AirportsQamdo Bangda Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Bangda, in Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BPX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BPX
- ICAO code
- ZUBD
- City
- Bangda
- State or region
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 30.5536° N, 97.1083° E
- Elevation
- 4,334 m (14,219 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 4,500 m (14,764 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BPX means Qamdo Bangda Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZUBD. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 30.5536° N, 97.1083° E. It stands 4,334 metres (14,219 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest town in our data is Qamdo, about 64 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Qamdo Bangda Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 4,500 metres (14,764 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,500 m 14,764 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yushu Batang AirportYushu (Batang) | YUS | 254 km |
| Garze Gesar AirportGarzê (Garzê) | GZG | 268 km |
| Nyingchi Mainling AirportNyingchi (Mainling) | LZY | 301 km |
| Daocheng Yading AirportGarzê (Daocheng) | DCY | 316 km |
| Putao AirportPutao, Myanmar | PBU | 360 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,946 km | 2 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,750 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,120 km | 5 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,885 km | 10 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,043 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,933 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,327 km | 4 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,985 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,143 km | 11 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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