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]

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
Map
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

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