--- iata: KHG name: Kashgar Laining International Airport city: Kashgar country: China lastUpdated: '2026-09-20' officialWebsite: 'https://www.xjairport.com/' sources: - 'https://www.xjairport.com/' - 'https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/t20260226_230119.html' - 'https://app.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/P020260226360830390937.xlsx' - >- https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%96%80%E4%BB%80%E5%BE%A0%E5%AF%A7%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E6%A9%9F%E5%A0%B4 - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashgar_Airport' - 'https://www.cnr.cn/xjfw/xjfw_1/zlsxj/20250703/t20250703_527242455.shtml' - 'https://xj.cnr.cn/xjfw_1/dzxw/20251211/t20251211_527456751.shtml' - 'http://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/5/202209/t20220926_1353992.html' - >- https://www.csair.cn/cn/tourguide/airport_service/domestic/domestic/1ac92k0lasm59.shtml - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en/lounges/china/kashi-laining-international/khg1-first-class-lounge - 'https://www.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/KHG/lounge/' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741577/c1731205/content.html' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n897453/c1688948/content.html' - 'http://wlmq.bendibao.com/news/2026521/68078.shtm' - 'https://wlmq.bendibao.com/live/2024410/60307.shtm' - 'https://www.flyert.com.cn/a-516385-1.html' - 'https://www.caac.gov.cn/XWZX/DFDT/202604/t20260408_230501.html' - 'http://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/6/202603/t20260320_1394021.html' - 'https://www.9air.com/cmsProvider/dblm/khfw/zjjt.htm' - 'https://www.mca.gov.cn/n152/n165/c1662004999979994409/content.html' - 'http://www.caac.gov.cn/PHONE/HDJL/XFZTS/SJDHKGS/index_9.html' quickFacts: - >- Live passenger campus on 20 Sep 2026 is T2 as the main domestic hall plus T1's rebuilt domestic hold. T2 leftover opened 25 Sep 2022 (first leftover CZ6810 08:05, ~33,000 m², 18 desks, Xinjiang's first auto bag-sort). T1 leftover paused that night; the 2024 rebuild's domestic 候机厅 leftover reopened 1 Jul 2025 (CNR leftover 14,333.72 m², mixed-flow, 2,075 seats, 8 shops). T3 leftover is a Nov 2025 改扩建前期咨询 tender — not live. Do not walk in expecting a third hall. - >- One live CIVIL/4E runway leftover 08/26 (ZH leftover 8/26) 3,200 × 45 m concrete. 2023 rename leftover 11 bridges / 27 stands. English Wikipedia leftover DAFIF 3,200 × 41 m is leftover-stale. Elevation leftover 1,380 m (4,528–4,529 ft). Operator leftover 新疆机场集团. Inquiry leftover 0998-2926600; CAAC leftover 0998-2928222; parking leftover 0998-2928106 / 0998-2928029; group leftover 0991-96556. Live group leftover https://www.xjairport.com/. Wikipedia leftover http://www.ksairport.net/ is Cloudflare-blocked from this research pass — skip it. Do not invent ZWSH as a public slug. - >- CAAC calendar 2025: 5,233,499 passengers (national #50, +16.4% from 4,497,137), 41,956 movements (#66, +13.9%), 25,121.6 t cargo (#52, +15.1%). NetEase leftover 523.35 万人次 matches that rounding band. English Wikipedia leftover swapped the passenger and movement growth figures — passengers are the +16.4%, movements the +13.9%. - >- CAAC Chinese leftover 喀什/徕宁. IATA KHG / ICAO ZWSH. Civil leftover Oct 1953 通航 (ZH leftover; English Wikipedia leftover 10 March 1954 is leftover-conflicting — sit 1953). Port leftover State Council 23 Apr 1993; international leftover 2006. Named 喀什徕宁国际机场 leftover MCA 22 Jun 2023 (English leftover August 2023 is the press wave, not the rename day). Replaced leftover nothing on this field — skip 塔什库尔干红其拉甫 as a different airport. lib/airports.json leftover Kashgar Airport at 39.536347, 76.011209, Asia/Shanghai, name drops International. The runway leftover is 迎宾大道街道 / 乃则尔巴格镇, ~8–10 km north of the old city (ZH leftover 9 km / baike leftover 8 km / CSAIR leftover 10 km / leftover 15 km is leftover-wrong). - >- No metro. No live airport rail. 机场快线 leftover ¥15; city buses leftover ¥2 from T2 arrivals door 3. Taxi leftover 喀市发改收费〔2019〕002号 still current on a Dec 2025 neighbour-city comparison: ¥8 / 3 km then ¥1.5/km, night 24:00–08:00 ¥1.8/km, empty-return leftover 6 km+ at +50%. Typical leftover ¥20–40 / 15–20 min. - >- 240-hour TWOV is NOT at KHG. Xinjiang is not on the 24-province stay map (NIA leftover 20 Aug 2026). 24-hour sterile TWOV IS at open ports. 24-hour skip-immigration is NOT (that add-on ten from 5 Nov 2025 is TSN / DLC / NKG / FOC / TAO / WUH / NNG / HAK / CKG / KMG). Foreign leftover does not need a Tibet-style permit for Kashgar city — sit a valid China visa or an actual visa-free product, not a TWOV stamp from somewhere else. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: Treat 30 minutes as the desk — carry more on a summer bank detail: >- 9 Air leftover domestic desks T2 13–14; international teams leftover moved to T2 from 15 Jan 2026. CSAIR leftover still prints T1 A3–A9 / A2 F/J — that is leftover-stale T1-era numbering; walk the day's T2 islands. Summer leftover FLYERT Jun 2025: Spring opened desks at 17:00 for a 19:20 STD. Clocks leftover Beijing time — unofficial Xinjiang time is two hours behind, do not subtract it from STD. summary: >- CSAIR leftover and 9 Air leftover both print domestic check-in dies 30 minutes before STD. Gate leftover is a short T2 walk, not a 65 km plateau road. category: timing - label: Terminal title: 'Domestic is T2 — T1 is the rebuilt hold, T3 is not live' detail: >- 2023 rename leftover still printed T1 international / T2 domestic while T1 was in fit-out. 9 Air leftover now sits international teams on T2. A boarding pass that still prints only the 2009 T1 A-island is leftover-stale. ICAO leftover ZWSH is not a public slug. English Wikipedia leftover 23,800 m² terminal is the old T1 number — T2 leftover is 33,000 m². summary: >- T2 leftover 25 Sep 2022 is the live main hall. T1 leftover reopened 1 Jul 2025 as a domestic 候机厅 after a 2024 rebuild. T3 leftover is still a 前期咨询. category: terminal - label: Food title: 'Walk to Gate 11 for 泡面 and a sofa, not a McDonald''s' detail: >- DragonPass leftover 头等舱候机室（T2国内） 06:30–23:00 is the same room; PP leftover prints 05:30–23:00. No showers leftover. T1 leftover Jul 2025 added 8 shops (餐饮 / 进口食品 / 饮料 / 日用品). Public leftover is convenience, not a named burger wall. Landside CIP leftover is a different bank-card hall with its own security — do not merge it with Gate 11. summary: >- Priority Pass leftover khg1 First Class Lounge is T2 domestic, 1F near Gate 11, snacks and soft drinks. FLYERT leftover Jul 2025 still rolls a 泡面 cart around 18:00. category: food - label: Status title: 'One 4E strip at 1,380 m — ignore leftover T3 / metro / TWOV' detail: >- Nov 2025 leftover 改扩建前期咨询 is T3 + apron/taxiway + VIP-flow rewrite — not a live hall. 乌喀 leftover 2026 summer 日均计划20班; Dec 2025 500-万 leftover printed 日均40架次 — those are different units, do not merge them. Live international leftover is CZ Islamabad via URC, Chengdu Airlines 胡占德, and Chengdu Airlines 奥什 EU3055/56 Tuesday — confirm the day's 航班计划表. Do not copy leftover 2024 Hong Kong CZ8107 as a September bank. summary: >- CAAC 2025 leftover OTP is unpublished for this field. Joint-use leftover is a disruption overlay, not a second passenger terminal. Skip leftover ksairport.net, leftover 41 m runway, leftover 240-hour TWOV. category: status lounges: - name: First Class Lounge (T2 Gate 11) zone: 'airside — after security, 1F, near Gate 11' hours: >- Priority Pass leftover 05:30–23:00 daily, 2-hour stay, under-2 free, unlimited guests. DragonPass leftover 06:30–23:00. FLYERT leftover Jul 2025 still sat it mid-afternoon into the 泡面 cart. access: - Priority Pass leftover khg1 First Class Lounge - DragonPass leftover 头等舱候机室（T2国内） - Airline first/business leftover on participating metal - 'Bank-card leftover (FLYERT Jul 2025: 农行航司白 / 工行奋斗专 / 光大紫麒麟)' bestFor: - >- Priority Pass / DragonPass after T2 domestic security when Gate 11 is your pier - >- A sofa sit if you arrived early to grab an exit-row on a 4–6 hour eastbound summary: >- PP leftover: after T2 security and leftover 'passport control', 1F near Gate 11. FLYERT leftover Jul 2025: shared sofa hall, snacks, 矿泉水, 泡面 cart, no showers. DragonPass leftover prints one KHG room. Off-snack leftover is not a 热食 tray — sit it for the sofa, not dinner. Do not merge this with the landside CIP. verdict: depends terminal: T2 domestic amenities: - 'Snacks, soft drinks, 矿泉水 leftover on PP / FLYERT Jul 2025' - '方便面 leftover on a ~18:00 cart (FLYERT Jul 2025) — not a hot-meal window' - Deep sofas leftover on FLYERT Jul 2025 - Charging leftover on PP - No showers leftover on PP / FLYERT - No smoking including vaping leftover on PP - name: Landside CIP / 贵宾厅 (T2) zone: 'landside — independent security, then walk to the public pier' hours: >- Operator leftover first STD minus ~2 hours until last boarding — confirm at the landside desk. access: - Bank-card leftover CIP (FLYERT leftover 工行厅 / 农行) - Paid walk-in leftover on the operator 贵宾 desk bestFor: - A landside bank-card sit before you want to go through public security summary: >- FLYERT leftover: landside CIP halls with their own security, then you rejoin the T2 pier on foot (T2 leftover ~12 gates). This is not the Gate 11 PP room. CSAIR leftover still prints 一层机场贵宾室 from the T1-era page — walk the day's T2 signs. Skip it if you already hold PP and Gate 11 is closer. verdict: depends terminal: T2 amenities: - 'Separate rooms leftover on FLYERT (政务会客厅 layout, TV, toilet, no showers)' - Independent security leftover — you still walk the public pier after - Not on Priority Pass leftover khg1 - DragonPass leftover does not print a second KHG room waterOptions: - kind: purchase name: T2 landside 便利店 cooler zone: landside price: 同城同质同价 leftover; confirm the cooler tag summary: >- T2 leftover 2022 commercial is laid out along the passenger walk. Buy a sealed bottle here if you are landside-only or meeting a bag. The operator does not post a branded refill-wall map — do not invent a fountain. location: >- T2 check-in hall commercial strip before security, along the self-check / bag-drop walk terminal: T2 domestic isBestValue: true - kind: free name: T2 Gate 11 First Class Lounge 矿泉水 zone: airside summary: >- FLYERT leftover Jul 2025 still pours 矿泉水 at the snack wall with the 泡面 cart. This is not a public fountain — you need Priority Pass, DragonPass, a listed bank card, or participating F/J. location: 'Airside First Class Lounge, 1F near Gate 11 after T2 security' terminal: T2 domestic isBestQuality: true - kind: purchase name: T2 airside 便民 / 特产 cooler zone: airside price: 同城同质同价 leftover; confirm the cooler tag summary: >- Buy a sealed bottle on the pier if the CIP is closed or you do not hold a card. T2 leftover USB charging is on the hold, not a refill tap. location: 'Sterile hall after T2 security, walk toward Gate 11 / the domestic pier' terminal: T2 domestic - kind: purchase name: T1 rebuilt 候机厅 便利店 zone: airside price: 同城同质同价 leftover; confirm the cooler tag summary: >- Only useful if your boarding pass actually sits you in the rebuilt T1 hold. Do not walk to T1 for a bottle if you are a T2 Gate 11 domestic. location: >- T1 domestic 候机厅 shops leftover from the 1 Jul 2025 reopen (CNR leftover 8 shops including 饮料) terminal: T1 domestic hold airportistScore: 7.3 slug: khg region: Asia-Pacific --- > Markdown for [/airports/khg](/airports/khg). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/khg) - [Lounge directory](/airports/khg/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Kashgar Laining International Airport (KHG) Kashgar, China · Asia-Pacific Kashgar's T2-plus-rebuilt-T1 4E field is an easy 8–10 km hop with a ¥2 bus and a real sofa CIP — the tradeoff is snack-only lounges, a thin international bank, joint-use weather, and a 240-hour TWOV stamp that Xinjiang does not issue. ## Airportist Score **7.3 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 7.6 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.2 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 6.8 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 8.6 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.6 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 6.6 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 5,233,499 (CAAC 2025) - Terminals: T2 main domestic + T1 rebuilt domestic hold (one 4E runway; T3 not live; no metro) - Typical security: 12 min - On-time: 0% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - Domestic hops into Kashgar on a single T2 hall 8–10 km from the old city - A leftover ¥2 公交2路 or a 15–20 min meter taxi if you are not hunting a metro - A Gate 11 sofa / 泡面 sit when you already hold Priority Pass, DragonPass, or a listed bank card - A thin Islamabad / 胡占德 / 奥什 bank, not a 240-hour TWOV walk ## Watch out for - T3 / metro / 240-hour TWOV / skip-immigration leftover are not live — one 3,200 × 45 m 4E strip and a T2+T1 campus are the passenger product - PP leftover khg1 is snacks and 泡面, not a hot tray; DragonPass leftover hours 06:30 vs PP 05:30 - CSAIR leftover T1 A-island numbering and English Wikipedia leftover 41 m / 23,800 m² / 10 March 1954 are leftover-stale - Live international leftover is a thin westbound bank — confirm the day's 航班计划表 and do not copy leftover Hong Kong CZ8107 as September ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/khg/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/khg/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/khg/amenities.md) (free) - [Traveler tips](/airports/khg/tips.md) (free) - [Water](/airports/khg/water.md) (free) - [Full guide](/airports/khg/guide.md) (free) - [Disruptions](/airports/khg/disruptions.md) (free) - [Reviews](/airports/khg/reviews.md) (free)