Ngari Gunsa Airport

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The airport Ngari Ngari Günsa or Gunsa Airport (Chinese:阿里昆莎 机场; Pinyin: Ali Kunsha jichang ) ( IATA: NGQ, ICAO: ZUAL ) is a both civilian and military-related airport on the upper reaches of the Indus in the community Günsa (昆莎 乡; Pinyin: Kunsha xiang ) of the circle Gar in the district of Ngari.

The airport went into operation on 1 July 2010 and was the fourth airport in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China to Lhasa, Nyingchi and Qamdo Bamda. Flight land at 1100 km distant Lhasa and from there to the another 1,300 km away, Chengdu.

With a height of 4,274 meters above sea level he is present after Qamdo Bamda ( 4,334 m) and Kangding ( 4,280 m) of the world's third highest airport. In 2015, however, the Nagqu already under construction, the airport will take the rank of the highest airport in the world with 4,436 m.

The airport has a 4,500 m long and 45 m wide runway and landing strip of concrete with the orientation of 15/33. Approximately at the center of the web a short branches taxiway from the apron. The runway is longer than most of the runways of the world, because of the thin air at high altitude and the resulting reduction in lift aircraft but need to start as usual at significantly higher speeds and land. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC ) has approved the airport therefore only for the Airbus A 319 ( Air China ).

The airport is only about 200 km from the village of Darchen at the foot of Mount Kailash and Manasarovar near the lake, both sanctuaries especially for Buddhists and Hindus, so that generally expected a significant increase in pilgrim or tourist transport.