RKZ

Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base

ICAO ZURK29.3509°N 89.2992°E3,782 m / 12,408 ftLarge airport
On the map

Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (IATA: RKZ, ICAO: ZURK) is a large airport in Xigazê (Samzhubzê), Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 2010. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 m (16,404 ft). In 2022 it handled 91 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2010–2010
2010
OpenedXigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27
LENGTH5,000 m16,404 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete
07/25
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH11 m35 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022
11K
23K
27K
30K
37K
48K
65K
81K
155K
153K
145K
91K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RKZ. From the Wikipedia article “Shigatse Peace Airport” (revision of 10 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers91K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,848of 3,974 · #603 Asia · #206 CNLongest runway5,000 m16,404 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2of 29,823 · =1 Asia · #1 CNElevation3,782 m12,408 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#44of 43,341 · #17 Asia · #12 CNAgeOpened 20102026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,749of 15,079 · =655 Asia · =140 CNRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =13 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