Qiemo Airport (former)
Qiemo Airport 且末机场 Qiěmò Jīchǎng | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public (closed) | ||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Administration of China | ||||||||||
| Location | Qiemo, Xinjiang, China | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,252 m / 4,108 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°8′58″N 85°31′58″E / 38.14944°N 85.53278°E | ||||||||||
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Qiemo Airport was an airport serving Qiemo Town in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. After passenger service to the airport ended in 2011, a 2012 CAAC report stated that Qiemo Airport had been closed. It was replaced by Qiemo Yudu Airport in December 2016, where Qiemo Town regained commercial air service.
History[edit]
Qiemo Airport received its last passenger flights in 2011.[1] In the same year, civil aviation officials in Xinjiang announced that a new airport would be built to serve Qiemo Town.[2] In its 2012 Civil Aviation Development Statistics Bulletin, the CAAC reported that Qiemo Airport had been closed.[3] The new airport, Qiemo Yudu Airport, opened on 19 December 2016, where commercial air service to Qiemo Town resumed.[1] The new airport has a runway longer than that of Qiemo Airport.[4][5]
Infrastructure[edit]
The airport resided at an elevation of 1,252 metres (4,108 ft) above mean sea level. It had one paved runway with dimensions 1,700 by 25 metres (5,577 ft × 82 ft).[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Remote county reached by regular flight". China Daily. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Xinjiang to invest $4.6b in airport construction". China Daily. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ Wong, Joy (21 May 2013). "CAAC Issues 2012 Civil Aviation Development Statistics Bulletin". China Aviation Daily. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Profile on Qiemo Airport". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Profile on Qiemo Yudu Airport". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "IQM - Qiemo, 65, CN - Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
