# Kangding Airport (KGT / ZUKD)

**Kangding Airport** (IATA: KGT, ICAO: ZUKD) is a medium airport in Garzê (Kangding), Sichuan Province, China. It opened on 22 Oct 2008. It has one runway, 4,000 m (13,123 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 13 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zukd

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KGT / ZUKD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Garzê (Kangding), Sichuan Province, China
- Opened: 22 Oct 2008
- Elevation: 4,280 m / 14,042 ft
- Coordinates: 30.1425, 101.7387
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 m / 13,123 ft
- Passengers: 12,948 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garze_Kangding_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431641
- Ident: ZUKD

## Timeline

- 22 Oct 2008: Kangding Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 52 m / 172 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 27,616 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 33,473 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 38,317 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 50,126 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 105,969 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 133,669 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 116,324 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 83,584 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 55,020 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 30,604 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 25,417 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 12,948 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 13K (2022) | #2,587 of 3,974 | #781 in Asia | #260 in CN |
| Longest runway | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | =111 of 29,858 | =22 in Asia | =10 in CN |
| Elevation | 4,280 m / 14,042 ft | #10 of 43,403 | #7 in Asia | #5 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2008 | =12,534 of 15,079 | =635 in Asia | =129 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## In collections

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## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [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/zukd/data