Lhasa Gonggar Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Lhasa Gonggar Airport
nativename-a = 拉萨贡嘎机场
IATA = LXA
ICAO = ZULS
type = Public
owner = China Civil Aviation Administration of the Tibet Autonomous Region
operator =
city-served = Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region
location = Gonggar County, Shannan Prefecture
elevation-f = 13,136
elevation-m = 4,004
coordinates = coord|29|17|52|N|090|54|43|E|type:airport
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 09/27
r1-length-m = 4,000
r1-length-f = 13,123
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes =

Lhasa Gonggar Airport (拉萨贡嘎机场) airport codes|LXA|ZULS is an airport that serves the city of Lhasa, Tibet, People’s Republic of China. It is located about 45 kilometers (about 28 miles) south-southwest of Lhasa on the right (southern) banks of the Yarlung Zangbo River. [ [http://books.google.ca/books?id=n_WNBLU660AC&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157&dq=gonggar+airport&source=web&ots=RDn6Cn7C3W&sig=eLvq-3M_Q8BtQ_stXOlqPARY8pg&hl=en Gonggar Airport of Lhasa] , in "Travel Guide to Tibet of China"]

Airport description

Lhasa Gonggar is located more than 3500 metres above sea level making one of the highest airport in the world. Its runway, at 4000 metres (4374 yards) is designed to handle wide-body aircraft in the thin Tibetan air. [ [http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/tibet/lhasa/airport.htm China Travel Guide: Lhasa Airport] ] The airport began operation in 1956 with flights to Beijing and Chengdu commencing that March. Recent addition included the expansion of the existing terminal in 2004.

It is also connected to the rest of China (see below) which includes cities such as Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Chongqing, Xian, Xining, Kunming, Diqing and Chamdo Region and an international route connects Katmandu, Nepal and Lhasa.

Airlines and destinations

*Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Kathmandu, Qamdo)
*China Eastern Airlines (Diqing/Shangri-La, Kunming, Shanghai-Pudong, Xi'an)
*China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou)
*Sichuan Airlines (Chengdu, Chongqing) [ [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Lhasa-LXA/city.html Lhasa destinations] at FareCompare.com]

ee also

*List of airports in the People's Republic of China

References

External links

*zh icon [http://www.lsairport.cn/web/ui1/index.asp Lhasa Gonggar Airport] , official site
*GCM|LXA
*ASN|LXA