Qamdo Bamda Airport

Qamdo Bamda Airport
Qamdo Bamda Airport
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	昌都邦达机场
Traditional Chinese	昌都邦達機場
Hanyu Pinyin
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chāngdū Bāngdá Jīchǎng
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་
Wylie
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Wylie	chab mdo spang mda' gnam gru thang

Qamdo Bamda Airport

昌都邦达机场
ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་
Qamdo Bamda Airport; 昌都邦达机场; ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་
	IATA: BPX; ICAO: ZUBD;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Qamdo, Tibet A.R., China
Location	Bamda, Baxoi County, Tibet A.R.
Elevation AMSL	4,334 m / 14,219 ft
Coordinates	30°33′13″N 97°06′31″E / 30.55361°N 97.10861°ECoordinates: 30°33′13″N 97°06′31″E / 30.55361°N 97.10861°E
Map
	BPX Location of airport in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Runways
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Qamdo Bamda Airport (IATA: BPX, ICAO: ZUBD), also known as Changdu Bangda Airport, is an airport serving Qamdo (Changdu), Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is located in the village of Bamda (Bangda).

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, at 4.5 km (2.8 mi), a necessary feature due to the reduction in engine and lift performance that aircraft are subject to at altitude, requiring higher than normal lift-off speeds and therefore longer take-off and landing runs.^[1]^[3]

Runway repairs took place in 2007 and 2013 after decay from the weather. Construction of a new 4,500-meter-long runway has been completed, and the original 5,500-meter-long runway has been closed.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations[]

[1]

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Chengdu–Shuangliu
Tibet Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Xi'an
West Air	Chongqing

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Airport information for Qamdo Bamda Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Ben Blanchard (16 September 2013). "China opens world's highest civilian airport". Reuters. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
^ Carter, Ben (2013-06-22). "How long is the runway in Fast & Furious 6?". BBC News Magazine. BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

Records
Preceded by El Alto International Airport	World's highest airport 4,334 m (14,219 ft) 1994–2013	Succeeded by Daocheng Yading Airport

[GCM-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Airport information for Qamdo Bamda Airport at Great Circle Mapper.

[reuters-2] Ben Blanchard (16 September 2013). "China opens world's highest civilian airport". Reuters. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

[BBC-1-3] Carter, Ben (2013-06-22). "How long is the runway in Fast & Furious 6?". BBC News Magazine. BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[1]

[2]

[3]

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Qamdo Bamda Airport

Contents

Background[]

Airlines and destinations[]

See also[]

References[]