Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport is the airport serving

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, China. The airport is located approximately northeast of the city center and immediately to the north of the Yaoqiang Subdistrict () after which the airport is named. By road, the airport is connected to the Jinan Ring (), Beijing–Shanghai, and Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressways. In 2018, Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport is the 25th busiest airport in China with 16,611,795 passengers. In December 2016,

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began non-stop intercontinental service from Jinan to

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. In February 2022, Jinan gained direct flights to Europe with

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In September 2019,

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approved a new master plan for the airport.

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