Daocheng Yading Airport

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The airport Dabba - Yardêng (Chinese also: Daocheng - yading; Chinese稻城 亚丁 机场/稻城 亚丁 机场, Pinyin Daocheng yading Jīchǎng; IATA code: DCY; ICAO code: for DC ) is a Chinese commercial airport. It is located 50 kilometers north of the community Sumdü (桑 堆 乡) in a circle Dabba (Chinese: Daocheng ) Autonomous Prefecture Garzê of Tibetans in Sichuan Province.

After two years of construction, the airport on September 16, 2013 were opened. With a height of 4411 meters ( 14,472 ft) above sea level. inst he untied the airport Qamdo Bamda ( 4334 m; Tibet in the east ) as the world's highest airport from.

The airline company Air China plans a daily service in the provincial capital Chengdu. Further connections to Chongqing, Guangzhou, Xi'an and Shanghai to follow. Airport operator is the CAAC (Chinese General Administration of Civil Aviation ).