# Dunhuang Mogao International Airport (DNH)

> Dunhuang, CN · IATA: DNH · ICAO: ZLDH · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `DNH` |
| ICAO | `ZLDH` |
| City | Dunhuang |
| Country | CN |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 40.16110, 94.80920 |

## Description

Growth figures can mislead: DNH (ICAO ZLDH) in western Gansu handled 1,859.9 tonnes of cargo and mail in 2025 alongside 1,285,341 passengers, each up by roughly a tenth on the previous year, yet the airport remains a tourism-driven regional field rather than a freight station. All of that tonnage travels as belly load on narrowbody passenger jets; no freighter service, cargo terminal, integrator base or routine customs clearance for freight is documented here. For the 2026 summer season the airport listed 31 routes flown by eleven carriers, among them Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Spring Airlines and Huaxia Airlines, serving 23 cities plus an international link to Kuala Lumpur. Forwarders consequently stage western Gansu's air cargo through Lanzhou Zhongchuan (LHW), about 1,100 kilometres east, or through Ürümqi (URC) to the northwest. Overland, the G30 expressway and the Hexi Corridor railways connect Dunhuang with Jiayuguan some 380 kilometres away and onward to the national network. Heavy, schedulable goods stay on rail; the aircraft carry visitors to the Mogao Caves.

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