Yutian Wanfang Airport guide

Yutian Wanfang Airport is a regional airport in Yutian County, also known as Keriya, in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang. The county lies on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, about 1,300 km from Ürümqi. The Chinese name is 于田万方机场 and the ICAO code is ZWYT.

The State Council and Central Military Commission approved the project in 2019, with a budget of 710 million yuan. The airport opened on 26 December 2020, when an Urumqi Air Boeing 737-800 operated the first flight. It was the 22nd airport in Xinjiang. In its first year of operation it handled about 107,000 passengers and 54 tonnes of cargo and mail.

The airfield is rated 4C and has one runway, 08/26, 3,200 m long and 45 m wide. The terminal covers about 3,000 square metres and the apron has four aircraft stands. The design capacity is 180,000 passengers and 400 tonnes of cargo a year. Flights link Yutian with Ürümqi, Beijing Daxing, Guangzhou and Shanghai Pudong, and with Xinjiang airports including Kashgar, Yining and Korla.