Lhasa Gonggar Airport
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Lhasa Gonggar Airport (IATA: LXA, ICAO: ZULS) is the airport serving Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is about 97 kilometres (60 mi) to Lhasa and about 62 kilometres (39 mi) southwest of the city in Gyazhugling, Gonggar County of Shannan.
Quick Facts Lhasa Gonggar Airport 拉萨贡嘎机场ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་།, Summary ...
Lhasa Gonggar Airport 拉萨贡嘎机场 ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་། | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Gonggar County, Lhasa, Tibet, China | ||||||||||||||||||
Hub for | Tibet Airlines | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,570 m / 11,713 ft | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°17′52″N 090°54′43″E | ||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 拉萨贡嘎机场 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 拉薩貢嘎機場 | ||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Lāsà Gònggá Jīchǎng | ||||||||||||
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Tibetan | ལྷ་ས་གོང་དཀར་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་། | ||||||||||||
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Situated at an elevation of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft), Lhasa Airport is one of the highest in the world. The airport was first built in 1965, a second runway was built in 1994, the second terminal was built in 2004,[1][2] and the brand new, third terminal was operational in 2021.[3]