Qamdo Bamda Airport

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
Map
BPX Location of airport in Tibet
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 4,500 14,764 Grooved Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 402,165 Aircraft movements 4,754 Cargo (metric tons) 1,461.6
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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 Pinyin Chāngdū Bāngdá Jīchǎng
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་
Transcriptions Wylie chab 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

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. 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.

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.

Airlines and destinations

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

See also

• List of airports in China
• List of the busiest airports in China
• List of highest airports