The World's Highest Airport
At an elevation of 4,411 metres (14,472ft) above sea level Daocheng Yading Airport is the highest airport in the world.
The region is a gateway to Tibet, one that Beijing has sought to promote for tourism as way of damping down dissent among the native Tibetan population and stabilising the area through economic development
Construction started after the airport was approved in April 2011, with a total investment of 1.58 billion yuan (US$255 million). The airport was opened on 16 September 2013.The inaugural flight was Air China flight 4215 on an Airbus A319 from the provincial capital Chengdu, carrying 118 passengers.The opening of the airport cut the journey time between Daocheng and Chengdu to one hour, which previously required a two-day bus trip
Daocheng Yading Airport has a single runway that is 4,200 m (13,800 ft) long and 45 m (148 ft) wide (class 4C). It has a 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) terminal building that is shaped like a UFO. It is designed to handle 280,000 passengers per year
Aircraft engines produce less thrust at such elevations because of the much thinner air, necessitating longer runways. The runway at Daocheng Yading is 4,200 metres long, just 242 metres shorter than the longest runway at John F Kennedy airport in New York. Passengers are also warned of light-headedness and other symptoms of altitude sickness on arrival
The aerodrome became the world's highest civilian airport, replacing Bangda Airport in Qamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region, which is 4,334 meters above sea level
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