Rikaze Peace Airport

Rikaze Peace Airport

日喀则和平机场
གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང།
Terminal Building
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
ServesShigatse, Tibet A.R.
LocationJangdam, Samzhubzê District, Shigatse
Opened1973 (military)
30 October 2010 (public)
Elevation AMSL3,782 m / 12,408 ft
Coordinates29°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)
Passengers144,870
Aircraft movements1,804
Cargo (metric tons)528.9
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Rikaze Peace Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese日喀则和平机场
Traditional Chinese日喀則和平機場
Tibetan name
Tibetanགཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང།

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, 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.

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.

Facilities

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.[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.

Post-Doklam crisis, a new runway of approximately 3,000 metres (9,840 ft) was constructed for military purposes. The runway is located at the west-end of its primary runway.

Gallery

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong, Xi'an
Tibet Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Xi'an
West Air Chongqing

Map and location markers

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

See also


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