Ninglang Luguhu Airport
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| name = Ninglang Luguhu Airport
| nativename-a = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-Hans|宁蒗泸沽湖机场}}}}
| image =寧蒗瀘沽湖機場 20190928190809.jpg
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| IATA = NLH
| ICAO = ZPNL
| coordinates = {{coord|27|32|37.7|N|100|45|26.6|E|type:airport_region:CN-53|display=it}}
| pushpin_map = China Yunnan
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Yunnan
| pushpin_label = NLH
| type = Public
| owner-oper =
| owner =
| operator =
| city-served = Ninglang County, Yunnan
| location = Shifoshan, Hongqiao, Ninglang County
| opened = 12 October 2015
| metric-elev = y
| elevation-m = 3293
| website =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 05/23
| r1-length-m = 3,400
| r1-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = 2021
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 74,373
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 1,380
| stat3-header = Cargo (metric tons)
| stat3-data = 106.6
| footnotes =
}}
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|s={{linktext|宁|蒗|泸|沽|湖|机场}} |t=寧蒗瀘沽湖機場
|p=Nínglàng Lúgūhú Jīchǎng}}
Ninglang Luguhu Airport {{airport codes|NLH|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 ({{zh|labels=no|s=石佛山村}}), Hongqiao Town, {{convert|25|km}} from Lugu Lake and {{convert|50|km}} from the Ninglang county seat, at an elevation of {{convert|3293|m}}. 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.yndaily.com/html/2015/zhoushi_1013/21710.html |language=zh-cn |script-title=zh:宁蒗泸沽湖机场正式通航 |date=2015-10-13 |newspaper=Yunnan Daily}}
In 2019, the airport handled 2,168 flights and 200,000 passengers.{{Cite web |title=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 |url=http://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/5/202210/t20221012_1354820.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.caacnews.com.cn}}
The airport facilities include an oxygen bar for passengers struggling with the high altitude. The airport is also notorious for commonly having challenging weather conditions for flight.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-09 |title=泸沽湖机场航务部:航行服务保安全 辛勤耕耘写春秋 |url=https://news.carnoc.com/list/620/620761.html}}
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