AirportsGarze Gesar Airport is a small airport serving Garzê (Garzê), in Sichuan Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GZG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GZG
- ICAO code
- ZUGZ
- City
- Garzê (Garzê)
- State or region
- Sichuan Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 31.7575° N, 99.5542° E
- Elevation
- 4,068 m (13,346 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GZG means Garze Gesar Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZUGZ. 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 31.7575° N, 99.5542° E. It stands 4,068 metres (13,346 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 Gengqing, about 92 km away in a straight line.
Local time
Time now at the airport: loading
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
Garze Gesar Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 4,000 metres (13,123 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 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,000 m 13,123 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
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 | 265 km |
| Qamdo Bangda AirportBangda | BPX | 268 km |
| Kangding AirportGarzê (Kangding) | KGT | 275 km |
| Daocheng Yading AirportGarzê (Daocheng) | DCY | 276 km |
| Golog Maqên AirportGolog (Maqên) | GMQ | 304 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,184 km | 3 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,016 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,348 km | 5 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,935 km | 10 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,936 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,698 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,413 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,722 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,087 km | 11 h 25 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.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.