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Rikaze Peace Airport 日喀则和平机场 གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང།
Terminal building
IATA: RKZ ICAO: ZURK
Summary
Airport type	Military/public
Serves	Shigatse, Tibet A.R.
Location	Jangdam, Samzhubzê District, Shigatse
Opened	1973 (military) 30 October 2010 (public)
Elevation AMSL	3,782 m / 12,408 ft
Coordinates	29°21′06″N 89°18′25″E / 29.35167°N 89.30694°E / 29.35167; 89.30694
Map
RKZLocation of airport in Tibet
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 5,000 16,404 Concrete 07/25 3,000 9,843 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 144,870 Aircraft movements 1,804 Cargo (metric tons) 528.9
Source:

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.

Gallery

• Inside the terminal
• Airport taxiways
• Airport taxiways
• Airport terminal (a view from tarmac)
• Satellite view of the airport (2017)

Airlines and destinations

Map and location markers

See also

• List of airports in China
• List of the busiest airports in China
• List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases

References

1. ^ Airport information for Shigatse Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
2. ^ 西藏第五个民用机场日喀则机场正式通航 (in Chinese (China)). Xinhua. 2010-10-30. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010.
3. Team, Bellingcat Investigation (2017-11-28). "China's Shigatse Gets New Infrastructure". bellingcat. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
4. "China West Air flight PN6450". Flightradar24.

v t e Public transportation in Tibet
CR Major railways	Lines  Qingzang   Lari   Chuanzang  (u/c) Stations Lhasa (LSO) Nagqu (NQO) Shigatse (RKO)
Airports	Lhasa Gonggar (LXA) Rikaze Dingri (DDR) Shigatse Peace (RKZ) Nyingchi Mainling (LZY) Qamdo Bamda (BPX) Ngari Gunsa (NGQ) Ngari Pulan (U/C) Nagqu Dagring (U/C) Shannan Longzi (LGZ)
China: AH BJ CQ FJ GD/HK/MO GS GX GZ HA HB HE HI HL HN JL JS JX LN NM NX QH SC SD SH SN SX TJ XJ XZ YN ZJ

v t e Shigatse (Xigazê)
County-level divisions	District Samzhubzê Counties Bainang Dinggyê Gamba Gyantse Gyirong Kangmar Lhatse Namling Ngamring Nyalam Rinbung Sa'gya Saga Tingri Xaitongmoin Yadong Zhongba
Settlements	Bangxing Cazê Chagna Congdü Dêlêg Dhingri Gyantse Lhatse Lingma Mêmo Nailung Namling Nyalam Pama Pazhug Pagri (Phari) Raka Ramba Rongbuk Monastery Rongxar Samzhubzê Surco Shelkar Zhangmu
Landmarks	Changmoche Monastery Chokorgyel Monastery Daklha Gampo Donggar Monastery Dorje Pakmo Drongtse Monastery Garju Monastery Manmogang Monastery Menri Monastery Milarepa's Cave Narthang Monastery Ngor Palcho Monastery Ralung Monastery Sakya Monastery Shalu Monastery Tashilhunpo Tsi Nesar Shigatse Mosque
Geography	Ang Laren Lake Dajia Lake Jiesa Lake Renqingxiubu Lake Taruo Lake Everest Shishapangma Nyingchiinsha Samdang Khamsang Bukhangri Jombo Glacier Karola Glacier Yarlung Tsangpo Nathu La Pass Nangchu River
Transport	Shigatse Peace Airport Lhasa–Shigatse Railway China–Nepal Railway China–Nepal Friendship Highway Dazhuka Railway Station Denggu Railway Station Jiqiong Railway Station Kadui Railway Station Rinbung Railway Station Shigatse Railway Station G219 G318 S203 S204 S206 S304 S307
Economy & Development	Bainang Vegetable Production Base One River, Two Rivers Project Shigatse Photovoltaic Power Plant Manla Water Conservancy Hub Project Laluo Water Conservancy Project Xianghe Water Conservancy Hub Project
Hotels & Parks	Shigatse Hotel Gyangtse Hotel
Sciences	Ngari Networking Project

• Airports in the Tibet Autonomous Region
• Chinese Air Force bases
• Airports established in 1973
• 1973 establishments in Tibet
• Buildings and structures in Shigatse