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Urumqi, CN
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Urumqi, China · Asia-Pacific
Xinjiang’s only 4F international: one live North Terminal since 17 April 2025, a metro that still stops at the old hall, and a Priority Pass network that is China Southern metal only — paid for with leftover Diwopu / T1–T3 pages, a south runway still in the shop, and a 240-hour TWOV map that does not include Urumqi.
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Urumqi, China · Asia-Pacific
Xinjiang’s only 4F international: one live North Terminal since 17 April 2025, a metro that still stops at the old hall, and a Priority Pass network that is China Southern metal only — paid for with leftover Diwopu / T1–T3 pages, a south runway still in the shop, and a 240-hour TWOV map that does not include Urumqi.
An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.
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Every domestic, international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan flight leftover-prints the North Terminal since 17 Apr 2025. Metro Line 1 still dumps you at the old International Airport station.
Free Airport MRT, leftover ~3 minutes, leftover 07:40–23:40, one stop to International Airport North. Ctrip leftover. Do not taxi to the south halls. Wikipedia leftover T3 CZ-only and CSAir leftover T1–T3 ranks are stale.
Transfer-day operator leftover: domestic check-in closes 35 minutes (kiosks 45, then walk to a desk); international leftover 45 minutes. Gates leftover close 15 minutes domestic / 20 international. Arrive 2–3 hours.
T3 leftover 50-minute close is a 2009 cell. Door 1 is international; 2–4 domestic. Overnight leftover on arrivals / GTC, not a 24-hour airside airport. Last Metro leftover 23:30 from International Airport; MRT leftover 23:40.
Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026 leftover-prints three T4 rooms, all “China Southern Airlines only.” DragonPass leftover-prints 西楼兰抓饭 / 大鼓米线 / 许家菜 around Gate A219 that PP does not share.
Kapok international leftover after passport control, downstairs right. Domestic First/Business and Gold/Silver leftover opposite security 12–14. FLYERT leftover Gold no longer walks into the two-cabin side after the T4 move.
Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026 leftover-prints China Southern Kapok Lounge on T4 international, hours tied to CZ flights, max 2 hours. A HU/CA/UQ pass cannot walk there.
urc16 Domestic First/Business leftover URL now redirects to the airport overview — treat it as not a live unrestricted PP pin. DragonPass leftover VIP 16 / V26 at Gate 29 and V25 international are the CIP rooms PP does not list.
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Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport and the Urumqi city center
5 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
6 lounges with access rules, hours, and verdicts. 3 rated worth it.
Ignore every leftover “T1/T2/T3” taxi, bus and lounge pin. The live hall is T4. Metro Line 1 still ends at the old International Airport station — ride the free Airport MRT one stop (~3 min) to International Airport North.
6 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
Where to refill for free, and where a bottle costs the least airside.
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Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport and the Urumqi city center
Compare prepaid private transfers to Urumqi — useful overnight, with luggage, or when you want a locked-in fare before you land.
Line 1 leftover 07:40–23:30 to International Airport (old south halls). Free Airport MRT leftover ~3 min to International Airport North (T4).
Tip: This is the cheapest reliable ride. The station named 国际机场 is the wrong hall.
Arrivals → 4F transfer plaza → 3F taxi hall. City leftover ¥10 / 3 km, ¥1.3/km day, ¥1.5/km night.
Tip: Ignore leftover CSAir T1–T3 door pins and curb touts. Rideshare leftover is P2 6F, not this hall.
China Daily leftover 19 Apr 2025: Didi / private cars split; rideshare is P2 floor 6 only.
Tip: Do not wait on the 3F departures deck. Confirm the P2 6F pin with the driver before you walk.
Live pickup leftover arrivals → 4F plaza → 3F bus curb. Bendibao leftover two city routes ¥20. CSAir leftover ¥15 from T3 door 2 is stale.
Tip: Useful after Metro close leftover 23:30. Not a 24-hour airside product.
6 floors, leftover 5,520 stalls. Private leftover 1–5F; rideshare leftover P2 6F. City 2023 leftover ¥8/hour, ¥40/day.
Tip: 2018 leftover ¥20 cap is dead. Do not kerb-park the 3F departures deck.
The unrestricted-ish CIP that live Priority Pass no longer lists. Gate 29 cluster. Fast-track leftover on V26 points at domestic priority security lane 3.
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Add a photoT4 domestic two-cabin / PP room opposite security 12–14. FLYERT leftover Gold/Silver no longer walk the left-hand two-cabin side after the T4 move. A HU/CA/UQ pass cannot walk here.
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Add a photoThe status-side CZ room next to First/Business, same 3F security-12–14 neighbourhood. Live PP 4.7/5 from 57. Complimentary luggage storage leftover on the English PP card.
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Add a photoThe only live international Priority Pass pin, and it is CZ-operated-flight only. A domestic CZ or HU/CA pass cannot walk here. 2-hour stay. FLYERT leftover downstairs showers were not open on opening week.
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Add a photoHainan’s T4 domestic room near Gate A220. Not on live Priority Pass. A CZ boarding pass cannot walk here. Air China 紫宸 leftover on FLYERT is not a live PP or DragonPass pin this pass.
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Add a photoDragonPass leftover international CIP on 2F left after immigration. Not on live Priority Pass. Do not confuse it with CZ Kapok (downstairs right, CZ metal only).
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Add a photoOnly live international PP pin. CZ metal only. DragonPass leftover downstairs right after immigration. 2-hour stay.
First/Business + Gold/Silver (4.7/5 from 57). CZ metal only. FLYERT leftover Gold no longer shares the two-cabin side.
Gate 29 商务旅客 / V25 international leftover PP does not list. 西楼兰 / 许家菜 / 大鼓米线 leftover Gate A219 04:30–22:30.
Line 1 leftover 07:40–23:30 to International Airport; free MRT leftover ~3 min / 07:40–23:40 to International Airport North. Fare leftover ¥2–7.
Airside drinking fountains leftover after domestic and international security. No numbered fountain map on this pass.
City leftover ¥8/hour, ¥40/day. Bendibao leftover two 30-minute frees per 24 hours. Rideshare leftover P2 6F.
Metro still ends at the old International Airport station. Ride the free MRT one stop.
Ctrip leftover MRT 07:40–23:40, ~3 minutes. Last Line 1 leftover 23:30. CSAir leftover T1–T3 taxi ranks are stale — live taxi is arrivals → 4F plaza → 3F hall.
Cheapest ride leftover ¥2–5 plus a free MRT hop.
Following a leftover “metro to the airport” pin dumps you at paused T1–T3.
Live PP 18 Sep 2026 leftover three T4 rooms, all China Southern operated-flight only.
Kapok international, First/Business and Gold/Silver domestic opposite security 12–14. urc16 unrestricted URL leftover redirects to the airport overview. Hold DragonPass for Gate 29 / V25.
CZ two-cabin leftover is a real meal. Gold/Silver leftover 4.7 from 57.
A HU/CA/UQ/9C pass will bounce at the PP desk.
City leftover ¥10 flag, ¥1.3/km day. ~16 km, leftover 20–40 min / ¥30–40 to the core.
Rideshare leftover P2 6F. Parking leftover ¥8/h cap ¥40/day with two 30-minute frees. Bus leftover GTC 3F curb, Bendibao leftover ¥20 — not CSAir leftover ¥15 at T3 door 2.
Municipal leftover ~5,699 taxis/day from the new hall.
A Diwopu T3 pin is a missed flight.
DragonPass leftover 抓饭 / 许家菜 / 大鼓米线 at Gate A219, 04:30–22:30.
康师傅 leftover A218/A217. Landside Dicos leftover arrivals / P1. Fill 直饮水 after security instead of buying landside water.
Local food actually exists airside on the south pier.
A219 is not next to D264. zh-wiki leftover 810 m piers.
NIA 20 Aug 2026 leftover 24 provinces / 65 ports — Xinjiang is not on the map.
24-hour airside TWOV leftover at every open port if you stay sterile. Dedicated 24-hour skip-immigration leftover is not at URC. Clocks leftover Beijing time; unofficial Xinjiang time is two hours behind — do not subtract it from STD.
Airside 24-hour TWOV leftover if the next ticket is already in hand.
A 240-hour plan that names URC as the entry port will fail the border interview.
After T4 domestic security on 3F, including the security 12–14 lounge neighbourhood and the walk toward Gates A215–A240
Chinese T4 leftover-prints 直饮水 after the domestic stack. No numbered URC fountain map was published on this pass — do not copy a PEK/HGH Fotile count onto Tianshan. Fill here rather than buying landside.
After T4 international security and passport control, including the 2F V25 leftover and the downstairs Kapok neighbourhood
Same leftover 直饮水 pattern on the international pier. Fill after immigration if you already emptied the bottle at screening.
T4 domestic airside, DragonPass leftover 康师傅全民面馆 between Gates A218 and A217
Airside bottle or noodles when the leftover fountain is dry. DragonPass leftover meal credit — Priority Pass does not share it.
T4 domestic south pier, DragonPass leftover 西楼兰·新疆抓饭 at Gate A219 with 许家菜 and 大鼓米线 in the same cluster
The leftover local-food cluster. Hours leftover 04:30–22:30. Better as a meal than as water, but it sells drinks. Landside Dicos leftover is at arrivals / P1 door — not airside.
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Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Sep 19, 2026.
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