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Want to know which airport has the highest elevation (altitude)? See our top 30 highest airport in elevation (altitude). The highest airport is the Qamdo Bangda Airport in China with an elevation of 4,334 metres (14,219 feet).

Airport Name	IATA	City	Country	Altitude (metres)	Rank
Qamdo Bangda Airport	BPX	Bangda	China	4,334	1
Gunsa	NGQ	Shiquanhe	China	4,200	2
El Alto Intl	LPB	La Paz	Bolivia	4,061	3
Lhasa-Gonggar	LXA	Lhasa	China	4,004	4
Yushu Batang	YUS	Yushu	China	3,962	5
Capitan Nicolas Rojas	POI	Potosi	Bolivia	3,936	6
Juliaca	JUL	Juliaca	Peru	3,826	7
Syangboche	SYH	Syangboche	Nepal	3,752	8
Jiuzhaigou Huanglong	JZH	Jiuzhaigou	China	3,448	9
Andahuaylas	ANS	Andahuaylas	Peru	3,444	10
Manang	NGX	Manang	Nepal	3,353	11
Teniente Alejandro Velasco Astete Intl	CUZ	Cuzco	Peru	3,310	12
Leh	IXL	Leh	India	3,256	13
San Luis	IPI	Ipiales	Colombia	2,976	14
Nyingchi Airport	LZY	Nyingchi	China	2,949	15
Teniente Coronel Luis A Mantilla	TUA	Tulcan	Ecuador	2,941	16
Juana Azurduy De Padilla	SRE	Sucre	Bolivia	2,904	17
Machu Pichu Airport	MFT	Machu Pichu	Peru	2,896	18
Simikot	IMK	Simikot	Nepal	2,818	19
Mariscal Sucre Intl	UIO	Quito	Ecuador	2,813	20
Cotopaxi International Airport	LTX	Latacunga	Ecuador	2,806	21
Panzhihua	PZI	Panzhihua	China	2,800	22
Bokondini Airport	BUI	Bokondini-Papua Island	Indonesia	2,775	23
Lukla	LUA	Lukla	Nepal	2,774	24
Comandante Fap German Arias Graziani	ATA	Anta	Peru	2,773	25
Telluride	TEX	Telluride	United States	2,767	26
Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendivil Duarte	AYP	Ayacucho	Peru	2,718	27
Harar Meda Airport	QHR	Debre Zeyit	Ethiopia	2,697	28
Jomsom	JMO	Jomsom	Nepal	2,682	29
Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias Airport	CJA	Cajamarca	Peru	2,676	30

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