AirportsDunhuang Mogao International Airport is a large airport serving Dunhuang, in Gansu Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DNH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DNH
- ICAO code
- ZLDH
- City
- Dunhuang
- State or region
- Gansu Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 40.1620° N, 94.8128° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,800 m (9,186 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DNH means Dunhuang Mogao International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZLDH. 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 40.1620° N, 94.8128° E.
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
Dunhuang Mogao International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,800 metres (9,186 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 100.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,800 m 9,186 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jiayuguan International AirportJiayuguan | JGN | 302 km |
| Hami AirportHami | HMI | 313 km |
| Haixi Delingha AirportDelingha | HXD | 399 km |
| Huatugou AirportMengnai | HTT | 406 km |
| Golmud AirportGolmud | GOQ | 418 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,069 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,143 km | 4 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,004 km | 5 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,957 km | 8 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,957 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,098 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,414 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,939 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,065 km | 12 h 40 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.
Links
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