Qiemo Airport received its last passenger flights in 2011.

[1] In the same year, civil aviation officials in Xinjiang announced that a new airport would be built to serve Qiemo Town.

[2] In its 2012 Civil Aviation Development Statistics Bulletin, the CAAC reported that Qiemo Airport had been closed.

[3] The new airport, Qiemo Yudu Airport, opened on 19 December 2016, where commercial air service to Qiemo Town resumed.

[4][5] The airport resided at an elevation of 1,252 metres (4,108 ft) above mean sea level.