

All flights are domestic. Chengdu Airlines, China Express Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines and Spring Airlines fly to Xinjiang points such as Aksu, Hotan, Korla, Yining, Altay and Tacheng. Longer routes reach Shanghai Pudong, Dalian, Shenyang, Jinan, Lanzhou and Fuzhou. The airport handled 627,933 passengers and 27,308 aircraft movements in 2025.