Daocheng Yading Airport (Chinese: 稻城亚丁机场, Standard Tibetan: འདབ་པའི་ཉི་བརྟེན་གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང་, (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]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Daocheng, Sichuan, China | ||||||||||
| Location | Sangdui Township | ||||||||||
| Opened | 16 September 2013 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,411 m / 14,472 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°19′23″N 100°03′12″E / 29.32306°N 100.05333°E | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 稻城亚丁机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 稻城亞丁機場 | ||||||
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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 cut the journey time between Daocheng and Chengdu to one hour, which previously required a two-day bus trip.[1]
Facilities
Daocheng Yading Airport has a single runway that is 4,200 m (13,800 ft) long and 45 m (148 ft) wide (class 4C). It has a 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) terminal building that is shaped like a flying saucer with two aerobridges.[5] It is designed to handle 280,000 passengers per year.[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air China | Chengdu–Tianfu |
| Chongqing Airlines | Chongqing, Zhuhai |
| Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu–Tianfu[6] |