On Sep. 17th, 2013, the world highest-altitude civilian airports was opened in Daocheng county, which operates daily flights between Chengdu and Daocheng.
Daocheng Yading Airport
At an elevation of 4,411 meters, Daocheng Yading Airport is the world highest altitude airport, in the mountainous Tibetan Village of Garzi in the south-western Sichuan province.
Welcome to Daocheng County!
In the past, travelers can only get to Daocheng from Chengdu by car, which takes more than a day. Now, the flight journey from Chengdu to Daocheng is just around 55 minutes. In ordinary days, there is only one morning flight from Chengdu at 7:10 a.m to Daocheng at 8:10 a.m., and in this Octobet, there will be one more flight scheduled to take off from Chengdu at 6:50 a.m. and arrive at Daocheng at 7;55 a.m.
