Editing Tibet Autonomous Region (section)

=== Airports ===
The civil airports in Tibet are [[Lhasa Gonggar Airport]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/12/content_11357826.htm|title = Gongkhar Airport in Tibet enters digital communication age|agency = [[Xinhua News Agency]]|date = 12 May 2009|access-date = 12 December 2010|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101215123315/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/12/content_11357826.htm|archive-date = 15 December 2010|df = dmy-all}}</ref> [[Qamdo Bangda Airport]], [[Nyingchi Airport]], and the [[Gunsa Airport]].

[[Gunsa Airport]] in [[Ngari Prefecture]] began operations on 1 July 2010, to become the fourth civil airport in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-07/01/c_13378773.htm |title = Tibet's fourth civil airport opens |agency = [[Xinhua News Agency]] |date = 1 July 2010 |access-date = 11 December 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101214214139/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-07/01/c_13378773.htm |archive-date = 14 December 2010 }}</ref>

The [[Peace Airport]] for [[Xigazê]] was opened for civilian use on 30 October 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/26/content_11773529.htm |title = Tibet to have fifth civil airport operational before year end 2010 |agency = [[Xinhua News Agency]] |date = 26 July 2010 |access-date = 12 December 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101215143139/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/26/content_11773529.htm |archive-date = 15 December 2010 }}</ref>

Announced in 2010, [[Nagqu Dagring Airport]] was expected to become the world's highest altitude airport, at 4,436 meters above sea level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/12/content_12796690.htm |title=World's highest-altitude airport planned on Tibet |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |date=12 January 2010 |access-date=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101215143150/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/12/content_12796690.htm |archive-date=15 December 2010 }}</ref> However, in 2015 it was reported that construction of the airport has been delayed due to the necessity to develop higher technological standards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/24/content_20533131.htm |title=China to stop building extremely high plateau airports |work=[[China Daily]] |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=17 September 2021 }}</ref>