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Longest paved airport runway
Record
5,000 m
16,404 ft
- Record holder
- Shigatse Peace Airport
What to remember
In Tibet, at an elevation of 3,782 m (12,408 ft), Shigatse Peace Airport has a 5,000 m (16,404 ft) runway, the longest airport runway in the world. The airport is also one of the highest in the world.
It serves Shigatse, the second largest city in the Tibet Autonomous Region, from Jangdam Township, approximately 43 km away. Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1973.
Until 2010 the airfield was purely military. In 2010 a 532 million yuan expansion was completed, and on 30 October 2010 the airport opened as the fifth civilian airport in Tibet. It is a dual-use military and civilian airport. Since 2022, Shigatse has also been served by a second airport, Shigatse Tingri.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of longest runways” (revision used 1375837732). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Don Ramey Logan, Photo licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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