XNN
Xining Caojiabao International Airport
Xining Caojiabao International Airport (IATA: XNN, ICAO: ZLXN) is a large airport in Haidong (Huzhu Tu Autonomous County), Qinghai Province, China. It opened in 1991. It has one runway, 3,800 m (12,467 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 2.6 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1991–19911991
OpenedXining Caojiabao International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap11/29 · LIT
LENGTH3,800 m12,467 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–20222.0M
2.7M
3.2M
3.9M
4.0M
4.7M
5.6M
6.3M
7.2M
5.9M
5.9M
2.6M
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Routes
57 destinations · 2 countriesYear-round57
HBQHaibei Qilian AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines206 km128 miGMQGolog Maqên AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines283 km176 miZHYZhongwei Shapotou AirportChina · Beijing Capital Airlines300 km186 miHXDHaixi Delingha AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines430 km267 miINCYinchuan Hedong International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Ruili Airlines, China Eastern Airlines433 km269 miLNLLongnan Chengzhou AirportChina · Fuzhou Airlines457 km284 miYUSYushu Batang AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines614 km382 miGOQGolmud AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines649 km403 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines +2651 km405 miENYYan'an Nanniwan AirportChina · Air Travel663 km412 miCTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Air China687 km427 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Loong Air +1726 km451 miNAONanchong Gaoping AirportChina · Tibet Airlines742 km461 miDNHDunhuang Mogao International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines748 km465 miDSNOrdos Ejin Horo International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines760 km472 miYCUYuncheng Yanhu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines826 km513 miCKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines871 km541 miLZOLuzhou Yunlong AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines893 km555 miTYNTaiyuan Wusu International AirportChina · Ruili Airlines, LJ Air, Air China948 km589 miENHEnshi Xujiaping AirportChina · Loong Air976 km606 miHTTHuatugou AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,007 km626 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · West Air, Tibet Airlines, Xiamen Airlines +21,091 km678 miHDGHandan AirportChina · Loong Air1,106 km687 miSJWShijiazhuang Zhengding International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Spring Airlines1,134 km705 miKMGKunming Changshui International AirportChina · Ruili Airlines, Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines +11,272 km790 miWUHWuhan Tianhe International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Ruili Airlines, China Eastern Airlines1,294 km804 miPKXBeijing Daxing International AirportChina · China United Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines1,300 km808 miLXALhasa Gonggar International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines1,312 km815 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China1,328 km825 miTNAJinan Yaoqiang International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, China Eastern Airlines1,352 km840 miTSNTianjin Binhai International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Air China1,373 km853 miCSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Air Travel, Loong Air1,399 km869 miRKZXigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air BaseChina · Tibet Airlines1,430 km889 miXUZXuzhou Guanyin International AirportChina · Loong Air1,433 km890 miHFEHefei Xinqiao International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,461 km908 miURCÜrümqi Tianshan International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, Air China1,481 km920 miLYILinyi Qiyang AirportChina · Loong Air1,484 km922 miKHNNanchang Changbei International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines1,549 km963 miTAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,612 km1,002 miNKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · Air Travel, China Eastern Airlines1,635 km1,016 miNNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · GX Airlines1,658 km1,030 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines, Loong Air +11,841 km1,144 miSHAShanghai Hongqiao International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, China Eastern Airlines1,874 km1,164 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Loong Air, Shenzhen Airlines1,914 km1,189 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Air China, Shanghai Airlines1,917 km1,191 miSHEShenyang Taoxian International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines1,930 km1,199 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines1,951 km1,212 miNGBNingbo Lishe International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,951 km1,212 miSWAJieyang Chaoshan International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,000 km1,243 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines2,019 km1,255 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Fuzhou Airlines2,032 km1,263 miFOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines2,044 km1,270 miJJNQuanzhou Jinjiang International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines2,046 km1,271 miNGQNgari Gunsa AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,073 km1,288 miSYXSanya Phoenix International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines2,151 km1,337 miQSZShache AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,209 km1,373 miKHGKashgar Laining International AirportChina · West Air, Tibet Airlines2,295 km1,426 miMost destinationsChina Eastern Airlines 23Tibet Airlines 17Loong Air 9Beijing Capital Airlines 8Air China 8Sichuan Airlines 8
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from XNN. From the Wikipedia article “Xining Caojiapu International Airport” (revision of 3 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record