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 Airlines6,306 km3,918 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Beijing Capital Airlines8,646 km5,372 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Beijing Capital Airlines8,679 km5,393 miMost destinationsQingdao Airlines 24Shandong Airlines 16China Eastern Airlines 10Xiamen Airlines 7Beijing Capital Airlines 6Juneyao Air 5
Straight 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.
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