Pamir airport breaks ground in Tashkurgan Tajik country in Xinjiang

[beijingwalker]

Pamir airport breaks ground in Tashkurgan Tajik country in Xinjiang

帕米尔机场破土动工

2020年05月07日 04:32 人民日报海外版

塔县位于喀什地区西南部，地处帕米尔高原东部，平均海拔4000米以上。周边与巴基斯坦、阿富汗、塔吉克斯坦接壤，是全国唯一一个与陆地三国接壤的边境县。帕米尔机场新建项目是国家民航局、自治区“十三五”重点民用支线机场工程之一，也是脱贫攻坚重点支持项目。项目总投资约16.3亿元，按满足年旅客吞吐量16万人次、货邮吞吐量400吨、飞机起降1900架次建设的目标设计，飞行区等级指标4C，包括一条3800米跑道和3000平方米航站楼、4个C类机位站坪以及相关空管、供电、供水、供油设施等，计划2022年6月投运。机场建成通航后，喀什地区将有4个机场（喀什国际机场、莎车机场、图木舒克机场和帕米尔机场），成为新疆拥有机场最多的地区。该机场建设旨在改善高原县城各族群众交通条件、振兴当地旅游。

1.63 billion Yuan (240$ million) investment, will be finished and put into operation in June.2022.

http://dy.163.com/v2/article/detail/E66VBVNN05444YY9.html

 

[beijingwalker]

I don't know where they can find this big piece of flat land in Pamir plateau, maybe they have to make one first.

 

[Get Ya Wig Split]

kinda ugly

 

[beijingwalker]

kinda ugly

It's a small county airport on the top the Pamir plateau bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikstan, do you expect a mega international airport for a small county in the middle of nowhere?

 

[Song Hong]

Wonderful. I was there 20 years ago.

This place has more potential than Switzerland as a mountain resort.

 

[beijingwalker]

Pamir Tajik kids sing "I love you ,motherland China"

 

[beijingwalker]

Kashgar has a big international airport, why China needs to pour in so much money to build another new airport so close to the Kashgar airport? What is this airport in a small border county for? It's kind of puzzling..

喀什地区将有4个机场（喀什国际机场、莎车机场、图木舒克机场和帕米尔机场）成为新疆拥有机场最多的地区。
4 airports in Kashgar region, why?

 

[Crusher]

It's a small county airport on the top the Pamir plateau bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikstan, do you expect a mega international airport for a small county in the middle of nowhere?

Population density is very low in these areas due to difficult terrain and small amount of resources to sustain life on its own.

 

[beijingwalker]

Population density is very low in these areas due to difficult terrain and small amount of resources to sustain life on its own.

This dosen't explain why China needs 4 new airports in this sparsely populated barren region.

 

[Song Hong]

I was visiting Muztagh Ata 7500m, in Tashkogan. It is the world easiest peak to summit above 7000 meter. Look at the gradient

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muztagh_Ata

 

[Crusher]

Pamir Tajik kids sing "I love you ,motherland China"

Pamiris actually Wakhis in Pakistani north slightly different from Sarikoli tajiks in china but still quite similar.

 

[beijingwalker]

I was visiting Muztagh Ata 7500m, in Tashkogan. It is the world easiest peak to summit above 7000 meter. Look at the gradient

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muztagh_Ata

It doesn't look very tall, near where I live in Beijing we have a 慕士塔格大厦，Muztagh Plaza，looks taller than this mount.

 

[Song Hong]

The gradient is gentle. That is why it is a trophy for amateur who wants to claim they summit above 7500.

It doesn't look very tall, near where I live in Beijing we have a 慕士塔格大厦，Muztagh Plaza，looks taller than this mount.

 

[twocents]

The gradient is gentle. That is why it is a trophy for amateur who wants to claim they summit above 7500.

Did you experience high altitude sickness? The slopes look gentle, but at 7500 meters the peak is still realy high.

 

[Song Hong]

I was very young then and I exercised a lot. So it is ok for me. I did not summit. Just go around the base.

I did see some other passengers got knock out due to attitude.

Did you experience high altitude sickness? The slopes look gentle, but at 7500 meters the peak is still realy high.