Geographic Environment
Gonggar Airport is located in Gyazuling township of the Gonggar County. It is built in the county at a location where Yarlung Tsangpo River (the Brahmaputra River) is very wide on the right bank (southern bank) of the river providing facilities for the runways of the airport. It is for this reason that the Airport was constructed at this location, though away from Lhasa where space for an airport was a limitation. The airport lies to the west of Rawa-me, which is the capital of the county, at the entry of the Namrab Valley, 87 kilometres (54 mi) from Tsetang. Within a radius of 30 kilometres (19 mi) the airport is surrounded by mountains with elevations ranging from 5,362–6,126 metres (17,592–20,098 ft). Access to the airport from Lhasa has been further facilitated by constructing a road tunnel, which has reduced the distance of travel and also time taken to reach the airport from Lhasa by 40 minutes; time of travel from Lhasa to the airport is now about 40–60 minutes by shuttle bus services.
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