# Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base (RKZ / ZURK)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RKZ / ZURK
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Xigazê (Samzhubzê), Tibet Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 2010
- Elevation: 3,782 m / 12,408 ft
- Coordinates: 29.3509, 89.2992
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,000 m / 16,404 ft
- Passengers: 90,783 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigatse_Peace_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1083293
- Ident: ZURK

## Timeline

- 2010: Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 5,000 m / 16,404 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete |  |  |
| 07/25 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 11 m / 35 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 11,463 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 22,519 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 27,322 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 30,074 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 36,741 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 48,132 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 64,539 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 81,349 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 155,432 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 153,295 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 144,870 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 90,783 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 1,416 km / 880 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [XNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxn.md) Xining Caojiabao International Airport · China · 1,430 km / 889 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [SJW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbsj.md) Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport · China · 2,537 km / 1,576 mi · Tibet Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 91K (2022) | #1,848 of 3,974 | #601 in Asia | #206 in CN |
| Longest runway | 5,000 m / 16,404 ft | =2 of 29,858 | =1 in Asia | #1 in CN |
| Elevation | 3,782 m / 12,408 ft | #44 of 43,403 | #17 in Asia | #12 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2010 | =12,735 of 15,079 | =654 in Asia | =140 in CN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =13 in CN |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #12
- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #2

## 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: “Shigatse Peace Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shigatse_Peace_Airport&oldid=1374224128), revision of 10 Sep 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/zurk/data