Wudalianchi Dedu Airport
airport in People's Republic of China
Wudalianchi Dedu Airport (IATA: DTU, ICAO: ZYDU) is an airport serving the city of Wudalianchi in Heilongjiang province of Northeast China, southwest of the city center and 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Wudalianchi National Park.
It received approval from the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission on 25 December 2013. Its construction budget was 644.41 million yuan, and an additional 74 million yuan for related infrastructure outside the airport. The airport was opened on 22 November 2017, with an inaugural Loong Air flight from Harbin Taiping International Airport.
Facilities
The airport has a 2,500-metre (8,200 ft) runway (class 4C), capable of handling Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s, and a 3,000-square-metre (32,000 sq ft) terminal building. It is designed to handle 300,000 passengers and 1,500 tons of cargo annually by 2020.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16259671. Authority coordinates are 48.445, 126.133. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013, 2017 and 2020.
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