On December 23, a calibration plane landed steadily on the runway of Taxkorgan Red Qilav Airport, and the airport officially entered the calibration stage.

It is reported that the flight verification work at Tashkurgan Red Qirapu Airport lasted about 10 days. Through continuous verification flights, ground engineering and technical personnel continuously adjust the parameters and angles of the equipment according to the instructions of the verifier, so that the measured results are consistent with the industry standards. The successful completion of the school flight will indicate that all navigation, navigation, surveillance, and communication operations at the airport have reached the civil aviation standards and are eligible for production and general aviation.

At present, there are 15 high plateau airports in use in China and 2 airports under construction. Taxkorgan Red Qilav Airport is the only high plateau airport in Xinjiang. The airport is 13 kilometers away from Taxkorgan County, with a total investment of 1.63 billion yuan, a flight area of 4C, and a terminal area of 3000 square meters. It can achieve an annual passenger throughput of 160,000 passengers and a cargo and mail throughput of 400 tons. The demand for 1900 flights. The airport is scheduled to be officially put into use in May 2022. It will plan routes from Taxkorgan to Kashgar, Shache, Urumqi, Yining, and Aksu, and plans to increase routes from Taxkorgan to Xi'an, Beijing, and Shenzhen in the later period.