# Bole Alashankou Airport (BPL)

> Bole, CN · IATA: BPL · ICAO: ZWBL · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BPL` |
| ICAO | `ZWBL` |
| City | Bole |
| Country | CN |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 382 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 44.89546, 82.30007 |

## Description

A few daily passenger flights on one side, thousands of China–Europe freight trains on the other: Bole Alashankou Airport (BPL, ICAO ZWBL) sits beside China's busiest rail border crossing into Kazakhstan, yet handles no cargo itself. The airport connects Bortala prefecture in northwestern Xinjiang mainly with Ürümqi. Airfreight is processed at Ürümqi Tianshan International (URC) instead. The real logistics asset here is the Alashankou land port with its comprehensive bonded zone, a fixture on the China–Europe rail corridor. In practice, shippers truck urgent consignments to Ürümqi for uplift and hand Europe-bound volume freight to the railway at Alashankou. There is no dedicated air-cargo customs post at the airport itself.

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