--- iata: LXA name: Lhasa Gonggar International Airport city: Lhasa country: China lastUpdated: '2026-09-20' officialWebsite: 'https://jcjt.xzcaac.com/' sources: - 'https://jcjt.xzcaac.com/' - 'https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/t20260226_230119.html' - 'https://www.huaon.com/channel/industrydata/1149152.html' - 'https://xn.caac.gov.cn/XN_DQYW/202312/t20231227_222490.html' - 'https://wlt.xizang.gov.cn/xccx/lytg/202509/t20250930_502251.html' - 'https://wlt.xizang.gov.cn/xccx/lytg/202511/t20251113_509462.html' - 'https://wlt.xizang.gov.cn/xccx/lytg/202603/t20260303_526810.html' - 'https://wlt.xizang.gov.cn/xwzx_69/tzgg/202509/t20250901_497995.html' - 'https://wlt.xizang.gov.cn/xccx/lytg/202608/t20260806_552875.html' - 'https://www.xizang.gov.cn/zmhd/hygq/202602/t20260210_524341.html' - 'https://www.xizang.gov.cn/zmhd/hygq/202602/t20260211_524491.html' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741577/c1731205/content.html' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n897453/c1751080/content.html' - 'https://www.cscec.com/xwzx_new/zqydt_new/202401/3749211.html' - 'https://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/5/202609/t20260907_1397121.html' - 'https://www.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/LXA/' - 'http://global-service.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/LXA/l412518/' - 'https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/lhasa-gonggar-international' - 'https://www.flyert.com/a-522306-1.html' - >- https://fgw.lasa.gov.cn/fgw/tggs/202606/4f22c06d43f24f8b95a9f42e73b63ddf.shtml - 'https://www.csair.com/h5/cn/guonei/Lhasa/1altgbqdve9dh.shtml' quickFacts: - >- Live passenger campus on 20 Sep 2026 is T3 every domestic plus T2 as the international hall. T3 leftover opened 7 Aug 2021. T2 leftover reopened as the international terminal on 28 Dec 2023 after the T1/T2 rebuild. T1 leftover is 重要保障运输, not a public check-in island. Do not walk to T1. The airport does not allow overnighting — halls close after the last flight. - >- Two live CIVIL/4E runways leftover 4,000 × 45 m from 26 Dec 2023 (CAAC Southwest leftover first landing CA4401 10:17). South leftover asphalt 1990-era strip + north leftover concrete 2023 strip. Elevation leftover 3,569.5 m. Operator leftover 西藏机场集团. Hotline leftover 0891-96222 (human 06:30–20:30, 转0). Live group leftover https://jcjt.xzcaac.com/. Wikipedia leftover http://www.lsairport.cn/ is a parked for-sale domain — skip it. Do not invent ZULS as a public slug. - >- CAAC calendar 2025: 6,284,823 passengers (national #49, +4.4%), 52,073 movements (#60, +6.1%), 49,562.9 t cargo (#45, +8.7%). Huaon leftover 628.48 万人次 / 5.21 万架次 / 4.96 万吨 matches that rounding band. Domestic leftover 627.15 万 (99.79%) including HMT 0.33 万; international leftover 1.34 万 (0.21%). - >- CAAC Chinese leftover 拉萨/贡嘎. IATA LXA / ICAO ZULS. Civil leftover 1 Oct 1968 operations (field leftover 1966–67; Chinese Wikipedia leftover 1968-03-01 通航). Named international leftover CAAC 2024-07. Replaced leftover 当雄 — skip that closed civil field. lib/airports.json leftover Lhasa Gonggar Airport at 29.2978, 90.911903, Asia/Shanghai, name drops International. The runway leftover is 山南市贡嘎县甲竹林镇, not downtown 城关区. Tender leftover 直线 44 km / 公路 65 km; airport-bus leftover ~70 min. English Wikipedia leftover 97 km / 80 km is leftover-conflicting. - >- No metro. No live airport rail. 柳梧火车站 leftover is a city-bus stop on the airport-bus line, not a GTC. Official city bus leftover ¥30 from T3 1F door 5. Taxi leftover 3 km / ¥10 then ¥2/km, return-empty leftover 8 km+ at ¥3.5/km from 3 Jun 2026. - >- 240-hour TWOV is NOT at LXA. Tibet is not on the 24-province stay map. 24-hour sterile TWOV IS at open ports. 24-hour skip-immigration is NOT (that add-on ten from 5 Nov 2025 is TSN / DLC / NKG / FOC / TAO / WUH / NNG / HAK / CKG / KMG). Foreign leftover still needs a Tibet Travel Permit original at check-in; a China visa or 240-hour stamp from somewhere else does not replace it. HK/Macau Home Return Permit leftover does not need the TTP. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: Treat 40 minutes as the desk — not 35 detail: >- Late leftover: if you are under 50 minutes to STD, TV leftover H01 (was G01/G02), other airlines leftover B01. Under 10 minutes to the gate leftover use the special security lane (Mar 2026 leftover 08, Sep leftover still printed 20). Carry 40 on a 65 km road. No overnight in the hall. summary: >- Sep 2025 CAAC Tibet leftover still prints check-in dies 40 minutes before STD; Feb 2026 leftover printed 35. Gate leftover 10 minutes. Cabin leftover 10 minutes. International leftover T2 is two hours from 17 Nov 2025. category: timing - label: Terminal title: Domestic is T3 — international is T2 detail: >- T1 leftover is not a public island. A boarding pass that still prints T1 or G-island-only is leftover-stale. ICAO leftover ZULS is not a public slug. English Wikipedia leftover triple-runway 09/27 is the military/old designation — two civil 4E strips are the passenger product. summary: >- T3 leftover 3F check-in. TV leftover G island is paused from 6 Aug 2026 — F and H islands. Other airlines leftover B/C/D. T2 leftover is the international hall, linked by a corridor. category: terminal - label: Food title: 'Walk to Gate 19 for 5100 and a hot tray, not a McDonald''s' detail: >- CA leftover is opposite Gate 8. TV leftover is next to the airport 高舱. Priority Pass leftover does not list LXA. DragonPass leftover is the T3 高舱, 2-hour stay, 06:00–21:30 on the card. Off-meal leftover is snacks and 方便面. summary: >- Airport 高舱 leftover opposite Gate 19 has meal-window 热食 and 5100矿泉水. Public leftover is 同城同质同价 convenience, not a named burger wall. category: food - label: Status title: 'Two 4E strips at 3,570 m — ignore leftover T1 / metro / TWOV' detail: >- CAAC 2025 leftover OTP is unpublished for this field. Joint-use leftover is a disruption overlay, not a second passenger terminal. Skip leftover lsairport.cn, leftover 97 km, leftover 4,200 m 当雄, leftover Priority Pass, leftover skip-immigration. summary: >- Dual civil 4E leftover from 26 Dec 2023. Plateau weather leftover still moves afternoon banks. 240-hour TWOV leftover does not enter. No overnight. category: status lounges: - name: 高舱位休息室 (T3 Gate 19) zone: >- airside — after security, west pier, opposite Gate 19 / between Gates 18–19 hours: >- DragonPass leftover 06:00–21:30 daily, 2-hour stay. Operator leftover first STD minus 2 hours until last boarding. Hot-meal leftover 07:30–09:30 / 11:30–13:30 / 17:30–19:30 from 19 Aug 2025. access: - DragonPass 高舱位休息室(T3国内) - >- Airline first/business leftover except CA and TV metal (those two have their own rooms) - Airline gold/platinum leftover on non-CA/TV flights - Paid walk-in leftover on the operator card bestFor: - DragonPass after T3 domestic security when a meal window is open - A 5100矿泉水 sit if Gate 19 is your pier summary: >- DragonPass leftover: after T3 security, west pier, opposite Gate 19, between 18–19. FLYERT leftover Jan 2026: sofa hall, meal-window 热食 (腊肉 / 肥牛 / 杂粮饭 / 蛋花汤), 5100矿泉水, 方便面, no showers, no dedicated toilet. Official leftover excludes CA and TV metal — they sit their own rooms. Off-meal leftover is snacks. Priority Pass leftover does not list LXA. verdict: worth-it terminal: T3 domestic amenities: - >- Hot 热食 leftover at meal windows from 19 Aug 2025 (FLYERT leftover 07:30–09:30 / 11:30–13:30 / 17:30–19:30) - 5100矿泉水 leftover on FLYERT reports - 'Snacks, 方便面, tea/coffee leftover on FLYERT reports' - Charging / work strip leftover on FLYERT reports - No showers leftover on FLYERT / DragonPass - No dedicated toilet leftover — FLYERT leftover uses the pier bathrooms - 'DragonPass leftover 2-hour stay, under-2 free' - name: Air China Lounge (T3 Gate 8) zone: >- airside — opposite Gate 8 (Sep 2025 leftover; Feb leftover still printed Gate 9) hours: Operator leftover first STD minus 2 hours until last CA boarding. access: - Air China first/business leftover CA metal only - Air China gold/platinum leftover CA-operated flights bestFor: - CA metal when Gate 8 is closer than the Gate 19 cluster summary: >- Sep 2025 CAAC Tibet leftover: 中国国际航空公司休息室位于 8号登机口对面. Feb leftover still printed Gate 9 — walk the pier signs. This is CA leftover, not DragonPass and not Priority Pass. Do not merge it with the Gate 19 高舱. verdict: worth-it terminal: T3 domestic amenities: - Airline F/J leftover on CA metal - Separate from the airport 高舱 leftover at Gate 19 - name: Tibet Airlines Lounge (T3 Gate 19) zone: 'airside — opposite Gate 19, next to the airport 高舱' hours: Operator leftover first STD minus 2 hours until last TV boarding. access: - Tibet Airlines first/business leftover TV metal only - Tibet Airlines gold/platinum leftover TV-operated flights bestFor: - TV metal on the same Gate 19 pier as the airport 高舱 summary: >- Sep 2025 leftover: 藏航休息室位于19号登机口对面（拉萨贡嘎国际机场高舱休息室旁）. FLYERT leftover sits it next door. TV leftover, not DragonPass. Do not use the airport 高舱 card here — and do not send CA metal to this door. verdict: worth-it terminal: T3 domestic amenities: - Airline F/J leftover on TV metal - Next to the airport 高舱 leftover at Gate 19 waterOptions: - kind: free name: T3 高舱 leftover 5100矿泉水 zone: airside summary: >- FLYERT leftover Jan 2026 still pours 5100 at the CIP drink wall. This is not a public fountain — you need DragonPass, non-CA/TV F/J, or a paid walk-in. location: 'Airside 高舱位休息室 opposite Gate 19, west pier after T3 security' terminal: T3 domestic isBestQuality: true - kind: purchase name: T3 3F 综合便利店 leftover 3A-2-2 zone: landside price: 同城同质同价 leftover; confirm the cooler tag summary: >- 2025 Q4 leftover tender still lists a 综合便利店 on 3F east. Buy a sealed bottle here if you are landside-only or meeting a bag at 1F. Operator leftover 同城同质同价 on 矿泉水 / 方便面. location: 'T3 3F check-in hall, east side shop leftover 3A-2-2, before security' terminal: T3 domestic isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: T3 airside 便民 / 特产 cooler zone: airside price: 同城同质同价 leftover; confirm the cooler tag summary: >- Nov 2021 leftover 便民服务点 still sells 矿泉水 at city price. The operator does not post a branded refill-wall map — do not invent a fountain. Buy a sealed bottle on the pier if the CIP is closed or off-meal. location: >- Sterile hall after T3 security, west and east piers including the walk toward Gate 19 terminal: T3 domestic - kind: free name: T3 高舱 leftover hot-water / 方便面 kettle zone: airside summary: >- FLYERT leftover: 6 方便面 SKUs plus a kettle. Off-meal leftover this is the hydration, not the 热食 window. Card required. location: 'Same Gate 19 高舱, west pier after T3 security' terminal: T3 domestic airportistScore: 7.1 slug: lxa region: Asia-Pacific --- > Markdown for [/airports/lxa](/airports/lxa). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/lxa) - [Lounge directory](/airports/lxa/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Lhasa Gonggar International Airport (LXA) Lhasa, China · Asia-Pacific Lhasa's T3-plus-T2 4E plateau hub is an easy single-hall domestic hop with a real meal-window CIP and a ¥30 bus — the tradeoff is a 65 km return-empty taxi, no overnighting, weather that still moves afternoon banks, and a Tibet permit that 240-hour TWOV does not replace. ## Airportist Score **7.1 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 7.4 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.4 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 6.8 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 7.0 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.4 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 7.0 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 6,284,823 (CAAC 2025) - Terminals: T3 domestic + T2 international (two 4E runways; T1 not a public island; no metro) - Typical security: 15 min - On-time: 0% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - Domestic hops into Lhasa on a single T3 hall when you already hold the Tibet permit - A leftover ¥30 民航大巴 if you are not dragging bags in the rain - Meal-window CIP 5100矿泉水 when you already hold DragonPass or non-CA/TV metal - A T2 Kathmandu bank on Himalaya leftover H9775/4, not a 240-hour TWOV walk ## Watch out for - T1 / metro / 240-hour TWOV / skip-immigration leftover are not live — two 4,000 × 45 m 4E strips and a T3+T2 campus are the passenger product - Priority Pass leftover does not list LXA; the public meal is 同城同质同价 convenience, the hot tray is Gate 19 - Taxi leftover is a 65 km return-empty meter (typical ¥150–250), not a ¥30 close-in hop - Foreign leftover still needs the original Tibet Travel Permit at check-in; G-island leftover is paused from 6 Aug 2026 ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/lxa/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/lxa/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/lxa/amenities.md) (free) - [Traveler tips](/airports/lxa/tips.md) (free) - [Water](/airports/lxa/water.md) (free) - [Full guide](/airports/lxa/guide.md) (free) - [Disruptions](/airports/lxa/disruptions.md) (free) - [Reviews](/airports/lxa/reviews.md) (free)