Haibei Qilian Airport () is an airport serving
Qilian County
Qilian County () is a county of Qinghai, Qinghai Province, China. The Haibei Qilian Airport is located in the county.
Climate
Geographical
Qilian County covers an area of 15,700 square kilometers, accounting for 2.05% of the total area of ...
in
Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (; , , Tib.pin.: ''cojang poirig ranggyong kü'') is an autonomous prefecture of northeastern Qinghai Province, China. The prefecture has an area of and its seat is Haiyan County. Its name literally means " ...
,
Qinghai
Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...
province, China. It is located east of the county seat of Qilian. Construction began in July 2014, with an estimated investment of 1.203 billion
yuan.
Qilian airport was opened on 28 August 2018. It is the seventh civil airport in Qinghai.
Qilian Airport is a high-altitude airport located on the
Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau (, also known as the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or the Qing–Zang Plateau () or as the Himalayan Plateau in India, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South and East Asia covering most of the Ti ...
, with an elevation of above sea level.
Facilities
The airport has a 3,400-meter runway, a 3,000 square-meter terminal building, and four aircraft parking places.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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List of airports in China
This is a list of public airports in the People's Republic of China grouped by provincial level division and sorted by main city served. It includes airports that are being built or scheduled for construction, but excludes defunct airports and ...
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List of the busiest airports in China
China's busiest airports are a series of lists ranking the 100 busiest airports in Mainland China according to the number of total passengers, including statistics for total aircraft movements and total cargo movements, following the official ...
References
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Airports in Qinghai
Airports established in 2018
2018 establishments in China