# Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport (TAO / ZSQD)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqd

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TAO / ZSQD
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Qingdao (Jiaozhou), Shandong Province, China
- Opened: 12 Aug 2021
- Elevation: 9 m / 30 ft
- Coordinates: 36.3620, 120.0882
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,600 m / 11,811 ft
- Passengers: 26,896,534 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingdao_Jiaodong_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15672491
- Weather station: ZSQD · WMO 54857
- Ident: ZSQD

## Timeline

- 12 Aug 2021: Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete |  | yes |
| 17/35 | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2021 | 16,031,973 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 9,720,090 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 21,420,712 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 26,180,661 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 26,896,534 | Wikidata |

## Routes

80 destinations in 14 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (77)

- [DLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zytl.md) Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport · China · 316 km / 196 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [WUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswx.md) Sunan Shuofang International Airport · China · 542 km / 337 mi · Juneyao Air
- [HFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsof.md) Hefei Xinqiao International Airport · China · 564 km / 350 mi · Qingdao Airlines, China Eastern Airlines
- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 579 km / 360 mi · Korean Air, Jeju Air, Trinity Airways
- [WHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswa.md) Wuhu Xuanzhou Airport · China · 599 km / 372 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 601 km / 373 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 602 km / 374 mi · Qingdao Airlines, Suparna Airlines
- [CIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbcz.md) Changzhi Wangcun Airport · China · 624 km / 388 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [CIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbcf.md) Chifeng Yulong Airport · China · 654 km / 406 mi · Juneyao Air
- [SHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zytx.md) Shenyang Taoxian International Airport · China · 656 km / 408 mi · Spring Airlines
- [CJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rktu.md) Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) · South Korea · 663 km / 412 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [JUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/juh.md) Chizhou Jiuhuashan Airport · China · 663 km / 412 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [TYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbyn.md) Taiyuan Wusu International Airport · China · 679 km / 422 mi · Ruili Airlines, LJ Air, Hainan Airlines
- [NGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnb.md) Ningbo Lishe International Airport · China · 738 km / 459 mi · Loong Air
- [HSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zszs.md) Zhoushan Putuoshan International Airport · China · 745 km / 463 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [TAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rktn.md) Daegu International Airport · South Korea · 771 km / 479 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [NNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhny.md) Nanyang Jiangying Airport · China · 779 km / 484 mi · GX Airlines
- [PUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkpk.md) Gimhae International Airport · South Korea · 809 km / 503 mi · Korean Air
- [WUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhhh.md) Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · China · 826 km / 513 mi · Suparna Airlines
- [JUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsju.md) Quzhou Airport · China · 830 km / 516 mi · China Express Airlines
- [HET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbhh.md) Hohhot Baita International Airport · China · 874 km / 543 mi · Chengdu Airlines, China Eastern Airlines
- [HYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zslq.md) Taizhou Luqiao Airport · China · 876 km / 544 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [LIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0422.md) Lishui Airport · China · 889 km / 552 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [KHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zscn.md) Nanchang Changbei International Airport · China · 921 km / 572 mi · Shandong Airlines, Spring Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, Jiangxi Air
- [WDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhsy.md) Shiyan Wudangshan Airport · China · 940 km / 584 mi · Shandong Airlines
- [WNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswz.md) Wenzhou Longwan International Airport · China · 942 km / 585 mi · Tianjin Airlines, Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines
- [UYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlyl.md) Yulin Yuyang Airport · China · 953 km / 592 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [CGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zycc.md) Changchun Longjia International Airport · China · 972 km / 604 mi · Xiamen Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [SHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhjz.md) Jingzhou Shashi Airport · China · 979 km / 608 mi · Beijing Capital Airlines
- [WUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswy.md) Nanping Wuyishan Airport · China · 983 km / 611 mi · Shandong Airlines
- [YIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhyc.md) Yichang Sanxia Airport · China · 1,026 km / 638 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 1,048 km / 651 mi · Shandong Airlines, Hainan Airlines
- [CSX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgha.md) Changsha Huanghua International Airport · China · 1,114 km / 692 mi · Qingdao Airlines, Juneyao Air
- [SQJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zssm.md) Sanming Shaxian Airport · China · 1,125 km / 699 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [HRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zyhb.md) Harbin Taiping International Airport · China · 1,152 km / 716 mi · West Air, Chongqing Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines
- [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 1,161 km / 721 mi · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Fuzhou Airlines
- [ENH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhes.md) Enshi Xujiaping Airport · China · 1,191 km / 740 mi · Beijing Capital Airlines
- [DYG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgdy.md) Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport · China · 1,209 km / 751 mi · Shandong Airlines
- [MDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zymd.md) Mudanjiang Hailang International Airport · China · 1,210 km / 752 mi · Xiamen Airlines, China Eastern Airlines
- [NDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zyqq.md) Qiqihar Sanjiazi Airport · China · 1,249 km / 776 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [KOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsgz.md) Ganzhou Huangjin Airport · China · 1,273 km / 791 mi · GX Airlines
- [JJN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqz.md) Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport · China · 1,294 km / 804 mi · Xiamen Airlines, Qingdao Airlines
- [LNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlln.md) Longnan Chengzhou Airport · China · 1,331 km / 827 mi · Shandong Airlines
- [KIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjbb.md) Kansai International Airport · Japan · 1,389 km / 863 mi · Xiamen Airlines, Juneyao Air
- [HLD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbla.md) Hulunbuir Hailar Airport · China · 1,429 km / 888 mi · Fuzhou Airlines
- [NAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zunc.md) Nanchong Gaoping Airport · China · 1,429 km / 888 mi · GX Airlines
- [JMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zyjm.md) Jiamusi Songjiang International Airport · China · 1,447 km / 899 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [NGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjgg.md) Chubu Centrair International Airport · Japan · 1,519 km / 944 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [KWL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgkl.md) Guilin Liangjiang International Airport · China · 1,565 km / 972 mi · Shandong Airlines
- [HUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zghz.md) Huizhou Pingtan Airport · China · 1,571 km / 976 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 1,583 km / 984 mi · Shandong Airlines, Hainan Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 1,599 km / 994 mi · China United Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, Sichuan Airlines
- [XNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxn.md) Xining Caojiabao International Airport · China · 1,612 km / 1,002 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [CTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuuu.md) Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport · China · 1,628 km / 1,012 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 1,642 km / 1,020 mi · Donghai Airlines
- [FSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjns.md) Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport · Japan · 1,644 km / 1,022 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 1,672 km / 1,039 mi · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, Cathay Pacific
- [ZUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsd.md) Zhuhai Jinwan Airport · China · 1,723 km / 1,071 mi · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines, Suparna Airlines
- [NNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgnn.md) Nanning Wuxu International Airport · China · 1,912 km / 1,188 mi · Shandong Airlines, China Eastern Airlines
- [HAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjhk.md) Haikou Meilan International Airport · China · 2,053 km / 1,276 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 2,057 km / 1,278 mi · Donghai Airlines, Ruili Airlines, China Eastern Airlines
- [LJG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zplj.md) Lijiang Sanyi International Airport · China · 2,161 km / 1,343 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 2,179 km / 1,354 mi · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 2,264 km / 1,407 mi · Hainan Airlines
- [JHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zpjh.md) Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport · China · 2,457 km / 1,527 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [LXA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuls.md) Lhasa Gonggar International Airport · China · 2,825 km / 1,755 mi · Tibet Airlines
- [URC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwww.md) Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport · China · 2,875 km / 1,786 mi · Hainan Airlines
- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 3,145 km / 1,954 mi · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines
- [KTI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kh-0002.md) Techo International Airport · Cambodia · 3,169 km / 1,969 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 3,173 km / 1,972 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [KCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkc.md) Kuqa Qiuci Airport · China · 3,243 km / 2,015 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [PEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkp.md) Penang International Airport · Malaysia · 4,002 km / 2,487 mi · Qingdao Airlines
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 4,187 km / 2,602 mi · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 4,231 km / 2,629 mi · Scoot
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 6,308 km / 3,920 mi · Beijing Capital Airlines
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 8,646 km / 5,372 mi · Beijing Capital Airlines
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 8,679 km / 5,393 mi · Beijing Capital Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [RMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmq.md) Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · Taiwan · 1,346 km / 836 mi · Shandong Airlines

### Cargo (2)

- [OKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/roah.md) Naha International Airport · Japan · 1,338 km / 831 mi · All Nippon Airways
- [LGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eblg.md) Liège Airport · Belgium · 8,428 km / 5,237 mi · SF Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TAO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (29)

- QW [Qingdao Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qingdao-airlines) · 24
- SC [Shandong Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shandong-airlines) · 16
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 10
- MF [Xiamen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/xiamen-airlines) · 7
- JD [Beijing Capital Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/beijing-capital-airlines) · 6
- DZ [Donghai Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/donghai-airlines) · 5
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 5
- HO [Juneyao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/juneyao-air) · 5
- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 4
- FU [Fuzhou Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fuzhou-airlines) · 3
- GX [GX Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gx-airlines) · 3
- Y8 [Suparna Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/suparna-airlines) · 3
- TV [Tibet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tibet-airlines) · 3
- KE [Korean Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/korean-air) · 2
- DR [Ruili Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ruili-airlines) · 2
- 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 2
- CX [Cathay Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cathay-pacific) · 1
- EU [Chengdu Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chengdu-airlines) · 1
- G5 [China Express Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-express-airlines) · 1
- KN [China United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-united-airlines) · 1
- OQ [Chongqing Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chongqing-airlines) · 1
- 7C [Jeju Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jeju-air) · 1
- RY [Jiangxi Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jiangxi-air) · 1
- LT [LJ Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lj-air) · 1
- GJ [Loong Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/loong-air) · 1
- TZ [Scoot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scoot) · 1
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1
- TW [Trinity Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trinity-airways) · 1
- PN [West Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/west-air) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- NH [All Nippon Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/all-nippon-airways) · 1
- O3 [SF Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sf-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 26.9M (2025) | #85 of 3,974 | #31 in Asia | #12 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | =383 of 29,858 | =111 in Asia | =31 in CN |
| Elevation | 9 m / 30 ft | =40,463 of 43,403 | =2,780 in Asia | =350 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2021 | =14,089 of 15,079 | =795 in Asia | =231 in CN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =13 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [CN-0092](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0092.md) Jiaozhou Jiaocheng Air Base · 6.6 km / 4.1 mi
- [CN-0111](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0111.md) Zhucheng Air Base · 69 km / 43 mi
- [CN-0096](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0096.md) Laiyang Air Base · 81 km / 50 mi
- [WEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswf.md) Weifang Nanyuan Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [RIZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsrz.md) Rizhao Shanzihe Airport · 127 km / 79 mi

## In collections

- [Busiest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/busiest) #78

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qingdao_Jiaodong_International_Airport&oldid=1374505275), revision of 12 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqd/data