ZULS
Lhasa Gonggar Airport
IFR
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Name
Lhasa Gonggar Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
ZULS / LXA / ZULS
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
3:55 am (CST)
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Municipality
Shannan (Gonggar)
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Coordinates
29° 17′ 52″ N 90° 54′ 43″ E
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Elevation
11’713 ft (3’570 m MSL)
About Lhasa Gonggar Airport
Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (IATA: LXA, ICAO: ZULS) also known as Lhasa Konggar International Airport is the airport serving Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It is about 97 kilometres (60 mi) to Lhasa and about 62 kilometres (39 mi) southwest of the city in Gyazhugling, Gonggar County of Shannan.
Situated at an elevation of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft), Lhasa Airport is one of the highest in the world. The airport was first built in 1965, a second runway was built in 1994, the second terminal was built in 2004, and the third terminal was operational in 2021. The airport handled more than 6 million passengers in 2024.