Qamdo-Bamda Airport

Qamdo-Bamda Airport (Qamdo Bangda or Qamdo Bama Airport)
Characteristics
ICAO code	ZUBD
IATA code	BPX
Coordinates	30 ° 33 '13 "  N , 97 ° 6' 30"  E Coordinates: 30 ° 33 '13 "  N , 97 ° 6' 30"  E
Height above MSL	4334 m (14219  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	66 km south of Qamdo
Basic data
opening	1994
operator	CAAC
Terminals	1
Start-and runway
14/32	5500 m × 45 m asphalt

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The airport Qamdo Bamda even Changdu Bangda Airport ( Chinese :昌都邦达机场), IATA code : BPX ; ICAO code : ZUBD , is a commercial airport in the People's Republic of China . It is located in the Bamda (Bangda) municipality , near the city of Qamdo (Changdu) in the east of the Tibet Autonomous Region .

The airport was built in a highland steppe in the Bamda grassland and opened on October 22, 1994. The airport operator is the CAAC . There is a terminal and a guest house. The airport site is isolated in a high valley of the Tanyaintaweng Shan , a mountain range of the Hengduan Shan . The next larger town is Bamda . The Bangda Airport Monument is located 400 meters southeast of the airport structures and was built in honor of the airport's builders due to the climatic and technical challenges.

With a height of 4,334 meters above sea level. d. M. , the airport was the highest airport in the world until the opening of Dabba-Yardêng, which is 77 meters higher, on September 16, 2013. In 2019, however, the Nagqu Dagring Airport, which is currently under construction, will be 4,436 meters above sea level. d. M. occupy the rank of the highest airport in the world.

The only runway at Qamdo-Bamda Airport is 5,500 meters long, making it the world record holder among civil airports. The enormous length is necessary because due to the height-related low air density, a high speed through the air is necessary to a stall to avoid. The therefore significantly higher landing speed ensures longer braking distances when landing. During take-off, in addition to the higher speed required for take-off, there is also the reduced engine power due to the thin air, so that a very long acceleration is necessary. The airport has an instrument landing system (ILS).

See also

• Lhasa Gonggar Airport
• Ngari-Günsa Airport
• Nyingchi-Mainling Airport
• Nagqu-Dagring Airport
• Xigazê Airport

Sources and web links

• Konggar Airport in Lhasa / Bangda Airport in Qamdo ( Radio China International , March 11, 2005)
• ZUBD - Airport (Homepage of Karl Swartz, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oliver Fülling: Tibet. Dumont, 2017, p. 289.
2. ↑ Fly from the sky: World's highest airport planned ( Memento of the original dated November 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on CNN GO January 4, 2012, accessed October 11, 2012