Ninglang Luguhu Airport

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]

Ninglang Luguhu Airport 宁蒗泸沽湖机场
IATA: NLH ICAO: ZPNL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Ninglang County, Yunnan
Location	Shifoshan, Hongqiao, Ninglang County
Opened	12 October 2015
Elevation AMSL	3,293 m / 10,804 ft
Coordinates	27°32′37.7″N 100°45′26.6″E
Map
NLH Location of airport in Yunnan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 74,373 Aircraft movements 1,380 Cargo (metric tons) 106.6

Ninglang Luguhu Airport
Simplified Chinese	宁蒗泸沽湖机场
Traditional Chinese	寧蒗瀘沽湖機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nínglàng Lúgūhú Jīchǎng

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]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
China Eastern Airlines	Kunming

See also

• List of highest airports

References

1. 宁蒗泸沽湖机场正式通航. Yunnan Daily (in Chinese (China)). 2015-10-13.
2. "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.