# Nanchong Gaoping Airport (NAO / ZUNC)

**Nanchong Gaoping Airport** (IATA: NAO, ICAO: ZUNC) is a small airport in Nanchong (Gaoping), Sichuan Province, China. It has one runway, 2,400 m (7,874 ft) long. In 2022 it handled 593 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NAO / ZUNC
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Nanchong (Gaoping), Sichuan Province, China
- Elevation: 349 m / 1,145 ft
- Coordinates: 30.7981, 106.1642
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 m / 7,874 ft
- Passengers: 592,532 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchong_Gaoping_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3756136
- Ident: ZUNC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 170,908 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 259,124 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 319,384 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 429,360 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 549,802 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 597,489 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 752,668 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 942,932 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,011,625 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 770,436 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 923,789 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 592,532 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (17)

- [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 678 km / 421 mi · Hainan Airlines
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 707 km / 439 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [CSX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgha.md) Changsha Huanghua International Airport · China · 742 km / 461 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [XNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxn.md) Xining Caojiabao International Airport · China · 742 km / 461 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [WUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhhh.md) Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · China · 769 km / 478 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [NNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgnn.md) Nanning Wuxu International Airport · China · 934 km / 580 mi · GX Airlines
- [BHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgbh.md) Beihai Fucheng Airport · China · 1,076 km / 669 mi · Hainan Airlines
- [NKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnj.md) Nanjing Lukou International Airport · China · 1,211 km / 752 mi · Urumqi Air
- [SWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgow.md) Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport · China · 1,301 km / 808 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 1,367 km / 849 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 1,367 km / 849 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [TSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbtj.md) Tianjin Binhai International Airport · China · 1,375 km / 854 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [TAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqd.md) Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport · China · 1,429 km / 888 mi · GX Airlines
- [WNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswz.md) Wenzhou Longwan International Airport · China · 1,458 km / 906 mi · Air China
- [LXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuls.md) Lhasa Gonggar International Airport · China · 1,476 km / 917 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 1,490 km / 926 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 2,194 km / 1,363 mi · Urumqi Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (7)

- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 4
- MF [Xiamen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/xiamen-airlines) · 4
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 2
- GX [GX Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gx-airlines) · 2
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 2
- UQ [Urumqi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/urumqi-air) · 2
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 593K (2022) | #1,039 of 3,974 | #328 in Asia | #97 in CN |
| Longest runway | 2,400 m / 7,874 ft | =2,846 of 29,858 | =882 in Asia | =221 in CN |
| Elevation | 349 m / 1,145 ft | =15,708 of 43,403 | =1,025 in Asia | #188 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [ZUSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zusn.md) Suining Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [LZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzg.md) Langzhong Gucheng Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [BZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0062.md) Bazhong Enyang Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [DZH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuda.md) Dazhou Jinya Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [DAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zudx.md) Dachuan Airport · 126 km / 78 mi
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · 130 km / 80 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: “Nanchong Gaoping Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nanchong_Gaoping_Airport&oldid=1374831032), revision of 14 Sep 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/zunc/data
