Qingdao Liuting International Airport
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Qingdao Liuting International Airport (Simplified Chinese: 青岛流亭国际机场, Traditional Chinese: 青島流亭國際機場, Pinyin
: Qīngdǎo Liútíng Guójì Jīchǎng) is located in the city of Qingdao
, Shandong Province
, People's Republic of China
and serves as the main airport for the city. It is about 31 km away from the city of Qingdao. Currently it has 14 international and 78 domestic routes in operation.
From 2004 to 2006, the airport underwent an expansion of its terminal as well as adding more parking spaces which was part of its initial 2010 goal to expand Liuting Airport to handle 5.2 million passengers annually or 2400 passengers and almost 120,000 tons of cargo hourly. The runway was also extended to its current length.
As for 2010, Qingdao Liuting International Airport was the 15th busiest airport in the People's Republic of China
with 11,101,176 passengers.
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Qīngdǎo Liútíng Guójì Jīchǎng) is located in the city of Qingdao
Qingdao
' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the...
, Shandong Province
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
and serves as the main airport for the city. It is about 31 km away from the city of Qingdao. Currently it has 14 international and 78 domestic routes in operation.
From 2004 to 2006, the airport underwent an expansion of its terminal as well as adding more parking spaces which was part of its initial 2010 goal to expand Liuting Airport to handle 5.2 million passengers annually or 2400 passengers and almost 120,000 tons of cargo hourly. The runway was also extended to its current length.
As for 2010, Qingdao Liuting International Airport was the 15th busiest airport in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
with 11,101,176 passengers.
Airlines and destinations
Notes:- : Lufthansa's flight from Qingdao to Frankfurt make a stop in Shengyang. Lufthansa, however, does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Qingdao and Shenyang.
See also
- List of airports in the People's Republic of China
- China's busiest airports by passenger traffic