Qamdo Bamda Airport

Qamdo Bamda Airport (IATA: BPX, ICAO: ZUBD), also known as Changdu Bangda Airport, is an airport serving Qamdo (Changdu), Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is located in the village of Bamda (Bangda).

Qamdo Bamda Airport

昌都邦达机场
ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesQamdo, Tibet A.R., China
LocationBamda, Baxoi County, Tibet A.R.
Elevation AMSL4,400 m / 14,436 ft
Coordinates30°33′13″N 97°06′31″E
Map
BPX
Location of airport in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 4,500 14,764 Grooved Asphalt
Sources:[1]
Qamdo Bamda Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese昌都邦达机场
Traditional Chinese昌都邦達機場
Tibetan name
Tibetanཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་

Background

At an elevation of 4,334 m (14,219 ft) above sea level, Qamdo Airport was formerly the highest airport in the world. It was surpassed by Daocheng Yading Airport, with an elevation of 4,411 m (14,472 ft), on 16 September 2013.[2] It has a very long runway, at 4.5 km (2.8 mi), a necessary feature due to the reduction in engine and lift performance that aircraft are subject to at altitude, requiring higher than normal lift-off speeds and therefore longer take-off (and landing) runs.[1][3]

The airport is 2.5 hours by road from the county seat of Qamdo.

Runway repairs took place in 2007 and 2013 after decay from the weather. Construction of a new 4,500-meter-long runway has been completed, and the original 5,500-meter-long runway has been closed.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air China Chengdu
China Southern Airlines Chongqing
Tibet Airlines Chengdu, Chongqing, Lhasa, Tianjin, Xi'an

See also

References
  1. Airport information for Qamdo Bamda Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Ben Blanchard (16 September 2013). "China opens world's highest civilian airport". Reuters. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. Carter, Ben (2013-06-22). "How long is the runway in Fast & Furious 6?". BBC News Magazine. BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
Records
Preceded by
El Alto International Airport		 World's highest airport
4,334 m (14,219 ft)
1994–2013		 Succeeded by
Daocheng Yading Airport
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