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At 10:40 am today (August 20), with the safe landing of flight G11101 at Bayingolbuluke Airport in Hejing County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, the Xinjiang Bayingolbuluke Airport officially opened to traffic.

Xinjiang is the province with the most airports in my country, with 26 currently operating civil airports. After the opening of Bayingbuluke Airport, the number of civil airports in operation in Xinjiang has increased to 27.

Bayinbuluke Airport is located southwest of Bayinbuluke Town, Hejing County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, about 13.5 kilometers away from the town center, covering an area of ​​174.7 hectares. The airport is 2,506.85 meters above sea level, with a flight zone grade of 4C. It is the second high-altitude airport in Xinjiang. After opening to traffic, it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 250,000 and cargo and mail throughput of 500 tons. At present, the airport has opened round-trip routes from Bayinbuluke to Korla within and outside Xinjiang, and will successively open routes to major hub airports such as Shanghai and Beijing.

China's civil aviation regulations stipulate that airports with an altitude of 2,438 meters or above are high-plateau airports. In December 2022, Xinjiang's first high-plateau airport, Taxkorgan Khunjerab Airport, was officially opened. (CCTV News)