Why is there an airport in Yushu County, Qinghai?

Qinghai Yushu Airport is located in the hinterland of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This 3,800-meter-long runway is 3,900 meters above sea level, ranking fourth among the civil airports built and under construction in China. The scheduled completion of the runway laid the foundation for the opening of Yushu Airport in June 2009.

According to the introduction of the Engineering Equipment Department of Qinghai Airport Construction Headquarters of Western Airport Group, with the consent of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, the construction of Yushu Airport with a total investment of more than 500 million yuan started in May 2007. The airport is 4C, and the runway is 3800 meters long and 45 meters wide, which can meet the take-off and landing of Airbus 3 19 and other aircraft. The airport is more than 20 kilometers away from Jiegu Town, where Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located. Airport builders have overcome many difficulties such as high altitude, bad weather and short construction period, and ensured the smooth progress of various projects. By the end of 2008, all airport projects will be completed to ensure that the airport can be opened as scheduled in June 2009.

Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in the hinterland of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at the junction of Qinghai-Tibet, Sichuan and Xinjiang provinces, with an area of more than 200,000 square kilometers and an average elevation of more than 4,000 meters. Both the Yangtze River and the Yellow River originate from Yushu, and the famous Hoh Xil Nature Reserve is located in the west of Yushu. Located at the top of the world, Yushu is known as the "last paradise" because of its magnificent scenery at the source of rivers, many ancient and mysterious Tibetan Buddhist legends and passionate Kangba songs and dances.

The establishment of Yushu Airport is of great tourism and military value. Yushu Airport has experienced "two constructions and two wastes" in history. /kloc-during the period of 0/920s, the government of the Republic of China sent Zhao Zukang, a technician who was then director of the General Administration of Highways of the Ministry of Communications, to visit Tibetan areas in Qinghai, and thought Batangtan, which belongs to Yushu County, was an ideal airport site. Construction of Yushu Batang Airport started in July. 1942. After the airport was completed, Chiang Kai-shek landed at Batang Airport by reconnaissance plane. 1952 10 According to the order of Peng, chairman of the Northwest Military and Political Commission, the Northwest Bureau and the Northwest Military Region rebuilt Batang Airport. 1956 and 1966, Dangxiong Airport in Tibet and Gongga Airport in Lhasa were built one after another. Yushu Batang Airport completed its historical mission and was grounded on 1970. The airport was abandoned again.