The Tarim Airport in Alar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China's first airport in area with the desert collapsible geology in the Tarim River basin, started service on June 16.
A view of the Tarim Airport in Alar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Designed and built by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, the civil airport project included construction of a 2,800-meter-long and 45-meter-wide runway, two bypass taxiways, six station sites and a terminal covering 4,300 square meters, as well as supporting facilities.
A view of the parking apron of the Tarim Airport in Alar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The airport is scheduled to open 16 air routes. Once fully operational, it is expected to handle an estimated 300,000 passengers and 1,100 metric tons of freight throughput annually, which will improve Alar’s imports and exports and boost high-quality economic development.
An aircraft at the Tarim Airport in Alar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
