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Dehong Mangshi Airport

Mangshi, CN

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Dehong Mangshi International Airport

Mangshi, China · Asia-Pacific

Dehong Mangshi International Airport is the civilian airport for Mangshi and Dehong, about 6.5 km from town. In 2025 it handled 3,075,024 passengers. One 2009 terminal, a 2,600 m runway, a cheap bus and taxi, and a landside DragonPass lounge in the pagoda. The operator website still prints an older runway length and a 10-city route list.

Airportist Score

5.7/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use6.4
Comfort & amenities5.2
Food & retail4.8
Ground access7.2
Reliability5.2
Lounges4.4

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Dehong Mangshi International Airport

Mangshi, China · Asia-Pacific

Dehong Mangshi International Airport is the civilian airport for Mangshi and Dehong, about 6.5 km from town. In 2025 it handled 3,075,024 passengers. One 2009 terminal, a 2,600 m runway, a cheap bus and taxi, and a landside DragonPass lounge in the pagoda. The operator website still prints an older runway length and a 10-city route list.

Airportist Score

5.7/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use6.4
Comfort & amenities5.2
Food & retail4.8
Ground access7.2
Reliability5.2
Lounges4.4

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Arrive
2 h
before departure
Fastest to city
6.5 km; minutes not published
City taxi
Cheapest to city
City bus to Padi
1.5–2 yuan · 6.5 km; minutes not published
Lounge
1
Terminals
1
Passengers / year
3,075,024 (2025)

The lounge at LUM
LUM security wait times

8 photos

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Most important tips

Know before you go

A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.

Runway pages disagree

Use the 2,600 m brief

The airport brief says 2,600 m and 25 stands. The overview on the same site still says 2,200 m and nine stands.

Routes

The 10-city list is stale

The brief still names 10 domestic cities, including Tianjin, Shenyang, and Lanzhou. Check the airline. The operator flight page did not load a board.

Lounge

Pagoda, before security

DragonPass places the Baishite room about 50 m right of the terminal door, inside the pagoda. Standard visit 2 hours. Children under 2 free. No cash price printed.

Connections

Kunming does the work

Most onward cities connect through Kunming. International service is to Myanmar; Mandalay resumed in January 2023, and this week's Yangon flight was not confirmed.

Live conditions

Right now at LUM

Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

Kunming connections
A short, cheap ride into Mangshi
Trips into the Dehong border region

Watch out for

The overview page still says a 2,200 m runway and nine stands
The official route blurb is stale
The lounge is before security and has no printed cash price
No published on-time rate, security wait, fountain map, or parking tariff

Airportist Score

Why this score

Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.

Ease of use · 25%

Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.

6.4

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

5.2

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

4.8

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

7.2

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

5.2

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

4.4

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

3,075,024 (2025)

Terminals

1

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for LUM.

Updated Sep 24, 2026

IATA LUM, ICAO ZPMS, operated by Yunnan Airport Group
3,075,024 passengers in 2025 (CAAC rank 65), 24,432 movements, 16,281.4 tonnes of cargo
One terminal, flight area 4C, runway 05/23 at 2,600 m, 25 stands
About 6.5 km from Mangshi in Fengping Town; operator elevation 876 m
City bus 1.5–2 yuan; taxi 30–40 yuan; no airport rail
Baishite lounge is before security, in the pagoda, DragonPass, 2 hours

8 official sources

https://dh.ynairport.com/
https://dh.ynairport.com/airportBrief.jhtml
https://dh.ynairport.com/general.jhtml
https://dh.ynairport.com/traffic.jhtml
https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/P020260226360830390937.xlsx
https://www.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/LUM/l163/
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B7%E5%AE%8F%E8%8A%92%E5%B8%82%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E6%9C%BA%E5%9C%BA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehong_Mangshi_International_Airport

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Map
Dehong Mangshi Airport and the Mangshi city center
City center
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Getting There
3 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
Fastest: City taxiCheapest: City bus to Padi
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Lounges
1 lounge with access rules, hours, and verdicts.
Baishite VIP Lounge
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Traveler Tips
Trust the operator brief for the airfield: flight area 4C, runway 2,600 m, 25 stands, Airbus A321 and Boeing 737-900 and smaller. The older overview page on the same site still prints a 2,200 m runway and nine stands.
11 tips & hacks
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Amenities
4 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
City bus
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Water
No drinking-fountain map and no bottled-water price were on the operator site on 24 September 2026.
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Dehong Mangshi Airport and the Mangshi city center

This airport LUM
City center Mangshi

Terminal navigation guide

Terminal-change and gate-area notes pulled from the markdown guide.

From Terminals & Navigation

One terminal, in Fengping Town, about 6.5 km from Mangshi. The operator overview prints elevation 876 m. The English Wikipedia infobox prints 877 m.
The terminal used since 6 May 2009 is about 13,000 m², with about 10,500 m² domestic and 2,500 m² then reserved for international, plus three airbridges. A discussed 40,000 m² replacement was not confirmed as open.
Runway 05/23 is 2,600 m. Width 45 m is on the Chinese Wikipedia facilities line and on the stale overview. The operator brief does not state the surface. English Wikipedia still says concrete and 2,200 m; the Chinese facilities line says asphalt. Neither surface claim is treated as current.
Chinese Wikipedia lists PCN 61/F/B/W/T. That figure is not on the operator brief.
Photographs from 11 August 2017 show a domestic check-in hall and a separate international and Hong Kong–Macau–Taiwan departure with customs. The international photo predates the port inspection of 15 November 2018.
IATA LUM, ICAO ZPMS. Operator Yunnan Airport Group (云南机场集团有限责任公司). Traffic-page phones: 0692-2934651 and 0692-2934609.
State Council approval as a port is dated 17 May 2016 (国函〔2016〕86号). The port passed inspection on 15 November 2018. CAAC approved the name Dehong Mangshi International Airport on 30 May 2023.
Civil service restarted on 10 April 1990 after a 1940 wartime field that was abandoned after 1945. The 11 May 1987 approval was for a civil airport. It is a public civilian airport.

Ground transport guide

City-transfer, rideshare, train, and parking guidance from the markdown guide.

From Ground Transport & Parking

City bus toward Padi (帕底), alight at Mangshi Airport (芒市机场). From the airport, take the bus toward the city. The operator fare is 1.5–2 yuan. Ride time is not printed.
Taxi between the city and the airport is 30–40 yuan on the same page. There is no airport railway.
The 2009 project included about 12,000 m² of parking. No hourly or daily rate is on the operator site.
The second expansion started on 26 May 2016, investment 625.1 million yuan, designed for 4 million passengers, 30,300 tonnes of cargo, and 40,684 movements by 2025. The runway was extended 400 m south to 2,600 m, with a parallel taxiway, three vertical links, and one rapid exit.
A Ruili Airlines Boeing 737-800 test flight used the extended runway on 15 May 2018. The extension and the south-central parallel taxiway entered service on 19 July 2018.
CAAC spreadsheet for 1 January–31 December 2025, published 26 February 2026: 3,075,024 passengers (rank 65, up 15.9% from 2,653,668), 16,281.4 tonnes of cargo (rank 59), and 24,432 movements (rank 91). The Chinese Wikipedia cargo header says kilograms; the spreadsheet header says tonnes.
Land area is printed as 2,609 mu on the brief and 2,639.9 mu on the overview.

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To city center

Mangshi

~0.3 km

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Cheapest

City bus to Padi

City bus toward Padi, airport stop 芒市机场, or the return bus toward town.

Time to city

6.5 km; minutes not published

Cost

1.5–2 yuan

Tip: The fare is on the operator traffic page. The ride time is not.

FastestBest for luggage

City taxi

Taxi between Mangshi and the airport.

Time to city

6.5 km; minutes not published

Cost

30–40 yuan

Tip: The operator prints a round-trip city fare, not a meter rule or a night surcharge.

Terminal parking

About 12,000 m² of parking was part of the 2009 terminal project.

Time to city

On site

Cost

Tariff not published

Tip: Do not invent an hourly rate. The operator site does not print one.

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Depends

Baishite VIP Lounge

Main terminallandside

百事特贵宾厅 (rooms 1–3) sits in the pagoda before security. Budget the walk back to the checkpoint. A 2-hour cap is the published standard.

Access: DragonPass

Hours: Standard visit 2 hours. Children under 2 free.

Best for: DragonPass holders on a domestic departure

Full access guide

Lounge & amenity notes

Lounge, food, and quiet-spot picks pulled from the markdown guide.

From Lounges, Food & Amenities

Baishite VIP Lounge (百事特贵宾厅, rooms 1–3) is the DragonPass listing for LUM. Domestic departure, main terminal, level 1, before security, about 50 m right of the terminal door inside the pagoda.
DragonPass standard time is 2.0 hours. Children under 2 enter free. The page says the service is whatever the room is offering that day, and it does not print a cash price.
Priority Pass, LoungeKey, and a credit-card benefit are not on that page. Do not assume them.
A second DragonPass title, a generic VIP room, had no walking directions of its own, so it is not a second listing here.
Level-2 shops were photographed on 11 August 2017. The operator site has no current restaurant list and no bottle price.
Terminal-wide Wi-Fi is not stated on the operator pages.
Ruili Airlines is the based carrier in the references checked. Older articles also called Dehong Nanya Aviation a base airline; that was not reconfirmed as flying in September 2026.
No on-time percentage and no security-wait figure are published. Those profile numbers are stored as unknown.

basic

City bus

Easy Transport

Bus toward Padi, stop Mangshi Airport, fare 1.5–2 yuan. Ride time is not published.

good

Taxi

Easy Transport

City–airport taxi 30–40 yuan on the operator traffic page.

basic

Baishite lounge

Has Lounge

Before security in the pagoda. DragonPass, 2 hours, children under 2 free. No cash price printed.

basic

Level-2 shops

Shopping

Shops were photographed on level 2 in August 2017. No current restaurant list is on the operator site.

Editorial guide tricks

The markdown guide's highest-signal tactics before the data-backed tips below.

From Best Airport Tricks & Hacks

Trust the operator brief for the airfield: flight area 4C, runway 2,600 m, 25 stands, Airbus A321 and Boeing 737-900 and smaller. The older overview page on the same site still prints a 2,200 m runway and nine stands.
That brief still says only 10 domestic routes and lists Tianjin, Shenyang, and Lanzhou among them. That sentence is stale next to the 2025 total of 3,075,024 passengers. Confirm the city with the airline for the week you fly.
Kunming is the connection that matters. The operator flight-status page did not return a usable board on 24 September 2026, so do not plan a connection from the airport website alone.
International flying is to Myanmar. Ruili Airlines opened Mangshi–Mandalay on 31 January 2019 and Mangshi–Yangon on 27 October 2019. Both paused during the pandemic, and Mandalay resumed on 21 January 2023. Whether Yangon is on the board this week was not confirmed.
The usual departure is runway 23. A 2015 procedure study cited on the Chinese Wikipedia says terrain within 5 km is mountainous and the southwest side is the clearer departure. That is background, not a clearance.
The Baishite lounge is before security. DragonPass puts it about 50 m to the right of the terminal door, inside the pagoda, with a 2-hour standard visit. Leave time to walk back to security.
Night flying has been open since 10 December 2000. A Category I ILS was commissioned for runway 23 in the late 1990s and put into use on 1 July 2000. Use a current chart, not this history.
No drinking-fountain map and no parking tariff are published on the operator site.

01

NavigationTraveler Tips & Hacks

Two official pages, two runways

The brief says 2,600 m and 25 stands. The overview still says 2,200 m and nine stands.

The 400 m southern extension entered service on 19 July 2018. English Wikipedia still shows 2,200 m and concrete. The Chinese facilities line says 2,600 m and asphalt. The operator brief does not name the surface.

02

TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

Bus or a short taxi

The airport is about 6.5 km from Mangshi. Bus 1.5–2 yuan, taxi 30–40 yuan.

Take the city bus toward Padi and get off at Mangshi Airport. There is no airport rail. Parking exists from the 2009 project, about 12,000 m², with no published tariff.

03

LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

Lounge first, security after

The Baishite room is before security, so it does not replace the checkpoint.

DragonPass: level 1, domestic departure, about 50 m right of the terminal door, inside the pagoda. Two hours, under-2 free, no printed cash price. Priority Pass and LoungeKey are not listed.

Water & Hydration

Hydration notes pulled from the editorial guide.

From Water & Hydration

No drinking-fountain map and no bottled-water price were on the operator site on 24 September 2026.

Lounges, Food & Amenities

Hydration notes pulled from the editorial guide.

From Lounges, Food & Amenities

Level-2 shops were photographed on 11 August 2017. The operator site has no current restaurant list and no bottle price.

Best Airport Tricks & Hacks

Hydration notes pulled from the editorial guide.

From Best Airport Tricks & Hacks

No drinking-fountain map and no parking tariff are published on the operator site.

Entry requirements

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Published alerts

Editorial profile notes — not a live alert feed. Live operations are on Overview and in the panel below.

Published alerts

Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Sep 24, 2026.

Normal

No published on-time rate or security wait.The operator overview still prints a 2,200 m runway and nine stands; the brief prints 2,600 m and 25 stands.The operator route blurb still says 10 domestic cities and is stale.Myanmar flights have operated, but the 24 September 2026 operator flight page did not confirm this week's Yangon service.No fountain map and no parking tariff.

Typical delay mix from the same editorial snapshot — not a live feed. Current operations are on Overview.

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