Shache Airport (IATA: QSZ, ICAO: ZWSC) is a domestic civil airport serving Shache County (also known as Yarkant) in the Kashgar Prefecture of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It provides air connectivity for a historically significant city along the ancient Silk Road trade routes. The airport operates domestic routes primarily connecting Shache to major Chinese cities, helping to improve accessibility to this remote region of western China. Air travel is particularly important here given the long road distances to other urban centers. Shache is administered under the civil aviation framework of China and serves a predominantly local population along with visitors to the region's cultural and historical sites.