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Tibet Flights

 
There are three airports in Tibet: Gonggar Airport (Lhasa airport), Nyingchi Airport and Chamdo Airport.
 
LHASA GONGGAR AIRPORT
Gonggar airport is the most widely used airport in Tibet as it is located about 65 kilometers (about 40 miles) in the south of Lhasa. At Gonggar airport, you can take either a bus or a taxi to Lhasa city, it costs 1.5-2hours. The airport bus is about 20CNY (Chinese Yuan) per person and a taxi costs about 150-200CNY.
 
Gonggar Airport serves both international and domestic airlines. The only international airline is between Lhasa and Katmandu (the capital city of the Kingdom of Nepal). From mainland of China, you can fly from Chengdu, beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Xi’an, Kunming, Guangzhou, Zhongdian(Diqing) etc, Among these routes, flights between Chengdu and Lhasa are most popular.
 
Note: The flight timetable below is just for your reference, as it changes frequently. The price is in full fare (tax is not included, 50-150CNY/per person), a lot of times; you can get discounted flight tickets.
CA stands for Air China    
3U stands for Sichuan Airlines
CZ stands for China Southern Airlines
MU stands for China Eastern Airlines
ZH stands for Shenzhen Airlines
 
Katmandu-Lhasa-Katmandu
Katmandu-Lhasa flights timetable
Flight Number
Leaving
Katmandu
Arriving
Lhasa
Airplane model
Availability
 
CA408
10:45
14:05
Airbus 319
-2-4-6-
 
Lhasa-Katmandu flights timetable
Flight Number
Leaving
Lhasa
Arriving
Katmandu
Airplane model
Availability
 
CA407
10:40
09:45
Airbus 319
-2-4-6-
 
Chengdu-Lhasa-Chengdu
 
beijing-Lhasa-beijing
 
Shanghai-Lhasa-Shanghai
 
Xi’an-Lhasa-Xi’an
 
Kunming-Lhasa-Kunming
 
Diqing (Shangri-La) –Lhasa-Diqing
 
Guangzhou-Lhasa-Guangzhou
 
Chongqing-Lhasa-Chongqing
 
Nyingtri Milin Airport
Nyingtri (also spelled as Nyingchi or Linzhi) airport, the third airport in Tibet, was put into operation on September 1st, 2006. It is about 55km (35 miles ) from bayi town which is the capital of Nyingtri area, and it is 400 kilometers (about 249 miles) from Lhasa, and only 120 kilometers (about 75 miles) from the mysterious Yarlong Tsangpo Canyon. There is bus from the airport to bayi Town, about 15-20CNY per person, 1-1.5hours.
 
With an altitude of nearly 3,000 meters (about 9,843 feet), lower than Lhasa Gonggar airport ( 3,600 meters) and Chamdo bangda airport (4,334 meters), Nyingtri airport become some people’s first stop in Tibet as it is allowing people to prepare themselves gradually for higher altitudes. but Nyingchi airport is also regarded as one of the most challenging instrument approaches in the world, since the airport is in a winding valley. because of the complicated in geography and unsettled weather, aircrafts only land and set off at forenoon and only 100 days of a year is suitable for navigation.
 
At present, there are only flights flights from Chengdu to Nyingchi (Nyingtri)
 
Chengdu-Nyingchi airport-Chengdu

Chamdo bangda (bamda) Airport
Chamdo bangda (bamda) airport is about 140 km (about 86.9 miles) away from Chamdo Town. With an altitude of 4,334 meters (about 14,219 feet) above the sea level, it is the highest airport in the world. The bangda airport has one of the longest runways in the world in order to overcome difficulties brought by thin air, Wind with sand, hail, thunder storm and snow storm are also great challenge. because of bad weather conditions, flights are frequently delayed, which is very inconvenient.
 
At present, there are only flights from Chengdu and Lhasa to Chamdo bangda airport. All the flights are before noon.
 
Chamdo bangda airport-Lhasa-Chamdo
 
Chamdo bangda airport-Chengdu-Chamdo
 

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