Qingdao Liuting International Airport

Qingdao Liuting International Airport 青岛流亭国际机场
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IATA: TAO ICAO: ZSQD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Qingdao International Airport Group Co., Ltd.
Serves	Qingdao, Shandong
Location	Chengyang District, Qingdao
Hub for	Qingdao Airlines Shandong Airlines
Focus city for	Beijing Capital Airlines China Eastern Airlines
Elevation AMSL	10 m / 33 ft
Coordinates	36°15′58″N 120°22′28″E
Maps
CAAC airport chart CAAC airport chart
TAO TAO TAO
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 3,400 11,155 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 20,505,038 Cargo 230,747.8 Ton Num. of Flights 168,537
Source: List of the busiest airports in China

Qingdao Liuting International Airport
Simplified Chinese	青岛流亭国际机场
Traditional Chinese	青島流亭國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qīngdǎo Liútíng Guójì Jīchǎng Wade–Giles Ch'ing1tao3 Liu2t'ing2 Kuo2chi4 Chi1ch'ang3

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 and Qingdao Airlines as well as a focus city for Beijing Capital Airlines and China Eastern Airlines.

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 2012, Qingdao Liuting was the 17th busiest airport in China with 12,601,152 passengers. In December 2013, the Chinese government approved the construction of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport which will replace Liuting as Qingdao's main airport.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Busan	Busan
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Wuhan
Air China operated by Dalian Airlines	Dalian
Air Guilin	Xiangyang, Guilin
Air Macau	Macau
All Nippon Airways	Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita
Asiana Airlines	Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Haikou, Hangzhou, London–Heathrow, Melbourne, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Nanchang, Nanjing, Shenyang, Sydney, Vancouver, Xining, Xinzhou
Cathay Dragon	Hong Kong
China Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan
Chengdu Airlines	Guiyang
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Daqing, Fukuoka, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hengyang, Hohhot, Huizhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Liuzhou, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nagoya–Centrair, Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, San Francisco, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi'an, Yanji, Yibin, Yichang, Yichun, Yinchuan, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou
China Southern Airlines	Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Daqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Hohhot, Kunming, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yan'an, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou
China Southern Airlines operated by Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing, Harbin
Fuzhou Airlines	Yichang
GX Airlines	Huaihua, Xiangyang, Nanning
Hainan Airlines	Guangzhou, Haikou, Harbin, Ningbo, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xi'an
Hebei Airlines	Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang
Hongtu Airlines	Hailar, Kunming
Jiangxi Air	Nanchang
Jeju Air	Seoul–Incheon
Juneyao Airlines	Changbaishan, Changchun, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Songyuan, Wuxi, Yinchuan
Korean Air	Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Kunming Airlines	Changsha
Lucky Air	Kunming, Wuhan
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
NokScoot	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Okay Airways	Changsha, Shenyang
Qingdao Airlines	Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Ganzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hailar, Huangshan, Harbin, Karamay, Lanzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Urumqi, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, Zunyi-Xinzhou
Ruili Airlines	Hohhot, Kunming
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, Jieyang, Jingdezhen, Korla, Kunming, Lanzhou, Longnan, Mianyang, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Quzhou, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shangrao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Yanji, Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhengzhou, Zhoushan, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines	Jiamusi, Jixi, Qiqihar, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shenyang
Shenzhen Airlines	Guangzhou, Harbin, Nanchang, Nantong, Shenzhen
Sichuan Airlines	Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, Xi'an
Scoot	Singapore
Spring Airlines	Jieyang, Shanghai–Hongqiao
Tianjin Airlines	Guiyang, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Huai'an, Tianjin, Wenzhou
Tibet Airlines	Lhasa, Wanzhou
T'way Airlines	Seoul–Incheon
Uni Air	Taipei–Taoyuan
West Air	Chongqing, Zhengzhou
XiamenAir	Changchun, Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Los Angeles, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Xiamen

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ANA Cargo	Naha
Air Incheon	Seoul–Incheon
China Southern Airlines Cargo	Los Angeles

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. 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.

See also

• List of airports in China
• China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

External links

Media related to Qingdao Liuting International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
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