Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport

"Qingdao Airport" redirects here. For the old airport, see Qingdao Liuting International Airport.

Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport 青岛胶东国际机场
IATA: TAO ICAO: ZSQD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Qingdao
Location	Jiaodong, Jiaozhou, Shandong, China
Opened	12 August 2021;4 years ago (2021-08-12) [1]
Hub for	Qingdao Airlines Shandong Airlines
Focus city for	Beijing Capital Airlines China Eastern Airlines
Elevation  AMSL	13 m / 43 ft
Coordinates	36°21′43″N120°5′18″E / 36.36194°N 120.08833°E / 36.36194; 120.08833
Website	www.qdairport.com
Map
TAO/ZSQD Location in Shandong Show map of Shandong TAO/ZSQD Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 3,600 11,811 Concrete 17/35 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2023 [2] )
Total passengers 21,420,712
Source: [3]

Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport
Simplified Chinese	青岛胶东国际机场
Traditional Chinese	青島膠東國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qīngdǎo Jiāodōng Guójì Jīchǎng Wade–Giles Ch'ing-tao Chiao-tung Kuo-chi Chi-ch'ang

The groundbreaking ceremony of the new Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport was held in June 2015. Hoisting of the first steel ball in the terminal building occurred a year later in June 2016. The start of construction phase began in April 2017, and the start of testing phase began in October 2018. In September 2019, large-scale decoration and equipment installation began. In June 2020, the terminal building construction and civil aviation professional project passed completion acceptance. ^[6]

In January 2021, two aircraft successfully completed test flights. ^[7] Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport officially opened to the public on 12 August 2021, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1]

Facilities

Departures hall

Check-in area

Departures concourse

Airport control tower

Baggage claim area

The airport has two Class 4F^{[ clarification needed ]} runways, both 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) long. The runways are able to handle extremely large aircraft, such as the Airbus A380. It has a single 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). ^{[3] [8]}

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

A Shandong Airlines plane from Ürümqi landing at Jiaodong Airport

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guangzhou
Air Busan	Busan
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Wuhan
Air Guilin	Guilin
Air Macau	Macau
Air Travel	Hailar, Kunming
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo–Haneda
Asiana Airlines	Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines	Bazhong, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, [9] Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Jingzhou, [10] London–Gatwick (begins 24 June 2026), [11] London–Heathrow, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, [12] Naha, Nanning, Shenyang, Sydney, Vladivostok, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong [13]
Chengdu Airlines	Hohhot [14]
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing, Changbaishan, Changchun, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dalian, Daqing, Dubai–International, Fukuoka, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Hohhot, [15] Huizhou, [16] Jiamusi, Jieyang, [17] Kunming, Lanzhou, Liuzhou, Mudanjiang, [18] Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Ordos, Osaka–Kansai, Qiqihar, [19] Sanming, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Wenzhou, [20] Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xining, [21] Xinyang, Yanji, Yibin, Yinchuan
China Express Airlines	Quzhou [22]
China Southern Airlines	Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Dalian, Daqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Hohhot, Jieyang, Nanning, [10] Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Yan'an, Yanji, [23] Zhengzhou
China United Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu, [24] Foshan [25]
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing, Harbin [26]
Donghai Airlines	Changzhi, [27] Kunming, [27] Lishui, [28] Shenzhen, [29] Yichang [30]
Fuzhou Airlines	Fuzhou, [31] Harbin [32]
GX Airlines	Ganzhou, [33] Nanchong, [34] Nanning, Nanyang, [34] Xiangyang
Hainan Airlines	Changsha, Guangzhou, [35] Haikou, Harbin, Ningbo, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, [36] Urumqi, [36] Wuhan, Xi'an [35]
Hebei Airlines	Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang
Himalaya Airlines	Kathmandu
Jeju Air	Seoul–Incheon [37]
Jiangxi Air	Nanchang [38]
Jin Air	Seoul–Incheon
Juneyao Air	Changchun, Changsha, [39] Chifeng, [39] Nanjing, Osaka–Kansai, [40] Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Songyuan, Wuxi [41]
Korean Air	Busan, [42] [43] Seoul–Incheon [44]
LJ Air	Taiyuan [45]
Loong Air	Ningbo [46]
Lucky Air	Kunming
Okay Airways	Changsha, Shenyang
Qingdao Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, [47] Changchun, Changsha, [48] Chengdu–Tianfu, [49] Daegu, [50] Dalian, [49] Guiyang, Harbin, Hong Kong, [51] Jeju, Jiamusi, [52] Jieyang, [53] Kuala Lumpur–International, [54] Kuqa, [55] Nagoya–Centrair, [56] Nanchang, [48] Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Quanzhou, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, [57] Shenyang, Shizuoka, [58] Taizhou, [59] Wenzhou, Xishuangbanna, [49] Zhengzhou, [49] Zhoushan [49]
Ruili Airlines	Kunming, [36] Taiyuan [36]
Scoot	Singapore [60]
Shandong Airlines	Aksu, Anshun, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Changbaishan, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Dalian, Enshi, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Hong Kong, [61] Jiansanjiang, Jingdezhen, Korla, Kuala Lumpur–International (begins 9 January 2025), [62] Kunming, Lanzhou, Longnan, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Qiqihar, Sanya, Sapporo–Chitose, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shiyan, [63] Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Ürümqi, Wuhan, Wuyishan, [64] Xiamen, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, [65] Zhengzhou, Zhoushan, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines	Dalian, Jixi, Shanghai–Hongqiao
Shenzhen Airlines	Guangzhou, Harbin, Shenzhen, Yichun (Jiangxi)
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chengdu–Tianfu, [66] Chongqing, Kunming, Xi'an
Spring Airlines	Nanchang, [67] Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang [68]
Suparna Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong [69]
Tianjin Airlines	Chizhou, [70] Guiyang, Yulin (Shaanxi) [71]
Tibet Airlines	Chengdu–Shuangliu, [72] Lhasa, [73] Wuhu [72]
T'way Air	Seoul–Incheon [74]
West Air	Harbin [75]
XiamenAir	Changchun, Changsha, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Mudanjiang, [18] Osaka–Kansai, [76] Quanzhou, Sanya, Shenyang, Xiamen, Zhuhai [32]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ANA Cargo	Naha [77]
ASL Airlines Belgium	Astana, Liège
Air Incheon	Seoul–Incheon
China Southern Cargo	Los Angeles, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver
European Cargo	Bournemouth
SF Airlines	Liège [78]

Ground transport

The Airport is connected to inner Qingdao by the S62 Expressway  [ zh ], which is connected with G20 Expressway and G22 Expressway. The airport has a 5-level parking garage.

Public transport

Metro

A platform in the Jiaodong International Airport Station

Qingdao Metro Line 8 operates between Jiaodong Airport and Qingdao North railway station. The metro station is located underground next to the airport's high-speed railway station. It takes 37 minutes to travel to Qingdao North railway station where passengers can transfer to Line 1 or Line 3 towards the downtown.

Apart from the regular operations, the metro operates direct airport express trains from Qingdao North railway station to the airport in the morning and evening.

Railway

Qingdao Airport railway station is on the Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway, which is operated by China Railway, providing connections to surrounding cities such as Weifang, Yantai, Linyi and Rizhao. The station is located underground at the airport.

For departing passengers from Weifang, Linyi and Rizhao, the city terminals serve in-town early check-in service before arriving at the Qingdao airport, which are located in Weifang North, Linyi North and Rizhao West railway station.

Passengers departing from Qingdao can also take a train to the airport at Qingdao North and Jiaozhou North Railway Station.

See also

• China portal
• Aviation portal

• List of airports in China
• List of the busiest airports in China

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