Bole Alashankou Airport (Chinese: 博乐阿拉山口机场) (IATA: BPL, ICAO: ZWBL) is an airport serving the cities of Bole and Alashankou in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture and Shuanghe in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is located 18 kilometers east of Bole, 50 kilometers south of the Alashankou border crossing with Kazakhstan, and 10 kilometers north of Shuanghe. Construction started in July 2009 with an investment of 320 million yuan, and the airport was opened on 10 July 2010.[1][2]
Bole Alashankou Airport 博乐阿拉山口机场 Bólè Ālāshānkǒu Jīchǎng | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Bole, Alashankou and Shuanghe | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 382 m / 1,253 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°53′42″N 82°17′59″E | ||||||||||
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BPL Location of airport in Xinjiang | |||||||||||
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Airlines | Destinations |
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China Eastern Airlines | Xi'an |
China Express Airlines | Karamay, Kashgar, Korla, Tacheng[3] |
China Southern Airlines | Urumqi, Wuhan |
Joy Air | Kanas,[4] Karamay |
Tianjin Airlines | Urumqi |