Airport Brief Facts
Nyingchi Mainling Airport(Nyingchi Miling Airport) (IATA: LZY, ICAO: ZUNZ) is located in the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley. With an altitude of only 2,949 meters (9675 feet), Nyingchi Mainling Airport is the lowest airport in Tibet and it is the most challenging airport for flight. It is available to take a nonstop flight to Nyingchi from Chengdu, Lhasa, Chongqing and Guangzhou, and connecting flights from Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guilin, Lanzhou etc. with a transfer at Chengdu or Chongqing.
IATA Code: LZY
ICAO Code: ZUNZ
Chinese Name: 林芝米林机场
Address: Yarlung Zangbo River Valley, Mainling County, Nyingchi
Major Connected City: Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Lhasa
Overview of Nyingchi Mainling Airport
Nyingchi Mainling Airport, also called Nyingchi Airport and Linzhi Airport, is the third civil aviation airport after Lhasa Gonggar Airport and Qamdo Bangda Airport. The construction of Nyingchi Airport was started in the October of 2003 and it began operating in the end of 2005. As one of the most difficult airports for aircraft to reach, Nyingchi Mainling Airport has been equipped with advanced facilities to ensure the safety, like especially-designed Navigation Aid, Lightning Protection Facilities, auxiliary facilities of architecture.
Nyingchi Mainling Airport is directly connected with four cities (Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Lhasa) at present, and taking these flights allows you to have an unforgettable view. Nyingchi is an attractive prefecture in Tibet with its breathtaking natural landscape of snowcapped peaks, the sea of peach flowers (fully-bloomed on March), and Yarlung Zangbo River view. As the aircrafts reaches the sky above Nyingchi, you can see the beautiful scenery clearly from the windows.
How Challenging for Nyingchi Mainling Airport to Operate Flight
The altitude of Nyingchi Mainling Airport is 2,949 meters, which makes it the lowest airport in Tibet. However, Nyingchi Mainling Airport is surrounded by the lofty mountains and high ranges which are over 4,000 meters high above the sea level. Because the air route is rather narrow and winding, the automatic alarm might be triggered and the signal from navigation aid might be interfered easily. For such an airport, it is really challenging for the planes to take off or land on. From 14:00 to 18:00, the wind speed becomes 27m/s, far higher than the airworthiness standard for Boeing 757 airbus. Therefore, all planes have to take off or land on in the morning time. To operate the flights to/off Nyingchi Airport, the flight crew must have excellent psychological quality and superior technological skill to make sure that very turn and every altitude variation be exactly accurate.
