Qamdo Bamda Airport
Airport serving Qamdo, Tibet, China
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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).
Qamdo Bamda Airport 昌都邦达机场 ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་ | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Qamdo, Tibet, China | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Bamda, Baxoi County, Tibet | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 22 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,334 m (14,219 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°33′13″N 97°06′31″E | ||||||||||||||
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  BPX Location of airport in Tibet | |||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 昌都邦达机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 昌都邦達機場 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་ | ||||||
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Background
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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air China | Chengdu–Shuangliu |
| Tibet Airlines | Beijing–Capital,[4] Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Lhasa, Mianyang,[5] Xi'an |
| West Air | Chongqing |
See also
Notes
- Once the longest runway in the world.