Daocheng Yading Airport

Daocheng Yading Airport (IATA: DCY, ICAO: ZUDC) is an airport serving Daocheng County in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan province, China. It is located in Sangdui Township, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the county seat and 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the Yading Nature Reserve.^[3]

Airport typePublic

ServesDaocheng, Sichuan, China

LocationSangdui Township

Opened16 September 2013; 12 years ago (2013-09-16)

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Daocheng Yading Airport 稻城亚丁机场 འདབ་པའི་ཉི་བརྟེན་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་
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IATA: DCY ICAO: ZUDC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Daocheng, Sichuan, China
Location	Sangdui Township
Opened	16 September 2013; 12 years ago (2013-09-16)
Elevation AMSL	4,411 m / 14,472 ft
Coordinates	29°19′23″N 100°03′12″E
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DCY Location of airport in Sichuan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 4,200 13,780 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 155,474 Aircraft movements 2,314 Cargo (metric tons) 62.6
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At 4,411 m (14,472 ft) above sea level, Daocheng Yading is the highest civilian airport in the world.

Construction started after the airport was approved in April 2011, with a total investment of 1.58 billion yuan (US$255 million). The airport was opened on 16 September 2013.^[4][1] The inaugural flight was Air China Flight 4215 on an Airbus A319 from the provincial capital Chengdu, carrying 118 passengers.^[2] The opening of the airport reduced the distance between Daocheng and Chengdu from two days to an hour, and removed the need to take a bus.^[1]