Qingdao Liuting International Airport

Coordinates: 36°15′58″N 120°22′28″E / 36.26611°N 120.37444°E / 36.26611; 120.37444
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Qingdao Liuting International Airport

青岛流亭国际机场
Summary
Airport typeDefunct
OperatorQingdao International Airport Group Co., Ltd.
ServesQingdao
LocationChengyang District, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Opened5 August 1982 (1982-08-05)
Closed12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)
Elevation AMSL10 m / 33 ft
Coordinates36°15′58″N 120°22′28″E / 36.26611°N 120.37444°E / 36.26611; 120.37444
Map
TAO is located in Qingdao
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TAO is located in Shandong
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TAO is located in China
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 3,400 11,155 Concrete (Closed)
Statistics (2021)
Passengers16,031,973
Cargo237,603 Ton
Num. of Flights139,677
Qingdao Liuting International Airport
Simplified Chinese青岛流亭国际机场
Traditional Chinese青島流亭國際機場

Qingdao Liuting International Airport (IATA: TAO, ICAO: ZSQD) was an airport that served the city of Qingdao in Shandong Province, China. Located in Liuting Street, Chengyang District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China.Built in 1944, it is about 23 kilometers away from the center of Qingdao, and is a Class 4E civil international airport, one of the twelve major trunk airports in China.

Served 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, opened on 12 August 2021.[1]

History[edit]

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.[citation needed] Its IATA code is used for its former romanized name Tsingtao.[citation needed]

In 2018, Qingdao Liuting was the 15th busiest airport in China with 24.53 million passengers.[2] 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. All flights were transferred to Jiaodong Airport when it opened on 12 August 2021.

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.[3] Later in the year, Beijing Capital Airlines introduced service to Melbourne, Australia[4] and Vancouver, Canada in early 2017.[5]

A Qingdao Airlines Airbus A320-200 taxiing at Liuting Airport in 2014.

Statistics[edit]

Annual passenger traffic at TAO airport. See Wikidata query.

Access[edit]

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.[6]

public transport line[edit]

Bus stops near Qingdao Liuting International Airport include:

Liuting International Airport Station: No. 305, No. 613, No. 767, No. 917

Civil Aviation Road Station: No. 101, No. 117, No. 118, No. 120, No. 306, No. 373, No. 374, No. 636, No. 910, No. 915 Loop, No. 917, No. 929

Civil Aviation Road Station: No. 101, No. 117, No. 118, No. 120, No. 306, No. 373, No. 374, No. 636, No. 910, No. 915 Loop, No. 917, No. 929

long-distance coach[edit]

Qingdao Liuting International Airport Bus Terminal is a national level 3 highway passenger terminal, which was opened in September 2014 for operation. With a land area of 3,000 square meters, a total construction area of 800 square meters, a parking area of more than 1,000 square meters, and more than 10 departure spaces, the bus terminal is designed for a maximum daily capacity of up to 6,000 passengers.According to the airport's official website in 2017, the station has more than 20 routes, with more than 110 daily departures and an average daily capacity of more than 1,400 passengers.

Taxi:[edit]

Qingdao Liuting International Airport Taxi Stand is located in the underground car park of Terminal T2.

Metro[edit]

Liuting station (Qingdao Metro Line 1[7]), opened in December 2020.[8]

Access Cities:[edit]

Qingzhou, Rongcheng, Wendeng, Longkou, Rizhao, Weifang, Gaomi, Jiaozhou, Zibo, Shouguang, Zhucheng, Yantai, Weihai, Haiyang, Changle, Yushan, Dongying, Guangrao, Changle, Zhaoyuan, Penglai, Huangdao.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "青岛胶东国际机场正式转场运营". 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ 2018年民航机场生产统计公报 (in Chinese). Civil Aviation Administration of China. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Qingdao opens direct flight route to Europe".
  4. ^ "Capital Airlines to Launch Qingdao-Melbourne Route". 26 August 2016.
  5. ^ "China's Capital Airlines today launches first Vancouver flight".
  6. ^ "Qingdao Liuting Airport Transportation: Shuttle and Inter-city Buses". www.travelchinaguide.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ^ "线路导航 青岛地铁".
  8. ^ "快讯！青岛地铁1号线北段、8号线北段正式开通！".

External links[edit]

Media related to Qingdao Liuting International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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