Delingha Airport is an airport serving
Delingha
Delingha (; ), or Delhi ( SASM/GNC/SRC romanization of Mongolian: ''Delhi hot''), is the seat of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northern Qinghai province, China. It is located approximately southeast of the Da Qaidam Admi ...
City, the capital of the
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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in
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. The airport is located southwest of the city center, on the south bank of Bayin River.
Construction began on 27 May 2011, with a total investment of 630 million
yuan. The airport was opened on 16 June 2014, with the inaugural flight
China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (), also known as China Eastern, is an airline headquartered in the China Eastern Airlines Building, on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai. It i ...
MU2241 from
Xining Caojiabao Airport
Xining Caojiabao International Airport , also called Caojiapu Airport, is an airport serving Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, China. It is located in Huzhu County, Haidong, on the Tibetan Plateau about east of downtown Xining. The ai ...
. Delingha is the fourth civil airport in Qinghai.
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Facilities
The airport has a runway (class 4C), and a terminal building. It is projected to handle 200,000 passengers annually by 2020.
Airlines and destinations