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Xining Caojiabao International Airport

ICAO ZLXN36.5277°N 102.0402°E2,170 m / 7,119 ftLarge 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 · 1991–1991

1991

OpenedXining Caojiabao International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

11/29 · LIT

LENGTH3,800 m12,467 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

2.0M

2.7M

3.2M

3.9M

4.0M

4.7M

5.6M

6.3M

7.2M

5.9M

5.9M

2.6M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

57 destinations · 2 countries

Year-round57

HBQHaibei Qilian AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines206 km128 mi GMQGolog Maqên AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines283 km176 mi ZHYZhongwei Shapotou AirportChina · Beijing Capital Airlines300 km186 mi HXDHaixi Delingha AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines430 km267 mi INCYinchuan Hedong International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Ruili Airlines, China Eastern Airlines433 km269 mi LNLLongnan Chengzhou AirportChina · Fuzhou Airlines457 km284 mi YUSYushu Batang AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines614 km382 mi GOQGolmud AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines649 km403 mi XIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines +2651 km405 mi ENYYan'an Nanniwan AirportChina · Air Travel663 km412 mi CTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Air China687 km427 mi TFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Loong Air +1726 km451 mi NAONanchong Gaoping AirportChina · Tibet Airlines742 km461 mi DNHDunhuang Mogao International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines748 km465 mi DSNOrdos Ejin Horo International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines760 km472 mi YCUYuncheng Yanhu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines826 km513 mi CKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines871 km541 mi LZOLuzhou Yunlong AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines893 km555 mi TYNTaiyuan Wusu International AirportChina · Ruili Airlines, LJ Air, Air China948 km589 mi ENHEnshi Xujiaping AirportChina · Loong Air976 km606 mi HTTHuatugou AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,007 km626 mi CGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · West Air, Tibet Airlines, Xiamen Airlines +21,091 km678 mi HDGHandan AirportChina · Loong Air1,106 km687 mi SJWShijiazhuang Zhengding International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Spring Airlines1,134 km705 mi KMGKunming Changshui International AirportChina · Ruili Airlines, Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines +11,272 km790 mi WUHWuhan Tianhe International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Ruili Airlines, China Eastern Airlines1,294 km804 mi PKXBeijing Daxing International AirportChina · China United Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines1,300 km808 mi LXALhasa Gonggar International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines1,312 km815 mi PEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China1,328 km825 mi TNAJinan Yaoqiang International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, China Eastern Airlines1,352 km840 mi TSNTianjin Binhai International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines, Air China1,373 km853 mi CSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Air Travel, Loong Air1,399 km869 mi RKZXigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air BaseChina · Tibet Airlines1,430 km889 mi XUZXuzhou Guanyin International AirportChina · Loong Air1,433 km890 mi HFEHefei Xinqiao International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,461 km908 mi URCÜrümqi Tianshan International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines, Air China1,481 km920 mi LYILinyi Qiyang AirportChina · Loong Air1,484 km922 mi KHNNanchang Changbei International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines1,549 km963 mi TAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,612 km1,002 mi NKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · Air Travel, China Eastern Airlines1,635 km1,016 mi NNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · GX Airlines1,658 km1,030 mi HGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines, Loong Air +11,841 km1,144 mi SHAShanghai Hongqiao International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, China Eastern Airlines1,874 km1,164 mi SZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Loong Air, Shenzhen Airlines1,914 km1,189 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Air China, Shanghai Airlines1,917 km1,191 mi SHEShenyang Taoxian International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines1,930 km1,199 mi HKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines1,951 km1,212 mi NGBNingbo Lishe International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,951 km1,212 mi SWAJieyang Chaoshan International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,000 km1,243 mi HAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines2,019 km1,255 mi XMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Fuzhou Airlines2,032 km1,263 mi FOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines2,044 km1,270 mi JJNQuanzhou Jinjiang International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines2,046 km1,271 mi NGQNgari Gunsa AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,073 km1,288 mi SYXSanya Phoenix International AirportChina · Sichuan Airlines2,151 km1,337 mi QSZShache AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,209 km1,373 mi KHGKashgar Laining International AirportChina · West Air, Tibet Airlines2,295 km1,426 mi

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.

Airlines

21 airlines · destinations from XNN

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from XNN. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers2.6M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#505of 3,974 · #153 Asia · #50 CN Longest runway3,800 m12,467 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=204of 29,858 · =50 Asia · =17 CN Elevation2,170 m7,119 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#482of 43,403 · #97 Asia · #31 CN AgeOpened 19912026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,835of 15,079 · =463 Asia · =67 CN Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =185 Asia · =31 CN

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record