Shigatse Peace Airport (Iata:rkz, ICAO:zurk) is located at 43 km from the Shigatse Samdrup Tse district of Tibet Autonomous Region. 318 national Road, away from the Rikaze Sangzhuzi District 43 km, on October 30, 2010, 9:50 A.M. official navigation. Shigatse Peace Airport is the fifth civilian airport in Tibet after the Lhasa Gongga Airport, Qamdo Airport, Linzhi Milin Airport, and Arikunza Airport, its navigation has further enhanced the Tibet Autonomous Region air transport support capacity, improved the regional Air transport network layout and integrated transport system.
Shigatse Airport construction Project Total investment of 532 million yuan, is “Eleven-Five” during the construction of the country in Tibet, one of 188 key projects, to meet the Airbus A319 and Boeing 737 and another aircraft landing. September 15, 2017, Shigatse Airport to Rikaze Special Expressway officially opened to traffic, the length of 40 kilometers, was the Deputy Director of Transport Department Tyvek called “the first standard sense of the highway in Tibet.”