Published : 4:18 A.M. EST, Oct 30, 2007

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Built in the transitional area between Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Sichuan Basin, the Kangding Airport in Kangding County of Sichuan Province passed the trial operation on October 28^th. More than 13,728 feet above the sea-level, it is the second highest airport in the world following the Changdu Banda Airport in Tibet.  

 

The new airport has a runway about 2.5 miles long, which allow the take-off of Boeing 737-700 and Airbus 319 flights. It is planned that the first official flight service will be Chengdu-Kangding round-trip flights on May 1^st 2008, operated by Air China Limited.