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Airport serving Qingdao, Shandong, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport (IATA: TAO, ICAO: ZSQD) is an international airport serving the city of Qingdao in East China’s Shandong province. It received approval in December 2013, and replaced Qingdao Liuting International Airport as the city's main airport.[3] It is located in Jiaodong, Jiaozhou, 39 kilometres (24 mi) from the center of Qingdao.[2] The airport opened on 12 August 2021[1] and is currently the largest airport in Shandong, capable of handling 35 million passengers annually.[4]
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport 青岛胶东国际机场 | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Qingdao | ||||||||||||||
Location | Jiaodong, Jiaozhou, Shandong, China | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 12 August 2021[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 13 m / 43 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°21′43″N 120°5′18″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 青岛胶东国际机场 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 青島膠東國際機場 | ||||||||
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The groundbreaking ceremony of the new Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport was held in June 2015. Hoisting of the first steel ball in the terminal building occurred a year later in June 2016. The start of construction phase began in April 2017, and the start of testing phase began in October 2018. In September 2019, large-scale decoration and equipment installation began. In June 2020, the terminal building construction and civil aviation professional project passed completion acceptance.[5]
In January 2021, two aircraft successfully completed test flights.[6] Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport officially opened to the public on 12 August 2021, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
The airport has two class 4F runways, both 3,600 meters long. The runways are able to handle extremely large aircraft, such as the Airbus A380. It has a 478,000 square metres (5,150,000 sq ft) terminal building. The terminal is designed in a starfish shape, with 5 airside concourses jutting out of it. The roof of the terminal is made out of 0.5 millimetres (0.020 in) thick stainless steel, and spans 223,000 square metres (2,400,000 sq ft).[2][7]
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