Qingdao Liuting International Airport

Qingdao Liuting International Airport (IATA: TAO, ICAO: ZSQD) is the main international airport serving the city of Qingdao in Shandong Province, China. It is about 31 km (19 mi) from the city center and serves as a hub for Shandong Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines and Qingdao Airlines as well as a focus city for China Eastern Airlines. A replacement airport, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, is fully complete since mid-2020, but the official opening date has yet to be announced.

Qingdao Liuting International Airport

青岛流亭国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorQingdao International Airport Group Co., Ltd.
ServesQingdao, Shandong
LocationChengyang District, Qingdao
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL10 m / 33 ft
Coordinates36°15′58″N 120°22′28″E
Maps

CAAC airport chart
TAO
TAO
TAO
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers24,535,738
Cargo224,533.845 Ton
Num. of Flights182,642
Qingdao Liuting International Airport
Simplified Chinese青岛流亭国际机场
Traditional Chinese青島流亭國際機場

History

From 2004 to 2006, the airport underwent an expansion of its terminal as well as adding more parking spaces which was part of its initial 2010 goal to expand Liuting Airport to handle 5.2 million passengers annually or 2400 passengers and almost 120,000 tons of cargo hourly. The runway was also extended to its current length. Its IATA code is used for its former romanized name Tsingtao.

In 2018, Qingdao Liuting was the 15th busiest airport in China with 24.53 million passengers.[1] Due to its lack of room to expand as it is being surrounded by the city, in December 2013, the Chinese government approved the construction of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport which will replace Liuting as Qingdao's main airport by the second half of 2019.[2][3]

Qingdao did not have a non-stop intercontinental air link until 29 March 2016, when Lufthansa's existing service to Frankfurt, Germany via Shenyang was upgraded to a non-stop flight to Frankfurt.[4] Later in the year, Beijing Capital Airlines introduced service to Melbourne, Australia[5] and Vancouver, Canada in early 2017.[6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Air Busan Busan
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Wuhan
Air Guilin Guilin, Xiangyang
Air Macau Macau[7]
Air Travel Hailar, Kunming
All Nippon Airways Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda,[8] Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[9] Chengdu, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jeju,[10] Lijiang, London–Heathrow, Melbourne, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Naha,[11] Nanchang, Nanning, Shenyang, Sydney, Vancouver, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
Chengdu Airlines Guiyang, Jining, Yueyang
China Eastern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing,[12] Changbaishan, Changde,[13] Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Daqing, Dubai–International,[14] Fukuoka, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Huizhou, Jiamusi, Jieyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Liuzhou, Mudanjiang, Nagoya–Centrair, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Ordos,[15] Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[16] San Francisco, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tokyo–Narita,[17] Tonghua, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xining,[15] Xinyang,[18] Yanji, Yibin, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Yuncheng, Zhanjiang[19]
China Southern Airlines Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Daqing, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Harbin, Hohhot, Kunming, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shiyan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiangyang, Xining, Yan'an, Yinchuan, Zhengzhou
China Southern Airlines
operated by 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,[20] Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Songyuan, Wuxi
Korean Air Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines Changsha, Guangzhou,[21] Kunming[21]
Lucky Air Kunming, Wuhan
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Okay Airways Changsha, Shenyang
Qingdao Airlines Anqing, Beihai, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, 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[22]
Scoot Singapore
Shandong Airlines Aksu, Anshun, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, 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,[23] Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Qiqihar, Quzhou, Sanya, Sapporo–Chitose,[24] 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, 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[25]
Vietjet Air Nha Trang[26]
XiamenAir Changchun, Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Los Angeles, Osaka–Kansai,[27] Quanzhou, Sanya, Shenyang, Xiamen
A Qingdao Airlines Airbus A320-200

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
ANA Cargo Naha[28]
Air Incheon Seoul–Incheon
China Southern Airlines Cargo Los Angeles
Terminal façade
A Shanghai Airlines Boeing 767-300 landing at Liuting

Access

The airport is about 31 kilometres (19 mi) north of the city, and connected by taxis, three airport shuttle bus lines (701路, 702路, 703路), two tourism bus lines (Huangdao Special Line, Jiaonan Special Line), and intercity buses to neighboring cities.[29] When open, Line 7 of the Qingdao Metro will connect with the airport, operating trains between Qingdao International Sailing Centre and Bei'an Street, Jimo City.[30]

See also

References
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  2. 青岛胶东国际机场正式获批 选址靠近大沽河. Xinhua (in Chinese). 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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  6. "China's Capital Airlines today launches first Vancouver flight".
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  13. 10月27日起，东航湖南陆续新增6条航线
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  15. 航季换新丨青岛西宁低至180元，更多新开航线冰点特惠价！！
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  19. 就在今天|湛江-杭州-青岛顺利开航
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  26. Direct flight links Qingdao, Vietnam's Nha Trang
  27. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/286594/xiamen-airlines-w19-japan-service-changes/
  28. "ANA to add more cargo flights through Naha".
  29. "Qingdao Liuting Airport Transportation: Shuttle and Inter-city Buses". www.travelchinaguide.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  30. "Qingdao Subway, Metro Lines, Stations". www.travelchinaguide.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

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