AirportsQingdao Jiaodong International Airport is a large airport serving Qingdao (Jiaozhou), in Shandong Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TAO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TAO
- ICAO code
- ZSQD
- City
- Qingdao (Jiaozhou)
- State or region
- Shandong Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 36.3620° N, 120.0882° E
- Elevation
- 9 m (30 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,600 m (11,811 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TAO means Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZSQD. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 36.3620° N, 120.0882° E. It stands 9 metres (30 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,600 metres (11,811 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 42.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,600 m 11,811 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 17/35 | 3,600 m 11,811 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Weifang Nanyuan AirportWeifang (Kuiwen) | WEF | 92 km |
| Rizhao Shanzihe AirportRizhao (Donggang) | RIZ | 127 km |
| Yantai Penglai International AirportYantai | YNT | 165 km |
| Dongying Shengli AirportDongying (Kenli) | DOY | 171 km |
| Linyi Qiyang AirportLinyi (Hedong) | LYI | 210 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,092 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,971 km | 6 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,190 km | 7 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,667 km | 10 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,337 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,123 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,231 km | 5 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 1,772 km | 2 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,457 km | 10 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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