Lhasa Gonggar Airport
| Lhasa Gonggar Airport 拉萨贡嘎 机场 |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | ZULS |
| IATA code | LXA |
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| Height above MSL | 3570 m (11713 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 47 km south of Lhasa |
| Local transport | bus |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1956 |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 09L / 27R | 4000 m × 65 m asphalt / concrete |
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The Lhasa Gonggar Airport ( Chinese 拉萨贡嘎机场 ) is the airport of Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region in China . It is located near the main district of Gonggar and thus around 45 kilometers south of Lhasa.
Transport links
The previous, very mountainous road to the airport was 100 kilometers long, which is why a 51 kilometer connection was built for around US $ 175 million. This has reduced the travel time of the bus to Lhasa from an hour and a half to less than half.
Infrastructure
In addition to the main runway , the airport had a parallel runway around 250 meters shorter, which is now used exclusively as a taxiway . There are two aprons and a terminal with a size of around 10,000 square meters, which is sufficient for around 600 passengers. After modernization measures, four of the gates have passenger boarding bridges .
Flight connections
There are flight connections with the Chinese cities of Beijing , Chengdu , Shanghai , Xi'an , Guangzhou , Chongqing and Shangri-La (formerly Zhongdian) as well as with the Nepalese capital Kathmandu .
See also
- Nagqu-Dagring Airport
- Ngari-Günsa Airport
- Nyingchi-Mainling Airport
- Qamdo-Bamda Airport
- Xigazê Airport
Web links
- china radio international: Lhasa Airport
- LXA - Airport (English)
- Lhasa-Gonggar Airport (English)