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Airport in Tibet, China
"RKZ" redirects here. For the football club, see
RKZVC
.
Rikaze (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,
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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
.
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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.
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Facilities
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The airport has a 5,000-metre (16,000 ft) runway with a 60-metre (200 ft) asphalt overrun at each end. It is the
longest public runway
in the world (tied with
Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport
).
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citation needed
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It also features a 4,500-square-metre (48,000 sq ft) terminal building. It is projected to handle 230,000 passengers and 1,150 tonnes (1,130 long tons; 1,270 short tons) of cargo annually by 2020.
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Around 2017, a new runway of approximately 3,000 metres (9,840 ft) was constructed.
Guizhou WZ-7 Soaring Dragon
UAVs
were seen hosted by this runway. The runway is located at the west-end of its primary runway.
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Gallery
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Airlines and destinations
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Map and location markers
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300m
330yds
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Key:
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Runway 1 (16,404ft)
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Runway 2 (9,843ft)
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Main Terminal
4
Air Traffic Control tower
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