Ngari Gunsa Airport — Shiquanhe, China

Ngari Gunsa Airport, coded NGQ, serves Shiquanhe (also known as Ali) in the remote Ngari Prefecture of western Tibet, China. Sitting at an extremely high altitude, NGQ is among the highest airports in the world, built to serve this sparsely populated region near the borders with India and Nepal, close to sacred sites like Mount Kailash. The airport connects Ngari to Lhasa and other Chinese cities, providing a vital air link given the region's extreme remoteness and difficult overland travel across the Tibetan Plateau. NGQ primarily supports pilgrims traveling toward Kailash, administrative personnel, and limited tourism, operating under challenging high-altitude conditions that require specially adapted aircraft procedures.