Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport

Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport (IATA: TAO, ICAO: ZSQD) is an airport serving the city of Qingdao in Shandong province, China. It received approval in December 2013, and replaced the existing Qingdao Liuting International Airport as the city's main airport.[3] It is located in Jiaodong, Jiaozhou, 39 kilometres (24 mi) from the center of Qingdao.[2] The airport opened on August 12, 2021[1] and is currently the largest airport in Shandong, capable of handling 35 million passengers annually.[4]

This article is about the current airport. For the old airport, see Qingdao Liuting International Airport.
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport

青岛胶东国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesQingdao, Shandong
LocationJiaodong, Jiaozhou, Shandong
Opened12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)[1]
Hub for
Focus city for
Coordinates36°21′43″N 120°5′18″E
Websitewww.qdairport.com
Map
TAO
Location of airport in Shandong
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,600 11,811 Concrete
17/35 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Source:[2]
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport
Simplified Chinese青岛胶东国际机场
Traditional Chinese青島膠東國際機場

History

Timeline[5]

June 2015 – Groundbreaking ceremony.

June 2016 – Hoisting of the first steel ball in the terminal building.

April 2017 – Start of construction phase.

October 2018 – Start of testing phase.

September 2019 – Start of large-scale decoration and equipment installation.

June 2020 – Terminal building construction and civil aviation professional project pass completion acceptance; project completion.

January 2021 – Two aircraft successfully completed test flights.[6]

August 12, 2021 – Officially opened.[1]

Facilities

The airport has two class 4F runways, both 3,600 meters long. The runways are able to handle extremely large aircraft, such as the Airbus A380. It has a 478,000 square metres (5,150,000 sq ft) terminal building. The terminal is designed in a starfish shape, with 5 airside concourses jutting out of it. The roof of the terminal is made out of 0.5 millimetres (0.020 in) thick stainless steel, and spans 223,000 square metres (2,400,000 sq ft).[2][7]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Air Busan Busan
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Wuhan
Air Guilin Guilin, Xiangyang
Air Macau Macau[8]
Air Travel Hailar, Kunming
All Nippon Airways Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda,[9] Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[10] Chengdu–Shuangliu, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jeju,[11] Lijiang, London–Heathrow, Melbourne, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Naha,[12] Nanchang, Nanning, Shenyang, Sydney, Vancouver, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
Chengdu Airlines Guiyang, Jining, Yueyang
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[13] Changbaishan, Changde,[14] Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian, Daqing, Dubai–International,[15] Fukuoka, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Huizhou, Jiamusi, Jieyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Liuzhou, Mudanjiang, Nagoya–Centrair, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Ordos,[16] Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[17] San Francisco, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tokyo–Narita,[18] Tonghua, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xining,[16] Xinyang,[19] Yanji, Yibin, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yuncheng, Zhanjiang[20]
China Southern Airlines Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Dalian, Daqing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Harbin, Hohhot, Kunming, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shiyan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiangyang, Xining, Yan'an, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
Chongqing Airlines Kunming, Yinchuan
GX Airlines Huaihua, Nanning, Xiangyang
Hainan Airlines Guangzhou, Haikou, Harbin, Ningbo, Shenzhen, Wuhan
Hebei Airlines Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang
Jeju Air Seoul–Incheon
Jiangxi Air Nanchang
Juneyao Airlines Changchun, Nanjing, Osaka–Kansai,[21] Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Songyuan, Wuxi
Korean Air Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines Changsha, Guangzhou,[22] Kunming[22]
Lucky Air Kunming, Wuhan
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Okay Airways Changsha, Shenyang
Qingdao Airlines Anqing, Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Fuyang, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Harbin, Huai'an, Karamay, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Phu Quoc, Quanzhou, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Tianjin, Urumqi, Yinchuan, Zhanjiang, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Ruili Airlines Hohhot[23]
Scoot Singapore
Shandong Airlines Aksu, Anshun, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Dalian, Daqing, Datong, Delhi, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jiamusi, Jiansanjiang, Jieyang, Jingdezhen, Korla, Kunming, Lanzhou, Longnan, Mianyang, Mudanjiang, Nagoya–Centrair,[24] Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Qiqihar, Quzhou, Sanya, Sapporo–Chitose,[25] Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shangrao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Yanji, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines Dalian, Jiamusi, Jixi, Qiqihar, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Wenzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Guangzhou, Harbin, Nanchang, Nantong, Shenzhen, Yichun
Sichuan Airlines Changzhou, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Kunming, Xi'an
Spring Airlines Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao
Tianjin Airlines Guiyang, Hohhot, Huai'an, Nanchang, Wenzhou
Uni Air Kaohsiung, Taipei–Taoyuan
Urumqi Air Urumqi, Zhengzhou[26]
Vietjet Air Nha Trang[27]
XiamenAir Changchun, Changsha, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Osaka–Kansai,[28] Quanzhou, Sanya, Shenyang, Xiamen

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
ANA Cargo Naha[29]
Air Incheon Seoul–Incheon
China Southern Airlines Cargo Los Angeles

Transport

Metro

Railway

See also

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