# Ali Pulan Airport (APJ / ZUPL)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0354

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: APJ / ZUPL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Burang Town, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 27 Dec 2023
- Elevation: 4,250 m / 13,943 ft
- Coordinates: 30.3979, 81.1332
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,572 m / 15,000 ft
- Passengers: 12,909 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngari_Burang_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108364345
- Ident: CN-0354

## Timeline

- 27 Dec 2023: Ali Pulan Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 4,572 m / 15,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 147° / 327° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 143 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 80 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 12,909 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [LXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuls.md) Lhasa Gonggar International Airport · China · 951 km / 591 mi · Tibet Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from APJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 13K (2025) | #2,589 of 3,974 | #782 in Asia | #261 in CN |
| Longest runway | 4,572 m / 15,000 ft | =18 of 29,858 | #4 in Asia | #3 in CN |
| Elevation | 4,250 m / 13,943 ft | #12 of 43,403 | #9 in Asia | #7 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2023 | =14,418 of 15,079 | =827 in Asia | =249 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ZUPL_TWR | Pulan Tower | 124.350 |

## Nearby airports

- [IMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnst.md) Simikot Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [BJH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbg.md) Bajhang Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [DAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vndl.md) Darchula Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [BJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbr.md) Bajura Airport · 112 km / 70 mi
- [BIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vnbt.md) Baitadi Airport · 118 km / 73 mi
- [VIPG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidf.md) Pithoragarh Airport · 124 km / 77 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #21

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Ngari Burang Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ngari_Burang_Airport&oldid=1365108558), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0354/data