Kangding Airport is an airport serving Kangding

Kangding

Kangding or Dardo is the name of a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. It is administrated at the city of Kangding...

, capital of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Kangding . It is sometimes spelled as "Kardze" by non-government sources....

 in western Sichuan Province, China

China

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. It is located 40 kilometers northwest of the city center. Construction of the airport began in September 2006 and the airport started operation on April 26, 2009.

Situated at 4280 m (14,042 ft) above sea level, Kangding Airport is the second highest airport in the world after Qamdo Bangda Airport

Qamdo Bangda Airport

Qamdo Bamda Airport , also known as Bangda Airport, located in Bangda, Qamdo, Tibet, is the highest airport in the world, at an elevation of . Runway 14/32 is the longest publicly used runway in the world, at ....

 (elevation 4334 m (14,219 ft)), and just higher than Ngari Gunsa Airport (elevation 4274 m (14,022 ft)).