Why does Lhasa Gongga Airport always delay flights?

the weather is the primary reason that affects the delay of flights in and out of Tibet. Lhasa Airport is located in the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley, surrounded by mountains at an altitude of about 5, meters. Now it is rainy season, and the airport is often shrouded in clouds, so the plane can't take off and land normally, which makes the flights in Lhasa either delayed or cancelled.

poor infrastructure is another reason. Lhasa Airport was rebuilt and expanded for the first time in 1993, when the designed annual throughput was 2, passengers. However, by 22, the airport throughput had reached 7, passengers, and the number of passengers entering and leaving Hong Kong reached a record of 3,2 a day. At that time, the terminal was already crowded and overloaded, which often caused the passengers of several flights to crowd together and caused confusion.

In addition, a lot of airport equipment tends to be aging, and some of them can't even be used. Many ancillary facilities, such as passenger elevator cars, platform cars and transport cars, are not enough, and even the apron can't meet the needs.

Jiang Wenxue admits that the backward management level of civil aviation in Tibet is also a major reason. The Tibet Regional Bureau of Civil Aviation is very short of technicians and managers. At present, 4% of the employees in Tibet Regional Bureau have high school education or below, which affects the management level and work efficiency.

the passengers themselves often cause the flight to be delayed. Many large tourism teams like to "pinch" the time, and sometimes even more than 1 people suddenly come before the check-in. Due to the shortage of airport staff, the plane is often delayed. At Lhasa airport, the probability of flight delay caused by this reason is very high.