Bole Alashankou Airport

Bole Alashankou Airport

博乐阿拉山口机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesBole/Alashankou/Shuanghe, Xinjiang, China
Opened10 July 2010; 14 years ago (2010-07-10)
Elevation AMSL382 m / 1,253 ft
Coordinates44°53′42″N 82°17′59″E / 44.89500°N 82.29972°E / 44.89500; 82.29972
Map
BPL is located in Xinjiang
BPL
BPL
Location of airport in Xinjiang
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,600 8,530
Statistics (2021)
Passengers251,570
Aircraft movements36,104
Cargo (metric tons)168.3
Bole Alashankou Airport
Simplified Chinese博乐阿拉山口机场
Traditional Chinese博樂阿拉山口機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBólè Ālāshānkǒu Jīchǎng

Bole Alashankou Airport (IATA: BPL, ICAO: ZWBL) is an airport serving the cities of Bole and Alashankou in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture and Shuanghe in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is located 18 kilometers east of Bole, 50 kilometers south of the Alashankou border crossing with Kazakhstan, and 10 kilometers north of Shuanghe. Construction started in July 2009 with an investment of 320 million yuan, and the airport was opened on 10 July 2010.[1][2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Chengdu Airlines Aksu,[3] Karamay,[4] Kuqa,[4] Tumxuk,[3] Turpan[4]
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
China Express Airlines Aksu,[5] Kanas, Karamay, Kashgar, Korla
China Southern Airlines Changsha, Ürümqi, Wuhan
Joy Air Kanas,[6] Karamay
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu[7]
Tianjin Airlines Ürümqi

See also

References