Surrounded by clouds: Bamda Airport - the highest mountain airport in the world

The Tibet Autonomous Region of China is one of the highest mountain regions of our planet where people live. It is not easy to get to Tibet, and one of the fastest ways to overcome the huge sparsely populated mountains is air travel. And it is in Tibet that the unique Bamda airport is located, which is considered the highest mountain in the world.

Bamda Airport is located in the east of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in the urban district of Chamdo, and was opened in October 1994. The absolute height of the location of the runway, which has an asphalt surface, is 4,334 meters, which is today the world record. But the length of the runway of this amazing airport is admirable and is 5,500 meters. By the way, this is another Bamda airport record: no other civilian airport in the world has such a runway length anymore.

But such an impressive strip length in this place is not at all random. The thing is that at such a high altitude discomfort is felt not only by people, but also by the technique begins to work on the verge of the possible. The low oxygen content in the atmosphere at an altitude of more than 4 kilometers is the reason for the reduced engine power. When landing at high altitude airfields, a weakening of the reverse thrust of the engine reverse leads to a significant increase in the safe landing distance. It is for this reason that the Bamda Tibetan airport has the longest runway in the world among all civilian airports.