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CHINA is building the world's highest altitude civilian airport close to Tibet as part of a plan to develop infrastructure in the strategic Himalayan region.The 4411-metre high Daocheng Yading Airport is under construction in Garzi Tibet Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province. It will surpass in height the Bangda Airport in Qamdo Prefecture in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, which has an elevation of 4334 metres above sea level.So far China has built five airports at Gonggar, Lhasa, Bangda, Xigaze and Ngari in Tibet Autonomous Region.