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Lhasa Gonggar International Airport

ICAO ZULS29.2980°N 90.9120°E3,570 m / 11,713 ftLarge airport

Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (IATA: LXA, ICAO: ZULS) is a large airport in Shannan (Gonggar), Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 1956. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,123 ft). In 2022 it handled 2.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1956–1956

1956

OpenedLhasa Gonggar International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

10R/28L089° / 269° · LIT

LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

09/27 · LIT

LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

10L/28R · LIT

LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022

1.6M

1.8M

2.3M

2.6M

2.9M

3.3M

3.7M

4.4M

4.6M

4.1M

4.8M

2.6M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

50 destinations · 4 countries

Year-round50

KTMTribhuvan International AirportNepal · Himalaya Airlines571 km355 mi BPXQamdo Bangda AirportChina · Tibet Airlines613 km381 mi PHHPokhara International AirportNepal · Himalaya Airlines684 km425 mi GOQGolmud AirportChina · West Air869 km540 mi DIGDiqing Shangri-La AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines872 km542 mi LJGLijiang Sanyi International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines961 km597 mi NGQNgari Gunsa AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,083 km673 mi AHJHongyuan AirportChina · Air China1,148 km713 mi GXHGannan Xiahe AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines1,262 km784 mi CTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Sichuan Airlines +11,263 km785 mi KMGKunming Changshui International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines +11,276 km793 mi JHGXishuangbanna Gasa International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,279 km795 mi TFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Lucky Air +31,309 km813 mi XNNXining Caojiabao International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines1,312 km815 mi YBPYibin Wuliangye AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,323 km822 mi MIGMianyang Nanjiao AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines1,347 km837 mi LZOLuzhou Yunlong AirportChina · West Air, Tibet Airlines1,413 km878 mi LHWLanzhou Zhongchuan International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,430 km889 mi GYSGuangyuan Panlong AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,451 km902 mi NAONanchong Gaoping AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,476 km917 mi WMTZunyi Maotai AirportChina · West Air1,521 km945 mi CKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · West Air, Chongqing Airlines, Tibet Airlines +21,523 km946 mi KWEGuiyang Longdongbao International AirportChina · West Air, Tibet Airlines1,590 km988 mi DZHDazhou Jinya AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,599 km994 mi URCÜrümqi Tianshan International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines1,653 km1,027 mi XIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines1,777 km1,104 mi NNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,878 km1,167 mi WDSShiyan Wudangshan AirportChina · West Air1,939 km1,205 mi CSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines2,175 km1,351 mi TYNTaiyuan Wusu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,214 km1,376 mi CGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · West Air, Tibet Airlines, Chengdu Airlines +12,236 km1,389 mi WUHWuhan Tianhe International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Lucky Air2,245 km1,395 mi HETHohhot Baita International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines2,286 km1,420 mi CANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines2,321 km1,442 mi SZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,400 km1,491 mi SJWShijiazhuang Zhengding International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,405 km1,494 mi HKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Tibet Airlines2,425 km1,507 mi HFEHefei Xinqiao International AirportChina · West Air2,505 km1,557 mi PEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Air China2,623 km1,630 mi TSNTianjin Binhai International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,652 km1,648 mi LYILinyi Qiyang AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,657 km1,651 mi SQJSanming Shaxian AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,660 km1,653 mi NKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,684 km1,668 mi CZXChangzhou Benniu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,769 km1,721 mi TAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,825 km1,755 mi HGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Sichuan Airlines2,843 km1,767 mi NTGNantong Xingdong International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,883 km1,791 mi SHAShanghai Hongqiao International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines2,921 km1,815 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines2,966 km1,843 mi SINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · West Air3,402 km2,114 mi

Most destinationsTibet Airlines 36Sichuan Airlines 10West Air 9China Eastern Airlines 9Lucky Air 6Air China 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LXA. From the Wikipedia article “Lhasa Gonggar International Airport” (revision of 3 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers2.6M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#507of 3,974 · #154 Asia · #51 CN Longest runway4,000 m13,123 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=111of 29,823 · =22 Asia · =10 CN Elevation3,570 m11,713 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#58of 43,341 · #21 Asia · #13 CN AgeOpened 19562026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,178of 15,079 · =229 Asia · =23 CN Runways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =10 Asia · =6 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

2 channels

GNDGround Control121.650

TWRTower118.250