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Lhasa Gonggar Airport (ZULS/LXA) is a large civil and military airfield in the Tibet Autonomous Region, serving as the principal gateway to Lhasa from the town of Gonggar in Shannan Prefecture. Sitting at an elevation of 11,706 feet, it is one of the highest airports in the world and presents a genuinely high-altitude flying environment for any simulator pilot attempting an approach here. Its single runway is exceptionally long, reflecting the reduced aircraft performance that high-altitude, thin-air operations demand.
Lhasa Gonggar Airport lies in Shannan (Gonggar), in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, and functions as the main air link to the city of Lhasa. It is a large airport handling scheduled airline traffic with a customs facility, and is also flagged as a shared military-civilian field. For a simulator pilot the chief point of interest is the extreme elevation, which makes density altitude and aircraft performance a central part of any approach or departure here.
The airfield is situated in Shannan Prefecture, in the area of Gonggar, within the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, at coordinates 29.2967N, 90.9117E. Its field elevation of 11,706 feet places it among the highest airports anywhere, and pilots should expect the surrounding terrain of the Tibetan plateau to be correspondingly high and mountainous.
There is a single physical runway, 09/27, aligned east-west. It is 13,087 feet long, has a hard surface, and is lit. There is no closed or relic runway noted, and the field has no ILS.
Ground movement is worked on 121.65 MHz (Ground Control), and tower services are provided on 118.25 MHz (Tower). No instrument landing system is available at the field.
Lhasa Gonggar continues to operate as a large airport handling scheduled airline services, and is recorded as a customs facility with a shared military-civilian role. The single very long runway reflects the performance margins needed for operations at this elevation.