- Source: Shigatse Peace Airport
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 (tied with Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport). 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.
Around 2017, a new runway of approximately 3,000 metres (9,840 ft) was constructed. Guizhou WZ-7 Soaring Dragon UAVs were seen hosted by this runway. The runway is located at the west end of its primary runway.
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See also
List of airports in China
List of the busiest airports in China
List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bandar Udara Ulyanovsk Vostochny
- Bandar Udara Internasional Pudong Shanghai
- Bandar Udara Internasional Xianyang Xian
- Shigatse Peace Airport
- Shigatse
- Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport
- Ngari Gunsa Airport
- List of highest airports
- List of longest runways
- Hot and high
- Tibet Airlines
- List of airports by IATA airport code: R
- List of Air China destinations
