I Flew Through Tibet’s Famous High-Altitude Lhasa Airport: What It’s Like Landing At 11,710 Feet

In June, I finally flew into Tibet’s Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA) in China and flew out in July. This was the third remarkable Himalayan airport I flew through this year, having flown through Bhutan’s Paro International Airport – PBH (read my review) and Pakistan’s northern Skardu International Airport (KDU) during the spring. Skardu is particularly remarkable for being in the region where three of the world’s most significant mountain ranges (the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, and the Karakoram) converge.

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