By plane

UrUmqi is served by the Urumqi Diwopu International Airport 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the city center with regular domestic flights from Beijing, Shanghai (Hongqiao), Guangzhou, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Dunhuang, Hangzhou, Jilin, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Yinchuan, and Zhengzhou.

By train

Wulumuqi Railway Station is at Qingfeng Road.

    * Beijing - takes about 42 hours
    * Chengdu - takes about 49 hours
    * Dunhuang - takes about 14 hours (as of September 2009 no trains were running on the branch line to Dunhuang)

By bus

The Northern Long-Distance Bus Station is at Heilongjiang Road.

# Burqin - takes about 13 hours
# Korgas - takes about 14 hours
# Lanzhou - takes about 40 hours

By car

China Highway 312 is a motorway crossing Xinjiang from Gansu to the border with Kazakhstan. Most destinations within Xinjiang can be accessed via private car. Drivers tend to congregate near the bus stations and will often approach passengers shouting their destination. Drivers usually try to fill the car with four passengers, but you can also rent the whole car. In almost every case, a car will save hours of travel time over a bus.