Shigatse Tingri Airport — Xigazê (Dingri), China

Shigatse Tingri Airport uses the code DDR and sits in the Tibet Autonomous Region near Dingri County, an area renowned for offering some of the closest overland approaches to Mount Everest's north side. Positioned at extreme high altitude on the Tibetan plateau, the airport was developed to expand air access to Shigatse, Tibet's second-largest city and a center of Tibetan Buddhist culture anchored by Tashilhunpo Monastery. Flights into DDR primarily connect to Lhasa and other Chinese cities, supporting both religious pilgrimage traffic and a growing stream of adventure tourists heading toward Everest base camp routes. As with other Tibetan plateau airports, thin air and mountainous terrain make DDR operations demanding, requiring specially rated aircraft and crews.