Urumqi Airport is an international air route from China to West Asia, Europe and Africa. 1993 officially opened. With all kinds of modern facilities, the airport runway can be used by Boeing 707, Boeing 747, Boeing 757, Il -86, TU-154m and other civil aircraft. The international transceiver station of the airport can directly contact the vast area from Scandinavia in the north to the Cape of Good Hope in the south.
The airport also has an aircraft maintenance factory, which can undertake the maintenance of all kinds of aircraft at all levels. In 2000, Xinjiang Airlines operated 69 routes, including 6 domestic routes 1, 6 regional routes1,namely Urumqi to Chongqing to Hong Kong, and 7 international routes, namely Urumqi to Islamabad, Pakistan. Moscow, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg in Russia; Almaty in Kazakhstan, Tashkent in Uzbekistan, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. In 200 1 year, the number of passengers entering and leaving Urumqi Airport was 1 1072, and the export goods were 13523 tons, with a trade volume of $37,237,808.
2. Kashi Airport (Air Transport) Port
Kashi air port, which has been approved by the State Council but has not yet officially sailed, is located in Kashgar City, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, with a distance of 10 km from the city center. 1993 was approved as an air port by the State Council in April. The airport terminal is 4,856 square meters with complete flight support equipment, which can take off and land day and night. The opening of Kashgar Airport has greatly promoted the economic development of Kashgar and southern Xinjiang.
It is planned to open international flights from Kashgar to Osh and from Kashgar to Andijan. When conditions are ripe, the international air route from Kashgar to Islamabad will be further opened, making Kashgar Airport an air bridge for the opening up of western China. 1998 65438 In February, the expansion of Kashgar Airport was completed, and the flight level was upgraded from 4D to 4E, which can meet the requirements of B737—400 aircraft taking off and landing with full load.
3. Horgos Land (Highway) Port
Horgos Port is located on the banks of Horgos River in Huocheng County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, 96 kilometers away from Yining City, 690 kilometers away from Urumqi City and 380 kilometers away from Almaty City. It is an important highway port for the import and export of goods and entry and exit personnel between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan. The built-up area of the port covers an area of 4.58 square kilometers, with a permanent population of 6,500 and a daily floating population of about 1 10,000. There are 45 resident port organs and institutions, nearly 500 enterprises and offices, and 23 foreign trade warehouses and freight yards.
Port inspection and quarantine, commercial and residential, warehousing, transportation, water supply and drainage, power supply, communication, medical care, education, greening and other facilities are increasingly perfect, and enjoy the relevant preferential policies obtained by border cooperation in Yining City. In 200 1 year, there were 277,034 tons of import and export goods, and the trade volume was 30,482,438+0,700 USD.