---
iata: DNH
name: Dunhuang Mogao International Airport
city: Dunhuang
country: China
lastUpdated: '2026-10-30'
sources:
  - 'https://yinlei.org/x-plane10/doc/ZLDH.pdf'
  - 'http://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/5/202309/t20230927_1370941.html'
  - >-
    https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E6%95%A6%E7%85%8C%E8%8E%AB%E9%AB%98%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E6%9C%BA%E5%9C%BA
  - 'https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20261018A04K1000'
  - 'https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260318A01SB300'
  - 'http://www.chinajiuquan.com/index/news/detail_news.html?id=390576'
  - 'http://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/6/202509/t20250903_1389759.html'
  - 'https://www.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/DNH/'
  - 'https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_6816492'
quickFacts:
  - >-
    Civilian 4D airport in Mogao Town, 12.7 km from the Dunhuang city centre on
    a 078° bearing. Not a joint military field.
  - >-
    CAAC 2025: 1,285,341 passengers, 12,536 movements, 1,861.1 tonnes of cargo
    and mail.
  - >-
    AIP effective 24 December 2025: runway 08/26 is 3,400 × 45 m asphalt,
    elevation 1,124.7 m, open H24. Customs and immigration are scheduled hours,
    not all night.
  - >-
    T3 is the domestic terminal. T2 is the international hall. The published
    winter 2026–27 timetable does not list an international flight.
  - >-
    Greater Bay Airlines flew Hong Kong–Dunhuang on Fridays from 6 March through
    24 October 2026. A 2025 Kuala Lumpur series was ten charter rotations, not a
    standing route.
bentoTips:
  - label: Timing
    title: 'Use the winter sheet, not the summer Hong Kong flight'
    detail: >-
      The Friday Greater Bay Airlines Hong Kong charter was published only
      through 24 October 2026.
    summary: >-
      From 25 October 2026 through 27 March 2027 the published plan is 15
      domestic routes and names no Hong Kong or Kuala Lumpur flight.
    category: timing
  - label: Terminal
    title: Departures for domestic flights are in T3
    detail: 'DragonPass places the first-class room at T3, gate 303.'
    summary: >-
      T3 is the domestic terminal and T2 is the international hall, so a
      domestic boarding pass does not send you to T2.
    category: terminal
  - label: Food
    title: Do not plan a meal around the lounge
    detail: >-
      No operator page found for this research named a specific café or a
      bottled-water price.
    summary: DragonPass lists one lounge at Dunhuang and zero restaurants.
    category: food
  - label: Status
    title: The building is past its design year
    detail: >-
      Cargo and mail in 2025 were 1,861.1 tonnes against a 1,700-tonne design
      figure quoted in 2023.
    summary: >-
      The 2016 expansion was designed for 960,000 passengers a year, and 2025
      handled 1,285,341.
    category: status
lounges:
  - name: 头等舱休息室（2号休息室）
    zone: domestic
    access:
      - DragonPass
    bestFor:
      - Short domestic connection
    summary: >-
      DragonPass lists this first-class room at T3 gate 303. Hours, showers, and
      a paid walk-up price were not on that page.
    verdict: depends
    terminal: T3
    amenities: []
waterOptions: []
airportistScore: 5.1
slug: dnh
region: Asia-Pacific
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# Dunhuang Mogao International Airport (DNH)
Dunhuang, China · Asia-Pacific
A small Mogao Caves gateway that is officially an international class-one port, but whose published winter 2026–27 timetable is domestic, in a terminal designed for 960,000 passengers and handling 1,285,341 in 2025.
## Airportist Score

**5.1 / 10**
Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge).
- Ease of use (25%): 6.2 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
- Comfort & amenities (20%): 5.2 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
- Food & retail (15%): 4.4 — Food and retail quality and variety.
- Ground access (15%): 4.8 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
- Reliability (15%): 5.4 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
- Lounges (10%): 3.4 — Worth-it density and access quality.

## At a glance

- Passengers: 1,285,341 (2025)
- Terminals: 2 (T3 domestic, T2 international)
- Typical security: 0 min
- On-time: 0%
- Disruption: normal

## Best for

- Short domestic hops to Lanzhou, Beijing Daxing, Shanghai Pudong, and Xi’an connections via the published winter cities
- A Mogao Caves trip when the flight matches the winter sheet
- A simple one-runway domestic departure from T3

## Watch out for

- The published winter 2026–27 timetable lists no international flight
- 2025 traffic is well above the 960,000-passenger design year
- No published on-time rate or security-wait time
- The 2020 airport-bus tariff was not reconfirmed as today’s price

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