TAO
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport (IATA: TAO, ICAO: ZSQD) is a large airport in Qingdao (Jiaozhou), Shandong Province, China. It opened on 12 Aug 2021. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,600 m (11,811 ft). In 2025 it handled 26.9 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 2021–202112 AUG 2021
OpenedQingdao Jiaodong International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap16/34 · LIT
LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete
17/35 · LIT
LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2021–202516.0M
9.7M
21.4M
26.2M
26.9M
2122232425
Routes
80 destinations · 14 countriesYear-round77
DLCDalian Zhoushuizi International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines316 km196 miWUXSunan Shuofang International AirportChina · Juneyao Air542 km337 miHFEHefei Xinqiao International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines, China Eastern Airlines564 km350 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air, Jeju Air, Trinity Airways579 km360 miWHAWuhu Xuanzhou AirportChina · Tibet Airlines599 km372 miCGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines601 km373 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines, Suparna Airlines602 km374 miCIHChangzhi Wangcun AirportChina · Donghai Airlines624 km388 miCIFChifeng Yulong AirportChina · Juneyao Air654 km406 miSHEShenyang Taoxian International AirportChina · Spring Airlines656 km408 miCJJCheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)South Korea · Qingdao Airlines663 km412 miJUHChizhou Jiuhuashan AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines663 km412 miTYNTaiyuan Wusu International AirportChina · Ruili Airlines, LJ Air, Hainan Airlines679 km422 miNGBNingbo Lishe International AirportChina · Loong Air738 km459 miHSNZhoushan Putuoshan International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines745 km463 miTAEDaegu International AirportSouth Korea · Qingdao Airlines771 km479 miNNYNanyang Jiangying AirportChina · GX Airlines779 km484 miPUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air809 km503 miWUHWuhan Tianhe International AirportChina · Suparna Airlines826 km513 miJUZQuzhou AirportChina · China Express Airlines830 km516 miHETHohhot Baita International AirportChina · Chengdu Airlines, China Eastern Airlines874 km543 miHYNTaizhou Luqiao AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines876 km544 miLIJLishui AirportChina · Donghai Airlines889 km552 miKHNNanchang Changbei International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Spring Airlines, Qingdao Airlines +1921 km572 miWDSShiyan Wudangshan AirportChina · Shandong Airlines940 km584 miWNZWenzhou Longwan International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines942 km585 miUYNYulin Yuyang AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines953 km592 miCGQChangchun Longjia International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines972 km604 miSHSJingzhou Shashi AirportChina · Beijing Capital Airlines979 km608 miWUSNanping Wuyishan AirportChina · Shandong Airlines983 km611 miYIHYichang Sanxia AirportChina · Donghai Airlines1,026 km638 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Hainan Airlines1,048 km651 miCSXChangsha Huanghua International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines, Juneyao Air1,114 km692 miSQJSanming Shaxian AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,125 km699 miHRBHarbin Taiping International AirportChina · West Air, Chongqing Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines1,152 km716 miFOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines1,161 km721 miENHEnshi Xujiaping AirportChina · Beijing Capital Airlines1,191 km740 miDYGZhangjiajie Hehua International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines1,209 km751 miMDGMudanjiang Hailang International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, China Eastern Airlines1,210 km752 miNDGQiqihar Sanjiazi AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,249 km776 miKOWGanzhou Huangjin AirportChina · GX Airlines1,273 km791 miJJNQuanzhou Jinjiang International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Qingdao Airlines1,294 km804 miLNLLongnan Chengzhou AirportChina · Shandong Airlines1,331 km827 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Xiamen Airlines, Juneyao Air1,389 km863 miHLDHulunbuir Hailar AirportChina · Fuzhou Airlines1,429 km888 miNAONanchong Gaoping AirportChina · GX Airlines1,429 km888 miJMUJiamusi Songjiang International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines1,447 km899 miNGOChubu Centrair International AirportJapan · Qingdao Airlines1,519 km944 miKWLGuilin Liangjiang International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines1,565 km972 miHUZHuizhou Pingtan AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,571 km976 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Hainan Airlines1,583 km984 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · China United Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, Sichuan Airlines1,599 km994 miXNNXining Caojiabao International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,612 km1,002 miCTUChengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines1,628 km1,012 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Donghai Airlines1,642 km1,020 miFSZMount Fuji Shizuoka AirportJapan · Qingdao Airlines1,644 km1,022 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, Cathay Pacific1,672 km1,039 miZUHZhuhai Jinwan AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, Suparna Airlines1,723 km1,071 miNNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, China Eastern Airlines1,912 km1,188 miHAKHaikou Meilan International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines2,053 km1,276 miKMGKunming Changshui International AirportChina · Donghai Airlines, Ruili Airlines, China Eastern Airlines2,057 km1,278 miLJGLijiang Sanyi International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines2,161 km1,343 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines2,179 km1,354 miSYXSanya Phoenix International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines2,264 km1,407 miJHGXishuangbanna Gasa International AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines2,457 km1,527 miLXALhasa Gonggar International AirportChina · Tibet Airlines2,825 km1,755 miURCÜrümqi Tianshan International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines2,875 km1,786 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines3,145 km1,954 miKTITecho International AirportCambodia · Xiamen Airlines3,169 km1,969 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Qingdao Airlines3,173 km1,972 miKCAKuqa Qiuci AirportChina · Qingdao Airlines3,243 km2,015 miPENPenang International AirportMalaysia · Qingdao Airlines4,002 km2,487 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines4,187 km2,602 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Scoot4,231 km2,629 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Beijing Capital Airlines6,308 km3,920 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Beijing Capital Airlines8,646 km5,372 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Beijing Capital Airlines8,679 km5,393 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TAO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport” (revision of 12 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
31 airlines · destinations from TAOPassenger29
QWQingdao Airlines24SCShandong Airlines16MUChina Eastern Airlines10MFXiamen Airlines7JDBeijing Capital Airlines6DZDonghai Airlines5HUHainan Airlines5HOJuneyao Air5GSTianjin Airlines4FUFuzhou Airlines3GXGX Airlines3Y8Suparna Airlines3TVTibet Airlines3KEKorean Air2DRRuili Airlines29CSpring Airlines2CXCathay Pacific1EUChengdu Airlines1G5China Express Airlines1KNChina United Airlines1OQChongqing Airlines17CJeju Air1RYJiangxi Air1LTLJ Air1GJLoong Air1TZScoot13USichuan Airlines1TWTrinity Airways1PNWest Air1Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from TAO. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 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