# Dunhuang Mogao International Airport (DNH / ZLDH) **Dunhuang Mogao International Airport** (IATA: DNH, ICAO: ZLDH) is a large airport in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China. It opened in Jul 1982. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 346 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zldh ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: DNH / ZLDH - Type: Large airport - Serves: Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China - Opened: Jul 1982 (Wikipedia) - Coordinates: 40.1620, 94.8128 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft - Passengers: 346,154 (2022) - Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunhuang_Mogao_International_Airport (16 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154516 - Ident: ZLDH ## Timeline - Jul 1982: Dunhuang Mogao International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 08/26 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2011 | 248,805 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 315,570 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 348,734 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 325,858 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 397,198 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 496,459 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 526,779 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 757,672 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 901,960 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 724,979 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 823,491 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 346,154 | Wikidata | ## Routes 18 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (17) - [HTT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlhx.md) Huatugou Airport · China · 406 km / 252 mi · China Eastern Airlines - [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 735 km / 457 mi · Tianjin Airlines - [XNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxn.md) Xining Caojiabao International Airport · China · 748 km / 465 mi · China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines - [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 868 km / 539 mi · China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Air China - [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 1,386 km / 861 mi · Air Changan, Fuzhou Airlines, China Eastern Airlines - [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 1,400 km / 870 mi · Sichuan Airlines - [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 1,583 km / 984 mi · Tianjin Airlines - [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 1,836 km / 1,141 mi · Sichuan Airlines - [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 1,841 km / 1,144 mi · China Eastern Airlines - [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 1,848 km / 1,148 mi · Air China - [WUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhhh.md) Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · China · 2,037 km / 1,266 mi · Air China - [HFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsof.md) Hefei Xinqiao International Airport · China · 2,182 km / 1,356 mi · China Eastern Airlines - [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 2,545 km / 1,581 mi · Hainan Airlines - [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 2,563 km / 1,593 mi · Sichuan Airlines, Air China - [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 2,624 km / 1,630 mi · Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines - [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 2,678 km / 1,664 mi · Greater Bay Airlines - [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 2,790 km / 1,734 mi · Fuzhou Airlines ### Charter (1) - [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 4,218 km / 2,621 mi · Batik Air Malaysia ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DNH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (10) - MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 7 - 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 5 - CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 4 - FU [Fuzhou Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fuzhou-airlines) · 2 - GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 2 - 9H [Air Changan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-changan) · 1 - OD [Batik Air Malaysia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/batik-air-malaysia) · 1 · charter - [Greater Bay Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/greater-bay-airlines) · 1 - HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 1 - HO [Juneyao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/juneyao-air) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 346K (2022) | #1,271 of 3,974 | #422 in Asia | #129 in CN | | Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =458 in Asia | =99 in CN | | Age | Opened 1982 | =8,372 of 15,079 | =408 in Asia | #48 in CN | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN | ## Nearby airports - [CN-0487](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0487.md) Dunhuang Mingshashan General Aviation Airport · 14 km / 8.4 mi - [US-12961](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12961.md) Foger flavors · 120 km / 74 mi ## Sources - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Dunhuang Mogao International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunhuang_Mogao_International_Airport&oldid=1372073770), revision of 30 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zldh/data