Airport details

Lhasa Gonggar Airport

Lhasa, China Asia

IATA LXA ICAO ZULS 1 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
LXA
ICAO
ZULS
Elevation
11,713 ft / 3,570 m
Runways
1
Longest runway
13,123 ft / 4,000 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
29.2978000641, 90.9119033813

Location

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Weather snapshot

Asia/Shanghai · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 11:30

Open-Meteo

Clear sky now, with temperatures around 1°C to 12°C (33°F to 53°F) today and up to 8% rain risk.

Current
Clear sky
Temperature
8°C
46°F
Humidity
38%
Wind
3 km/h 2 mph
Local time
11:42
Sunrise
08:13
Sunset
19:06

Today

Light drizzle

1°C to 12°C 33°F to 53°F

Rain 8%
Wind 6 km/h 4 mph

Sun

Heavy snow showers

-1°C to 6°C 31°F to 42°F

Rain 88%
Wind 7 km/h 4 mph

Mon

Snow showers

-5°C to 7°C 23°F to 44°F

Rain 50%
Wind 5 km/h 3 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

  • Virgin Express 18 routes
  • Sichuan Airlines 10 routes
  • Air China 8 routes
  • China Eastern Airlines 8 routes
  • Shenzhen Airlines 6 routes
  • China Southern Airlines 4 routes
  • Air France 2 routes
  • West Air China 2 routes
  • Xiamen Airlines 2 routes

* Based on open route data and may be incomplete or outdated.

About

From Wikipedia

Lhasa Gonggar Airport

Lhasa Gonggar International Airport(IATA:LXA, ICAO:ZULS) also known asLhasa Konggar International Airportis 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.

Building an airport in Tibet, which is termed in flying parlance as going over a "hump" in the Tibetan Plateau, has gone through a process of trial and error through many hazardous air routes and several fatal accidents during World War II.

The first airport began construction in 1955 and was completed in May 1956, across riv...

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Lhasa Gonggar Airport

Country

China

Official name
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