Shigatse Peace Airport

Coordinates: 29°21′06″N 89°18′25″E / 29.35167°N 89.30694°E / 29.35167; 89.30694
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Shigatse Peace Airport

日喀则和平机场
གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང།
Terminal Building
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
ServesShigatse, Tibet A.R.
LocationJangdam, Samzhubzê District, Shigatse
Opened1973 (military)
30 October 2010 (public)
Elevation AMSL3,782 m / 12,408 ft
Coordinates29°21′06″N 89°18′25″E / 29.35167°N 89.30694°E / 29.35167; 89.30694
Map
RKZ is located in Tibet
RKZ
RKZ
Location of airport in the Tibet A.R.
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 5,000 16,404 Concrete
Source:[1]
Shigatse Peace Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese日喀则和平机场
Traditional Chinese日喀則和平機場
Tibetan name
Tibetanགཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང།
Shigatse Peace Airport

Shigatse Peace Airport (IATA: RKZ, ICAO: ZURK), Shigatse Heping Airport, or Shigatse Air Base, is a dual-use military and civilian airport serving Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is located in Jangdam Township,[2] 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Shigatse. Situated at an elevation of 3,782 metres (12,408 ft), it is one of the highest airports in the world.[2]

Construction of Shigatse Airport started in 1968 and was completed in 1973. It was solely for military use until 2010, when a 532 million yuan expansion was completed. On 30 October 2010, the airport was opened as the fifth civilian airport in Tibet.[3]

Facilities

The airport has a 5,000 meter runway with a 60-meter asphalt overrun at each end. It also features a 4,500 square-metre terminal building. It is projected to handle 230,000 passengers and 1,150 tonnes of cargo annually by 2020.[3][1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong, Xi'an
Tibet Airlines Chengdu, Xi'an
West Air Chongqing[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Airport information for Shigatse Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ a b 西藏第五个民用机场日喀则机场正式通航 (in Chinese (China)). Xinhua. 2010-10-30.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b 西藏第五个民用机场日喀则机场正式通航 (in Chinese (China)). Xinhua. 2010-10-30.
  4. ^ "China West Air flight PN6450". Flightradar24.
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