Route · XIY → URC
Flights from Xian to Urumqi
Connecting Xi'an's Xianyang International Airport (XIY) with Urumqi's Diwopu International Airport (URC), this roughly 2,100-kilometre domestic trunk route covers China's interior in a typical block time of just under three hours, making it a practical alternative to the gruelling overland journey across the Loess Plateau and into Xinjiang. Sichuan Airlines, Air China, China Southern, Xiamen Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines all operate the sector, typically deploying narrowbody Airbus A320-family jets on most rotations. The single most important practical note for first-time travellers is the time-zone quirk: Urumqi runs on Beijing Standard Time officially, but local Xinjiang informal time runs two hours behind, so hotel check-ins, restaurant hours, and onward connections often follow that unofficial clock rather than the one on your ticket. Fares tend to soften in autumn after the Golden Week crowds thin out, and midweek departures generally yield better availability and lower prices than Friday or Sunday flights.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Xian (XIY) → Urumqi (URC). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
5 carriersThe 5 carriers we currently track on the Xian–Urumqi route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Xian to Urumqi
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Xian to Urumqi — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at XIY and… URC, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.