It is located 18 kilometers to the south of the city center, Gyêgu, at the 3,890 meters elevation about the sea level, which makes it the highest civilian airport in Qinghai Province,[1] and one of the highest in the world.

[1] Yushu Batang Airport has a 3,800 meter-long runway, and can receive A319 aircraft.

[1] According to the CAAC statistics, the airport served 7,484 passengers during 2009, the first (incomplete) year of its operation.

[3] The airport played an important role in the delivery of rescue personnel and relief supplies to the area affected by the 2010 Yushu earthquake.

The facility was re-opened at noon on the day of the earthquake (Wednesday, April 14), and the first flight with personnel and supplies of the China International Earthquake Rescue Team landed there at 8 pm the same day.