# Zhaotong Airport (Old), Zhaotong (Zhaoyang), China

**Zhaotong Airport (Old)** is a small airport in Zhaotong (Zhaoyang), Yunnan Province, China. It opened in 1935. It has one runway, 2,600 m (8,530 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 247 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zpzt

ZPZT is also the code of [Zhaotong Zhaoyang Airport](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0421.md).

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Zhaotong (Zhaoyang), Yunnan Province, China
- Opened: 1935 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,932 m / 6,340 ft
- Coordinates: 27.3275, 103.7562
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 m / 8,530 ft
- Passengers: 247,081 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaotong_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3756103
- Ident: ZPZT

## Timeline

- 1935: Zhaotong Airport (Old) opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 55,431 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 40,447 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 72,051 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 166,083 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 213,845 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 224,051 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 280,639 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 346,579 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 369,390 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 350,601 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 430,381 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 247,081 | Wikidata |

## Routes

9 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (9)

- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 260 km / 162 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [LJG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zplj.md) Lijiang Sanyi International Airport · China · 355 km / 221 mi · Ruili Airlines
- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 360 km / 224 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [DLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zpdl.md) Dali Fengyi Airport · China · 390 km / 242 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [SYM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zpsm.md) Pu'er Simao Airport · China · 578 km / 359 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 924 km / 574 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 1,655 km / 1,028 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 1,789 km / 1,112 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 1,800 km / 1,118 mi · China Eastern Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ZPZT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 4
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 3
- DR [Ruili Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ruili-airlines) · 1
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 247K (2022) | #1,438 of 3,974 | #470 in Asia | #150 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,600 m / 8,530 ft | =2,041 of 29,858 | =627 in Asia | =138 in CN |
| Elevation | 1,932 m / 6,340 ft | #846 of 43,403 | #147 in Asia | #36 in CN |
| Age | Opened 1935 | =593 of 15,079 | =71 in Asia | #12 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [ZAT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0421.md) Zhaotong Zhaoyang Airport · 15 km / 9.3 mi
- [LPF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zups.md) Liupanshui Yuezhao Airport · 145 km / 90 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: “Zhaotong Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhaotong_Airport&oldid=1363089100), revision of 7 Jul 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/zpzt/data