Golog Maqên Airport — Golog (Maqên), China

GMQ is Golog Maqên Airport, a high-altitude airfield serving Maqên county in the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai province, China. Sitting on the Tibetan Plateau, this is one of the higher-elevation airports in the world, built to improve access to a remote, sparsely populated region historically reliant on long overland journeys across difficult mountainous terrain. GMQ mainly supports domestic flights connecting Golog to larger Chinese cities such as Xining and Chengdu, serving local Tibetan communities, government functions, and a growing trickle of plateau tourism. The extreme altitude requires specialized aircraft performance considerations and can affect flight schedules due to weather. GMQ exemplifies China's broader push to extend aviation infrastructure into its most remote highland regions.