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Yining Airport

Yining, CN

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Ili Yining International Airport

Yining, China · Asia-Pacific

Yining's compact 2011 two-floor 4C field is an easy 5 km hop with a ¥1 bus and a real sofa CIP — the tradeoff is snack-only lounges, a thin Almaty bank, and a 240-hour TWOV stamp that Xinjiang does not issue.

Airportist Score

7.3/ 10

Solid

Ease of use7.6
Comfort & amenities7.2
Food & retail6.8
Ground access8.8
Reliability6.6
Lounges6.6

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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YINZWYNNormal

Ili Yining International Airport

Yining, China · Asia-Pacific

Yining's compact 2011 two-floor 4C field is an easy 5 km hop with a ¥1 bus and a real sofa CIP — the tradeoff is snack-only lounges, a thin Almaty bank, and a 240-hour TWOV stamp that Xinjiang does not issue.

Airportist Score

7.3/ 10

Solid

Ease of use7.6
Comfort & amenities7.2
Food & retail6.8
Ground access8.8
Reliability6.6
Lounges6.6

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Arrive
30 min
before domestic flights
Typical security
12 min
editorial average, not live
Fastest to city
~10–20 min to central Yining, traffic depending (~5 km)
Official taxi curb (arrivals / parking lot)
Cheapest to city
3路 / 19路 / 旅游专线 (伊宁机场 stop)
official leftover ¥1 city bus; tourism leftover ¥5 to 老城 · ~20–40 min to downtown / 老城, traffic depending
Lounge
1
Terminals
One two-floor hall + international wing (one 4C runway; relocation not live; no metro)

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Editorial profile notes — not a live alert feed. Live operations are on Overview and in the panel below.

Published alerts

Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Sep 20, 2026.

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CAAC leftover 2025 放行 is unpublished for this field. Profile stores 0.

图开沙漠 leftover is not live. One 2,400 × 45 m 4C strip and a two-floor hall are the passenger campus. International leftover is a wing, not a numbered T2.

240-hour TWOV does not enter at YIN. Stay leftover is not Xinjiang. Skip-immigration does not. 24-hour sterile TWOV does.

Do not merge leftover T2-as-numbered, leftover ZWYN as a public slug, leftover metro-as-open, leftover 240-hour TWOV, leftover skip-immigration, leftover 4D/4E, leftover CSAIR 10 km, leftover CZ8059 as a September bank, leftover Astana-as-live, leftover 那拉提 as this IATA, or leftover 旅行社 ¥25–40 taxi.

Typical delay mix from the same editorial snapshot — not a live feed. Current operations are on Overview.

Typical departure delays0 min · 0%

Typical arrival delays0 min · 0%

Typical cancellations0 min · 0%

Live operations

Live operational signals from Flighty or FAA, plus checkpoint waits where airports publish them.

Security wait times

Current security wait information is not available for this airport. Check the airport's official website or app before travel.

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Operational status

Normal operations

No Flighty-reported operational issues for this airport.

Source: Flighty Airports

Status response Sep 21, 23:12 UTC · Confirm live conditions with official sources before travel.

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