Bayankhongor Airport — Bayankhongor, Mongolia

Bayankhongor Airport serves Bayankhongor, the capital of Bayankhongor Province in central Mongolia. Perched at 6,085 feet, its one runway handles the limited domestic flights connecting this remote provincial capital to Ulaanbaatar. Coded BYN, the airport plays an essential role for a province covering a vast, sparsely populated stretch of Mongolia's steppe and semi-desert terrain, where road travel between settlements can take considerably longer than flying. Bayankhongor Province borders the Gobi Desert region to the south, and herding remains central to the local economy. Air service through BYN spares residents the long drive across central Mongolia's open landscape.