Shigatse Peace Airport
Rikaze Peace Airport 日喀则和平机场 གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང། | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 日喀则和平机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 日喀則和平機場 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་ཞི་བདེ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང། | ||||||
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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.