Technology Comes to Tibet

The new Linzhi airport, in Tibet,  is at an elevation of 9,670 feet, and due to the surrounding mountainous terrain, could not be served by ground-based navigation aids. Therefore, the Chinese government commissioned the development of an GPS type approach, and the one that was developed has a winding approach path 95 miles long, with 108 waypoints. Watch this video of the first jet approach into the airport just this month:
http://www.naverus.com/documents/NAVERUS_WMP.wmv