Kangding Airport — Garzê (Kangding), China

Kangding Airport (KGT), located in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, China, is one of the highest-altitude airports in the world, sitting at an elevation over 4,200 meters. It serves Kangding, a gateway town to the Tibetan Plateau and the scenic Kangding-Tagong grassland region popular with Chinese domestic tourists. Due to the thin air at such extreme altitude, KGT requires specially adapted aircraft operations and longer runways for safe takeoff and landing. The airport primarily handles domestic flights to Chengdu, supporting both tourism to the surrounding Tibetan cultural areas and connectivity for local Kham Tibetan communities.