# Daocheng Yading Airport (DCY / ZUDC)

**Daocheng Yading Airport** (IATA: DCY, ICAO: ZUDC) is a medium airport in Garzê (Daocheng), Sichuan Province, China. It opened on 16 Sep 2013. It has one runway, 4,200 m (13,780 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 105 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DCY / ZUDC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Garzê (Daocheng), Sichuan Province, China
- Opened: 16 Sep 2013
- Elevation: 4,411 m / 14,472 ft
- Coordinates: 29.3163, 100.0603
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,200 m / 13,780 ft
- Passengers: 105,061 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daocheng_Yading_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708704
- Ident: ZUDC

## Timeline

- 16 Sep 2013: Daocheng Yading Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 4,200 m / 13,780 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 25,900 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 145,262 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 223,247 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 186,350 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 198,952 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 242,091 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 226,273 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 141,562 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 155,474 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 105,061 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 399 km / 248 mi · Air China
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 437 km / 272 mi · Air China

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 105K (2022) | #1,794 of 3,974 | #587 in Asia | #197 in CN |
| Longest runway | 4,200 m / 13,780 ft | =55 of 29,858 | =14 in Asia | #8 in CN |
| Elevation | 4,411 m / 14,472 ft | #3 of 43,403 | #2 in Asia | #1 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2013 | =12,989 of 15,079 | =683 in Asia | =158 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #1
- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #58

## 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: “Daocheng Yading Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daocheng_Yading_Airport&oldid=1368786326), revision of 11 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/zudc/data