DCYZUDC

Daocheng Yading Airport

Garzê (Daocheng), China · Asia

Asia Asia/Shanghai

2direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

4,200 mLongest runway

2013opened

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. 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. The inaugural flight was Air China Flight 4215 on an Airbus A319 from the provincial capital Chengdu, carrying 118 passengers. 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.

Location

29.316°N, 100.060°E · 4.411 m s. n. m. (14.472 ft)

General data

CountryChina

CityGarzê (Daocheng)

IATA codeDCY

ICAO codeZUDC

Coordinates29.316°N, 100.060°E

Elevation4.411 m s. n. m. (14.472 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Shanghai

Runways1

Longest runway4,200 m

Opened2013

Direct destinations2

Runways · 1

16/34

Length4,200 m13,780 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Sichuan Airlines Air China

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_dcy,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DCY},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DCY}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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