Dabba-Yardang Airport
| Dabba-Yardang Airport | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | ZUDC | ||
| IATA code | DCY | ||
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| Height above MSL | 4411 m (14472 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 50 km north of Sumdü | ||
| Basic data | |||
| opening | 2013 | ||
| operator | CAAC | ||
| surface | 233 to 266 ha | ||
| Terminals | 1 | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 16/34 | 4200 m | ||
The daocheng yading airport ( Chinese also: Daocheng-Yading ; Chinese 稻城亞丁機場 / 稻城亚丁机场 , Pinyin Daocheng Yading Jīchǎng ; IATA : DCY ; ICAO code : for DC is a civilian) commercial airport in the People's Republic of China . It is located 50 kilometers north of the community Sumdü in circles Dabba (Chinese: Daocheng ) of the Autonomous District Garzê of Tibetans in the province of Sichuan .
After around two years of construction, the airport opened on September 16, 2013. With a height of 4411 meters above sea level. d. M. he replaced the Qamdo-Bamda airport as the highest airport in the world. In 2019, however, Nagqu Dagring Airport, which is currently under construction, will take this rank with 4436 m.
The airport operator is the CAAC (Chinese Headquarters for Civil Aviation). The airport is served daily mainly by Tibet Airlines and Air China .
See also
- Lhasa Gonggar Airport
- Ngari-Günsa Airport
- Nyingchi-Mainling Airport
- Qamdo-Bamda Airport
- Xigazê Airport
Web links
- Julia Stanek: China opens the highest airport in the world. In: Spiegel Online . September 11, 2013, accessed January 11, 2015 .
- World's highest-altitude civilian airport to start operations. In: News.cn. Xinhua , September 10, 2013, accessed January 11, 2015 .
- China opens the highest civil airport in the world. ORF , September 17, 2013, accessed on January 11, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oliver Fülling: Tibet. Dumont, 2017, p. 289.
- ↑ Fly from the sky: World's highest airport planned ( Memento of the original dated November 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on CNN GO January 4, 2012, accessed October 11, 2012
