Xinjiang High plateau airport-Tashkurgan Airport on Pamir Plateau almost finished and to test flights next month

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Xinjiang High plateau airport-Tashkurgan Airport on Pamir Plateau is almost finished and to test flights next month​

近期，民航新疆管理局相关领导对塔什库尔干机场工程建设及运营筹备进展情况进行专题调研。塔什库尔干机场位于帕米尔高原东部，标高3258米，是中国最西端的运输机场，也是新疆地区海拔最高跑道最长的机场。
塔什库尔干机场计划于10月进行飞行校验，11月进行实地试飞，12月进行行业验收，预计2022年上半年正式投入运营，届时塔县人民将真正实现出行便捷的梦想，新疆民航也将填补高高原机场空白。

Altitude of 3252 meters, Tashkurgan Airport is a new airport construction project for Tashkurgan, in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China. The airport will be the first for the region and forms part of a series of infrastructure developments encompassing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project.

After the airport is completed, it will improve traffic conditions in the local and surrounding areas, drive the development of tourism and special industries, and meet the needs of emergency rescue. From now on, people who yearn for the Pamirs can fly to the plateau, overlooking the beautiful views of Muztag Peak, Stone Town, Baisha Lake, etc. from the air.

 

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Tashkurgan County​

 

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Past photos when this ariport first started under construction

Truly in the middle of nowhere. Building a modern airport in no man's land looks bit eerie..

It took a year from groundbreaking to completion, amazing speed in this harsh terrain

 

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High on the Pamir Plateau, town of Tashkurgan, the last Chinese town before Afghanistan, Tajikstan and Pakistan, the only town in China borders 3 foreign countries

 

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First test flight plane touched down at Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport yesterday, marking the project entering the flight testing stage.

 

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First test flight plane touched down at Tashkurgan Khunjerab Airport yesterday, marking the project entering the flight testing stage.

 

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Testing for the airport had successfully finished, official operation is imminent, amazing speed!

 

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Pamir Plateau, one of the harshest places on this planet yet strategically super important

 

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Mount Muztagata
Elevation: 7,509 m

 

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