{"id":6007,"date":"2021-08-26T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T00:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=6007"},"modified":"2021-08-26T21:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T13:01:27","slug":"lhasa-airport-lhasa-gonggar-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/tibet-travel\/lhasa-travel\/lhasa-airport-lhasa-gonggar-airport","title":{"rendered":"Lhasa Airport, Lhasa Gonggar Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Lhasa tour<\/a><\/span>? Lhasa Airport (or Lhasa Gonggar Airpoort) is located at the southern bank of Yalu Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River, about 60km southwest of Potala Palace ( Lhasa city center). It lies within Gonggar County of Shannan Prefecture, hence the name of Lhasa Gonggar Airport. Lhasa Airport has an altitude of 3700m.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lhasa Airport located about 60km southwest of Potala Palace (Google Map)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The main terminal complex of Lhasa airport has two connnected buildings – a two-storey building and a one-storey building. The two-storey building is designed for departure flights and the one storey building is set for arrival flights.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you arrive at Lhasa airport, you will first claim your luggage at the one storey building. After taking your luggage from the luggage claiming area, you walk outside from the one storey building. The first thing you will see once you are out of the building is the airport shuttle bus parking just in front the arrival building. If you are going to to take the airport shuttle bus, you just get on and pay the bus fare on the bus (RMB 25 per person).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are going to take a taxi (about RMB 140) or you have prebooked a private transfer, then you have to walk through the square in front of the arrival building and find your taxi or your private car or van parking outside the fenced square. Please note that your taxi driver or your escort are not allowed to be at the exit gate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are going to take a flight starting from Lhasa Gonggar Airport, you may take an airport shuttle bus to the airport, or take a taxi or prebooked a private airport transfer. If you are going to take a shuttle bus (RMB25), then go to the CAAC Building early to guarantee the seats. The airport shuttle buses take about one hour.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two-storey building of the terminal at the airport is for departure. You will check in at the counters on the first floor. After you check in, then you go up to the second floor via elevators. The departure lounge is on the second floor with shopping malls, kiosks and restaurants.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a 67km\u00a0expressway linking Lhasa Gonggar Airport and Lhasa City with stunning view of Lhasa River, Barley fields and mountains on the way.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lhasa Airport Layout ( Google )<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lhasa airport is well connected to the major cities includes Beijing, Xian, Xining, Lanzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kunming, Diqing and Chamdo Region with an international route connecting Kathmandu, Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lhasa Gonggar Airport Travel Tips:
<\/strong><\/span>1. Lhasa Airport Phone Enquiry: 0891 – 6216455
<\/span>2. Airport Shuttle Bus: RMB 25
<\/span>   Airport Shuttle Bus Enquiry: 0891 – 6827727
<\/span>3. Airport – Lhasa City taxi fare: around RMb 140<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one storey arrival building with a shuttle bus parking outside.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The one storey arrival building with a shuttle bus parking outside.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The taxis and private vehicles are parking outside the fenced square in front of the arrival building.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Checking in on the first floor of the two-storey building for departure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shopping on the first floor of the two-storey building for departure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Post Office on the first floor of the two-storey building for departure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Phones and ATM on the first floor of the two-storey building for departure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Going through the security check on the second floor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Taking off over Yalu Tsangpo River<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Flying over the snow mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hassle-free Lhasa Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Lhasa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lhasa Tour<\/a>
Lhasa Tibet Group Tour<\/a>
Lhasa Tibet Private Tour<\/a>
Beijing Lhasa Tour<\/a>
Lhasa China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Best Time to Visit Lhasa<\/a>
Top 10 Attractions in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Tourist Traps, Tourist Scams Lhasa<\/a>
Where to stay in Lhasa<\/a>
Makye Ame Lhasa Restaurant \u2013 Your Kitchen in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Airport, Lhasa Gonggar Airport<\/a>
Xian Lhasa Flight Experience, Xian Lhasa Flight<\/a>
Lhasa Railway Station Transportation, Taxi, Public Bus<\/a>
Get around in Lhasa with Pedicab or Trishaw<\/a>
lhasa Taxi<\/a>
Best Places to Take Picture of Potala Palace Lhasa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-Wheel Drive Trip from Lhasa<\/a> <\/a>to Ranwu<\/a>
Drak Yerpa, My trip to Drak Yerpa Monastery<\/a>
The Pilgrim Kora in Lhasa, Lhasa Pilgrim circuits<\/a>
Monks at Sera Je College at Sera Monastery in Lhasa<\/a>
Beijing Road in Lhasa<\/a>
A Fun to Walk along Lhasa River in the City of Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Great Mosque, the Mosques in Lhasa<\/a>
Lhasa Yamdrok-Tso Lake Road Trip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Lhasa tour? Lhasa Airport (or Lhasa Gonggar Airpoort) is located at the southern bank of Yalu Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River, about 60km southwest of Potala Palace ( Lhasa city center). It lies within Gonggar County of Shannan Prefecture, hence the name of Lhasa Gonggar Airport. Lhasa Airport has an altitude of 3700m. The main…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lhasa-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6007"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26944,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007\/revisions\/26944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}