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Shigatse Peace Airport

Coordinates : 29°21′06″N 89°18′25″E  /  29.35167°N 89.30694°E  / 29.35167; 89.30694
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Rikaze Peace Airport

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Terminal Building
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Serves Shigatse , Tibet A.R.
Location Jangdam , Samzhubze District , Shigatse
Opened 1973 (military)
30 October 2010 (public)
Elevation  AMSL 3,782 m / 12,408 ft
Coordinates 29°21′06″N 89°18′25″E  /  29.35167°N 89.30694°E  / 29.35167; 89.30694
Map
RKZ is located in Tibet
RKZ
RKZ
Location of airport in Tibet
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 5,000 16,404 Concrete
07/25 3,000 9,843 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 144,870
Aircraft movements 1,804
Cargo (metric tons) 528.9
Source: [1]
Shigatse Peace Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 日喀? 和平 机?
Traditional Chinese 日喀則和平機場
Tibetan name
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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, [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]

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 [ edit ]

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 ). [ citation needed ] 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. [3] [1]

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. [4]

Gallery [ edit ]

Airlines and destinations [ edit ]

Airlines Destinations
China Eastern Airlines Xi'an
Tibet Airlines Chengdu?Shuangliu , Xi'an
West Air Chongqing [5]

Map and location markers [ edit ]

Key:
1
Runway 1 (16,404ft)
2
Runway 2 (9,843ft)
3
Main Terminal
4
Air Traffic Control tower

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Airport information for Shigatse Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ a b 西藏第五?民用机?日喀?机?正式通航 (in Chinese (China)). Xinhua . 2010-10-30. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010.
  3. ^ a b 西藏第五?民用机?日喀?机?正式通航 (in Chinese (China)). Xinhua . 2010-10-30. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010.
  4. ^ Team, Bellingcat Investigation (2017-11-28). "China's Shigatse Gets New Infrastructure" . bellingcat . Retrieved 2024-01-10 .
  5. ^ "China West Air flight PN6450" . Flightradar24 .