| Qamdo Bamda Airport | |
| Iata: | BPX |
| Icao: | ZUBD |
| Coordinates: | 30.5536°N 97.1086°W |
| Pushpin Map: | China Tibet |
| Pushpin Label: | BPX |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Tibet |
| Type: | Public |
| City-Served: | Qamdo, Tibet A.R., China |
| Location: | Bamda, Baxoi County, Tibet A.R. |
| Elevation-M: | 4,334 |
| Metric-Elev: | y |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 14/32 |
| R1-Length-M: | 4,500 |
| R1-Surface: | Grooved Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2021 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 402,165 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat2-Data: | 4,754 |
| Stat3-Header: | Cargo (metric tons) |
| Stat3-Data: | 1,461.6 |
| Footnotes: | Sources: |
| Order: | st |
| T: | 昌都邦達機場 |
| P: | Chāngdū Bāngdá Jīchǎng |
| Tib: | ཆབ་མདོ་སྤང་མདའ་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་ |
| Wylie: | chab mdo spang mda' gnam gru thang |
Changdu Bangda Airport, also known as Qamdo Bamda Airport, is an airport serving Qamdo (Changdu), Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is located in the village of Bamda (Bangda).
At an elevation of 4334m (14,219feet) above sea level, Qamdo Airport was formerly the highest airport in the world. It was surpassed by Daocheng Yading Airport, with an elevation of 4411m (14,472feet), on 16 September 2013.[1] It has a very long runway, 4.5km (02.8miles), a necessary feature to accommodate the reduced engine and lift performance that affect aircraft at high altitude, requiring higher than normal takeoff speeds and therefore longer takeoff and landing runs.[2]
Runway repairs took place in 2007 and 2013 after decay from the weather. A new 4500adj=midNaNadj=mid runway was built, and the original 5500adj=midNaNadj=mid runway was closed.