Garze Gesar Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Garze Gesar Airport

| nativename-a = {{lang|zh-cn|{{nobold|甘孜格萨尔机场}}}}

| image =

| caption =

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| IATA = GZG

| ICAO = ZUGZ

| coordinates = {{coord|31|45|27|N|099|33|15|E|type:airport_region:CN-51|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = China Sichuan

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Sichuan

| pushpin_label = GZG

| type = Public

| operator =

| city-served = Garzê County, Sichuan, China

| location =

| opened = {{start date and age|2019|09|16|df=y|p=n|br=n}}

| elevation-m = 4068

| website =

| metric-elev = y

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 12/30

| r1-length-m = 4,000

| r1-surface =

| stat-year = 2021

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 80,788

| stat2-header = Aircraft movements

| stat2-data = 1,718

| stat3-header = Cargo (metric tons)

| stat3-data = 6.6

| footnotes =

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{{Infobox Chinese|order=st

|s=甘孜格萨尔机场 |t=甘孜格薩爾機場

|p=Gānzī Gésàěr Jīchǎng}}

Ganzi Gesaer Airport {{airport codes|GZG|ZUGZ}} is an airport in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. It is located at the border of Laima Town (来马镇) of Garzê County and Cuo'a Town (错阿镇) of Dêgê County, about {{convert|52|km}} from Garzê Town and {{convert|152|km}} from the seat of Dege.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinanews.com/gn/2019/09-16/8957131.shtml|title=四川甘孜格萨尔机场正式通航 海拔4068米|date=2019-09-16|website=China News|access-date=2019-09-19}}

The airport project received approval from the National Development and Reform Commission in October 2015, with a projected investment of 2.26 billion yuan.{{cite web|url=http://news.carnoc.com/list/326/326109.html|date=2015-10-13|work=Carnoc|language=zh|script-title=zh:投资22.6亿 甘孜格萨尔机场项目获发改委通过}} Construction began in June 2017, and the airport opened on 16 September 2019.

With an elevation of {{convert|4068|m}}, Garze Airport is the fifth airport in China that is above 4,000 meters. It is the third airport in Garze Prefecture, after Kangding Airport and Daocheng Yading Airport.

The airport has a 4,000-meter-long runway (class 4C). It is designed to handle 150,000 passengers per year.

Airlines and destinations

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| {{nowrap|Sichuan Airlines}} | Chengdu–Tianfu{{Cite web |title=2023年新航季川航最新航线出炉,附国际/地区航线新消息 |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xpmDm6efw1POTGi0R5Nd5A |access-date=16 March 2023}}

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