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Qamdo Bamda Airport

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Qamdo Bamda Airport
昌都邦达机场
ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesQamdo, Tibet, China
LocationBamda, Baxoi County, Tibet
Opened22 October 1994; 31 years ago (1994-10-22)
Elevation AMSL4,334 m (14,219 ft)
Coordinates30°33′13″N 97°06′31″E / 30.55361°N 97.10861°E / 30.55361; 97.10861
Map
BPX is located in Tibet
BPX
BPX
Location of airport in Tibet
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32[a] 5,500 18,045 Concrete
14/32 4,500 14,764 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers402,165
Aircraft movements4,754
Cargo (metric tons)1,461.6
Sources:[1]
Qamdo Bamda Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese昌都邦达机场
Traditional Chinese昌都邦達機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChāngdū Bāngdá Jīchǎng
Tibetan name
Tibetanཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་
Transcriptions
Wyliechab mdo spang mda' gnam gru thang

Changdu Bangda Airport (IATA: BPX, ICAO: ZUBD), also known as Qamdo Bamda Airport, is an airport serving Qamdo (Changdu), Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is located in the village of Bamda (Bangda).

Background

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At an elevation of 4,334 m (14,219 ft) above sea level, Qamdo Airport was formerly the highest airport in the world. It was surpassed by Daocheng Yading Airport, with an elevation of 4,411 m (14,472 ft), on 16 September 2013.[2] It has a very long runway, 4.5 km (2.8 mi), a necessary feature to accommodate the reduced engine and lift performance that affect aircraft at high altitude, requiring higher than normal takeoff speeds and therefore longer takeoff and landing runs.[1][3]

Runway repairs took place in 2007 and 2013 after decay from the weather. A new 4,500-metre-long (14,800 ft) runway was built, and the original 5,500-metre-long (18,000 ft) runway was closed.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Air China Chengdu–Shuangliu
Tibet Airlines Beijing–Capital,[4] Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Lhasa, Mianyang,[5] Xi'an
West Air Chongqing

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Once the longest runway in the world.

References

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  1. 1 2 "Airport information for Qamdo Bamda Airport" – via Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ Ben Blanchard (16 September 2013). "China opens world's highest civilian airport". Reuters. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Carter, Ben (2013-06-22). "How long is the runway in Fast & Furious 6?". BBC News Magazine. BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "西藏航空2024年夏航季航线计划新鲜出炉！". Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "‌绵阳机场新开昌都、珠海、兰州航线加密天津航线". Retrieved 22 August 2025.
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