Wed, 01/04/2012 - 09:04 — Anonymous Show map at bottom of page After wowing
the world with the construction of a nine-runway airport in Beijing, China's
aviation industry is set to embrace a new height -- a civilian airport at
Nagqu (那曲), a Tibetan county 325 kilometers northeast of Lhasa (拉萨),
the provincial capital. Scheduled to break ground later this year, Nagqu
Airport will stand at 4,436 meters above sea level and will be the world's
highest airport after its completion in 2015. According to Xu Bo (徐波),
head of Tibet Administration of Civil Aviation, surveys have been conducted
to guarantee the feasibility and safety for civilian aircraft to operate at
such an extreme altitude.read more
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