Passengers board flight CZ5091 of China Southern Airlines, which is bound for Yerevan of Armenia, at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

URUMQI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw its new airport in Kashgar Prefecture open to traffic on Thursday, according to the regional airport authorities.

It is the region's third Class A general aviation airport, said the Xinjiang airport group.

The Yecheng Mierdai airport, located in Yecheng County, boasts a runway that is 2,000 meters long and 30 meters wide, and a terminal complex with a total area of 3,180 square meters, said the group.

Yecheng County is a transportation hub for the circulation of goods in Xinjiang and southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.