AirportsDaocheng Yading Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Garzê (Daocheng), in Sichuan Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DCY.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DCY
- ICAO code
- ZUDC
- City
- Garzê (Daocheng)
- State or region
- Sichuan Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 29.3163° N, 100.0603° E
- Elevation
- 4,411 m (14,472 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 4,200 m (13,780 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DCY means Daocheng Yading Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZUDC. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 29.3163° N, 100.0603° E. It stands 4,411 metres (14,472 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Shangri-La, about 169 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Daocheng Yading Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 4,200 metres (13,780 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,200 m 13,780 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Diqing Shangri-La AirportDiqing (Shangri-La) | DIG | 173 km |
| Kangding AirportGarzê (Kangding) | KGT | 186 km |
| Ninglang Luguhu AirportNinglang | NLH | 209 km |
| Xichang Qingshan AirportLiangshan (Xichang) | XIC | 254 km |
| Garze Gesar AirportGarzê (Garzê) | GZG | 276 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,233 km | 3 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,974 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,413 km | 5 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,174 km | 10 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,210 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,902 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,137 km | 4 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,766 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,850 km | 11 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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