APJ

Ali Pulan Airport

ICAO ZUPL30.3979°N 81.1332°E4,250 m / 13,943 ftMedium airport
On the map

Ali Pulan Airport (IATA: APJ, ICAO: ZUPL) is a medium airport in Burang Town, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 27 Dec 2023. It has one runway, 4,572 m (15,000 ft) long, concrete. In 2025 it handled 13 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2023–2023
27 DEC 2023
OpenedAli Pulan Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
15/33147° / 327° · LIT
LENGTH4,572 m15,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2023–2025
143
80
13K
232425

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
250 km500 km750 km1,000 km250 mi500 miLXA · Lhasa Gonggar International Airport · 951 km / 591 miLXAAPJ

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from APJ. From the Wikipedia article “Ngari Burang Airport” (revision of 20 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers13K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,589of 3,974 · #784 Asia · #261 CNLongest runway4,572 m15,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=18of 29,823 · #4 Asia · #3 CNElevation4,250 m13,943 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#12of 43,341 · #9 Asia · #7 CNAgeOpened 20232026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=14,432of 15,079 · =829 Asia · =249 CNRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =31 CN
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
ZUPL_TWRPulan Tower124.350