The airport will have a runway that is 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide (class 4C), a 3,000-square-metre (32,000 sq ft) terminal building, and four aircraft parking aprons. It is designed to serve 180,000 passengers and 400 tons of cargo annually.[1][2] The airport was opened on 26 December 2020, and became the 22nd airport in Xinjiang.[3]