Airports / China / AKU
Aksu Hongqipo Airport
ZWAK / AKUAksu (Onsu), ChinaELEV 3,816 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
113 nm
To the nearest alternate
Karakol International Airport (IKG).
Overview
Aksu Hongqipo Airport (ZWAK / AKU) sits in Aksu (Onsu), China, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 3,816 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
AKU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Karakol International Airport (IKG, 113 nm), Ili Yining International Airport (YIN, 168 nm), and Issyk-Kul International Airport (IKU, 179 nm).
Quotes for flights out of AKU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Ak-su and Akshu. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from AKU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ZWAK
IATA
AKU
FAA / Local
ZWAK
Elevation
3,816 ft
Coordinates
41.2625° N · 80.2917° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs China fields
state range 6–14,472 ft
At 3,816 ft, AKU sits higher than 78% of the 227 China fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 113nmIKGKarakol International AirportKarakol
- 168nmYINIli Yining International AirportIli (Yining / Ghulja)
- 179nmIKUIssyk-Kul International AirportTamchy
- 189nmNLTXinyuan Nalati AirportXinyuan
- 191nmALAAlmaty International AirportAlmaty
- 221nmKHGKashgar Laining International AirportKashgar
Location
Open the full mapZWAK · Aksu Hongqipo Airport · Aksu (Onsu), China