Kangding Airport
| Kangding Airport 康定 机场 |
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | FUTURE | ||
| IATA code | KGT | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 4280 m (14042 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 38 kilometer (s) from Kangding | ||
| Basic data | |||
| opening | October 22, 2008 | ||
| operator | Kangding Airport Company Ltd. | ||
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
330,000 | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 15/33 | 4000 m × 52 m asphalt | ||
The Kangding Airport ( Chinese 康定 機場 / 康定 机场 , Pinyin Kāngdìng Jīchǎng ) is an airport in May 2008 in the district of Kangding or Dardo ( 康定 县 , Kāngdìngxiàn ), which belongs to the administrative area of the Garzê Autonomous District of the Tibetans in the northwest of the Chinese Province Sichuan belongs. With its location at 4,280 m above sea level, it is currently the second highest airport in the world. The airport's only runway (15C / 33C) is 4000 m long.
China Eastern has regular flights to Kangding, from Yunnan's provincial capital Kunming via Sichuan's capital Chengdu . The airport is located 38 km from Kangding City on Zheduo Mountain near the Gongga Mountain Range, between two tributaries of the Yangtze River, the Dadu He and the Yalong.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Airport-int news ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2010 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. China To Open World's Second Highest Airport in 2008
- ↑ Press report on News.at
- ↑ Orientation according to Google Maps
