Ninglang Luguhu Airport

Ninglang Luguhu Airport

宁蒗泸沽湖机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesNinglang County, Yunnan
LocationShifoshan, Hongqiao, Ninglang County
Opened12 October 2015
Elevation AMSL3,293 m / 10,804 ft
Coordinates27°32′37.7″N 100°45′26.6″E / 27.543806°N 100.757389°E / 27.543806; 100.757389
Map
NLH is located in Yunnan
NLH
NLH
Location of airport in Yunnan
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers74,373
Aircraft movements1,380
Cargo (metric tons)106.6
Ninglang Luguhu Airport
Simplified Chinese机场
Traditional Chinese寧蒗瀘沽湖機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNínglàng Lúgūhú Jīchǎng

Ninglang Luguhu Airport (IATA: NLH, ICAO: ZPNL) is an airport serving Ninglang Yi Autonomous County and Lugu Lake (Luguhu), in northwestern Yunnan province, China. It is located in the village of Shifoshan (石佛山村), Hongqiao Town, 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Lugu Lake and 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the Ninglang county seat, at an elevation of 3,293 metres (10,804 ft). Construction began in April 2013, and the airport, the 13th in Yunnan, was opened on 12 October 2015. The airports cost 1.298 billion yuan to build.[1]

In 2019, the airport handled 2,168 flights and 200,000 passengers.[2]

The airport facilities include an oxygen bar for passengers struggling with the high altitude.[2] The airport is also notorious for commonly having challenging weather conditions for flight.[3]

  1. ^ 宁蒗泸沽湖机场正式通航. Yunnan Daily (in Chinese (China)). 2015-10-13.
  2. ^ a b "云南宁蒗泸沽湖机场通航七周年:山巅之上是空港-中国民航网". www.caacnews.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. ^ "泸沽湖机场航务部:航行服务保安全 辛勤耕耘写春秋". 2024-05-09.