# Nyingchi Mainling Airport (LZY / ZUNZ)

**Nyingchi Mainling Airport** (IATA: LZY, ICAO: ZUNZ) is a medium airport in Nyingchi (Mainling), Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It opened on 1 Sep 2006. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long. In 2022 it handled 293 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LZY / ZUNZ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Nyingchi (Mainling), Tibet Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 1 Sep 2006
- Elevation: 2,949 m / 9,675 ft
- Coordinates: 29.3033, 94.3353
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 292,609 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyingchi_Mainling_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615458
- Ident: ZUNZ

## Timeline

- 1 Sep 2006: Nyingchi Mainling Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 143,793 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 220,031 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 258,645 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 314,803 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 383,375 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 389,530 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 467,879 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 484,506 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 557,878 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 413,606 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 515,780 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 292,609 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (8)

- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 936 km / 582 mi · Tibet Airlines, Sichuan Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 981 km / 610 mi · Sichuan Airlines, Air China
- [MIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zumy.md) Mianyang Nanjiao Airport · China · 1,025 km / 637 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 1,192 km / 741 mi · West Air, Chongqing Airlines, Tibet Airlines, Sichuan Airlines
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 1,475 km / 917 mi · Tibet Airlines, Sichuan Airlines
- [WUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhhh.md) Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · China · 1,918 km / 1,192 mi · Air China
- [HFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsof.md) Hefei Xinqiao International Airport · China · 2,182 km / 1,356 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 2,352 km / 1,461 mi · Air China

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 5
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 4
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 3
- OQ [Chongqing Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chongqing-airlines) · 1
- PN [West Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/west-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 293K (2022) | #1,361 of 3,974 | #440 in Asia | #138 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =339 in Asia | =89 in CN |
| Elevation | 2,949 m / 9,675 ft | #107 of 43,403 | #35 in Asia | #23 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2006 | =12,210 of 15,079 | =611 in Asia | =120 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [IN-0307](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0307.md) Tuting Advanced Landing Ground · 65 km / 40 mi
- [VE67](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ve67.md) Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground · 81 km / 50 mi
- [IXV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vean.md) Along Airport · 133 km / 83 mi
- [DEP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedz.md) Daporijo Airport · 147 km / 91 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #29

## 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: “Nyingchi Mainling Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nyingchi_Mainling_Airport&oldid=1372532767), revision of 1 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/zunz/data