Yushu Batang Airport is an airport serving
Yushu City in
Qinghai Province
Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest pop ...
, China. It is located 18 kilometers to the south of the city center,
Gyêgu
Gyêgu Subdistrict, formerly a part of the Gyêgu town is a township-level division in Yushu, Yushu TAP, Qinghai, China. The name Gyêgu is still a common name for the Yushu city proper, which include Gyêgu subdistrict and three other subdist ...
, at the 3,890 meters elevation about the sea level, which makes it the highest civilian airport in Qinghai Province,
[ and one of the highest in the world.
The construction of the airport started in 2007.][First civil aviation airplane successfully landed in Yushu Airport in Qinghai]
/ref> The first aircraft landed at the new airport on May 29, 2009, and the airport was officially opened on August 1, 2009.[Yushu Batang Airport officially opened on August 1st, 2009]
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Yushu Batang Airport has a 3,800 meter-long runway, and can receive A319 aircraft. The passenger terminal is designed to serve up to 80,000 passengers per year.[ According to the ]CAAC
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the Chinese civil aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the aviation authority responsible fo ...
statistics, the airport served 7,484 passengers during 2009, the first (incomplete) year of its operation.
The airport played an important role in the delivery of rescue personnel and relief supplies to the area affected by the 2010 Yushu earthquake. The facility was re-opened at noon on the day of the earthquake (Wednesday, April 14), and the first flight with personnel and supplies of the China International Earthquake Rescue Team landed there at 8 pm the same day.Airport vital lifeline to relief effort
By Xin Dingding (China Daily), 2010-04-15
Airlines and destinations
See also
* List of airports in China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial level division and sorted by main city served. It includes airports that are being built or scheduled for construction, but excludes defunct airports and ...
* List of the busiest airports in China
China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the official ...
* List of highest airports
This is a list of the world's highest civilian airports, situated at a minimum elevation of above mean sea level.
See also
* List of lowest airports
This is a list of the world's lowest civilian airports, situated less than above mean sea le ...
References
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Airports in Qinghai
Airports established in 2009
2009 establishments in China