What airports are there in Tibet Airport?

There are five airports in Tibet, namely, Lhasa Gongga Airport, Qamdo Bangda Airport, Linzhi Milin Airport, Ali Kunsha Airport and Xigaze Peace Airport.

1. Lhasa Gongga Airport: Lhasa Gongga International Airport is located in Jiazhulin Town, Gongga County, Shannan District, Xizang Autonomous Region, on the south bank of Yarlung Zangbo River. At an altitude of 3600 meters, the runway is 4000 meters long and 45 meters wide. The airport is 4E, which can be used for the take-off and landing of Boeing 747, Airbus and other large aircraft. It is one of the highest civil airports in the world.

2. Changdu Bangda Airport: Changdu Bangda Airport is located in the narrow valley on the west bank of Yuquan River in Dongchang Bangda Grassland, Tibet. The airport is 4334 meters above sea level, and the runway is 5500 meters long and 45 meters wide. The flight area is 4D, which can be used for the take-off and landing of Boeing 757 and below. It is the first regional airport in Xizang Autonomous Region, and it is also the second highest civil airport in the world with the longest runway and the farthest distance from the urban area.

3. Linzhi Milin Airport: Linzhi Milin Airport is located in the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley, Milin County, Linzhi City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, about 50 kilometers away from Bayi District and 19 kilometers away from Milin County. It is a 4D civil regional airport with an altitude of 2948.9 meters, belonging to the plateau airport. Linzhi Milin Airport has a total of 1 terminal building with a building area of 10360 square meters. There are 13 class C seats on the station platform; The runway is 3,000 meters long and 60 meters wide, which can meet the annual passenger throughput of 750,000 passengers and the cargo and mail throughput of 3,000 tons.

4. Ali Kunsha Airport: Ali Kunsha Airport is located in the southwest of shiquanhe town, Ali region, Tibet, which is known as the roof of the world, with an altitude of 4,274 meters, second only to Qamdo Bangda Airport with an altitude of 4,334 meters and Kangding Airport in Sichuan with an altitude of 4,280 meters. It belongs to plateau airport and is the third highest airport in the world. The airport runway is 4500 meters long and 60 meters wide, which can meet the take-off and landing requirements of Airbus A3 19 and other plateau aircraft. The building area of the terminal building is about 3,900 square meters.

5. Xigaze Peace Airport: Xigaze Peace Airport is located in Xigaze, Tibet, and its construction is to further improve Tibet's aviation network. The opening of the airport greatly facilitates tourists and local residents to Shigatse, making Shigatse more prosperous.

Xizang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China (PRC) Autonomous Region for short, is one of the five minority autonomous regions in China. It is located in the southwest of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) and is called the "roof of the world" in the southwest of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is located between 26 50' and 36 53' north latitude and 78 25' and 99 06' east longitude, with an average elevation of more than 4,000 meters. It covers an area of 1, 202,800 square kilometers, governs 6 prefecture-level cities, 1 area, and its capital is Lhasa. By the end of 2022, the permanent population of Xizang Autonomous Region was 3.64 million.