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China: airports in numbers

In the open OurAirports register, China shows 69 large airports, 264 medium ones and 238 small fields. Opening the table is Baotou Donghe International Airport (BAV), followed by Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK): 562.0 km in a straight line between the two, the second one east of the first. The "main airport" label in China is a declared proxy, since the source measures no traffic: large before medium, scheduled service before the rest.

The airports, one by one

#AirportIATAICAOCitySizeElevation
1Baotou Donghe International AirportBAVZBOWBaotoularge1,012 m (3,321 ft)
2Beijing Capital International AirportPEKZBAABeijinglarge35 m (116 ft)
3Beijing Daxing International AirportPKXZBADBeijinglarge30 m (98 ft)
4Changchun Longjia International AirportCGQZYCCChangchunlarge215 m (706 ft)
5Changsha Huanghua International AirportCSXZGHAChangsha (Changsha)large66 m (217 ft)
6Chengdu Shuangliu International AirportCTUZUUUChengdu (Shuangliu)large495 m (1,625 ft)
7Chengdu Tianfu International AirportTFUZUTFChengdu (Jianyang)large439 m (1,440 ft)
8Chongqing Jiangbei International AirportCKGZUCKChongqinglarge416 m (1,365 ft)
9Dalian Zhoushuizi International AirportDLCZYTLDalian (Ganjingzi)large33 m (107 ft)
10Datong Yungang International AirportDATZBDTDatonglarge1,049 m (3,442 ft)
11Dunhuang Mogao International AirportDNHZLDHDunhuanglarge-
12Ezhou Huahu International AirportEHUZHECEzhoularge26 m (86 ft)
13Fuzhou Changle International AirportFOCZSFZFuzhou (Changle)large14 m (46 ft)
14Guangzhou Baiyun International AirportCANZGGGGuangzhou (Huadu)large15 m (50 ft)
15Guilin Liangjiang International AirportKWLZGKLGuilin (Lingui)large174 m (570 ft)
16Guiyang Longdongbao International AirportKWEZUGYGuiyang (Nanming)large1,139 m (3,736 ft)
17Haikou Meilan International AirportHAKZJHKHaikou (Meilan)large23 m (75 ft)
18Hangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportHGHZSHCHangzhoularge7 m (23 ft)
19Harbin Taiping International AirportHRBZYHBHarbinlarge139 m (457 ft)
20Hefei Xinqiao International AirportHFEZSOFHefeilarge63 m (207 ft)
21Hohhot Baita International AirportHETZBHHHohhotlarge1,084 m (3,556 ft)
22Huai'an Lianshui AirportHIAZSSHHuai'anlarge9 m (28 ft)
23Huangshan Tunxi International AirportTXNZSTXHuangshanlarge-
24Hulunbuir Hailar AirportHLDZBLAHailarlarge661 m (2,169 ft)
25Jiayuguan International AirportJGNZLJQJiayuguanlarge1,558 m (5,112 ft)
26Jieyang Chaoshan International AirportSWAZGOWJieyang (Rongcheng)large-
27Jinan Yaoqiang International AirportTNAZSJNJinan (Licheng)large23 m (76 ft)
28Kashgar Laining International AirportKHGZWSHKashgarlarge1,380 m (4,529 ft)
29Kunming Changshui International AirportKMGZPPPKunminglarge2,104 m (6,903 ft)
30Lanzhou Zhongchuan International AirportLHWZLLLLanzhou (Yongdeng)large1,947 m (6,388 ft)
31Lhasa Gonggar International AirportLXAZULSShannan (Gonggar)large3,570 m (11,713 ft)
32Lianyungang Huaguoshan International AirportLYGZSLGLianyunganglarge-
33Lijiang Sanyi International AirportLJGZPLJLijianglarge2,243 m (7,359 ft)
34Luoyang Beijiao AirportLYAZHLYLuoyang (Laocheng)large256 m (840 ft)
35Nanchang Changbei International AirportKHNZSCNNanchanglarge44 m (143 ft)
36Nanjing Lukou International AirportNKGZSNJNanjinglarge15 m (49 ft)
37Nanning Wuxu International AirportNNGZGNNNanning (Jiangnan)large128 m (421 ft)
38Ningbo Lishe International AirportNGBZSNBNingbolarge4 m (13 ft)
39Ordos Ejin Horo International AirportDSNZBDSOrdoslarge1,389 m (4,557 ft)
40Qingdao Jiaodong International AirportTAOZSQDQingdao (Jiaozhou)large9 m (30 ft)
41Qiqihar Sanjiazi AirportNDGZYQQQiqiharlarge145 m (477 ft)
42Quanzhou Jinjiang International AirportJJNZSQZQuanzhoularge12 m (39 ft)
43Sanya Phoenix International AirportSYXZJSYSanya (Tianya)large28 m (92 ft)
44Shanghai Hongqiao International AirportSHAZSSSShanghai (Minhang)large3 m (10 ft)
45Shanghai Pudong International AirportPVGZSPDShanghai (Pudong)large4 m (13 ft)
46Shenyang Taoxian International AirportSHEZYTXShenyanglarge60 m (198 ft)
47Shenzhen Bao'an International AirportSZXZGSZShenzhenlarge4 m (13 ft)
48Shijiazhuang Zhengding International AirportSJWZBSJShijiazhuanglarge71 m (233 ft)
49Sunan Shuofang International AirportWUXZSWXWuxilarge7 m (24 ft)
50Taiyuan Wusu International AirportTYNZBYNTaiyuanlarge785 m (2,575 ft)
51Tianjin Binhai International AirportTSNZBTJTianjinlarge3 m (10 ft)
52Ürümqi Tianshan International AirportURCZWWWÜrümqilarge648 m (2,125 ft)
53Wenzhou Longwan International AirportWNZZSWZWenzhou (Longwan)large4 m (13 ft)
54Wuhan Tianhe International AirportWUHZHHHWuhan (Huangpi)large34 m (113 ft)
55Xi'an Xianyang International AirportXIYZLXYXi'anlarge479 m (1,572 ft)
56Xiamen Gaoqi International AirportXMNZSAMXiamenlarge18 m (59 ft)
57Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air BaseRKZZURKXigazê (Samzhubzê)large1,153 m (3,782 ft)
58Xining Caojiabao International AirportXNNZLXNHaidong (Huzhu Tu Autonomous County)large2,170 m (7,119 ft)
59Xishuangbanna Gasa International AirportJHGZPJHJinghong (Gasa)large553 m (1,815 ft)
60Yancheng Nanyang International AirportYNZZSYNYancheng (Tinghu)large3 m (10 ft)

The table shows 60 of the country's 333 large and medium airports, in the declared order: large before medium, scheduled service first, name as tiebreaker.

The geography of China's fields

The country's highest airport in the register is Daocheng Yading Airport, at 4,411 m (14,472 ft); the lowest is Zhoushan Putuoshan International Airport, at 2 m (6 ft). The northernmost field is Mohe Gulian Airport (Mohe), at latitude 52.92 N, and the southernmost is Sanya Air Base (Sanya (Tianya)), at 18.29 N: 4,011.2 km separate the two extremes in a straight line. Of the 333 large and medium fields listed, 224 had scheduled service in the source's snapshot. Between the highest and the lowest field there is a 4,409 m elevation gap. The IATA codes at the top of the table: BAV, PEK, PKX, CGQ, CSX, CTU, TFU, CKG.

Source and method

Source: OurAirports, public domain, snapshot of 2026-07-08. The size classification (large, medium, small) belongs to the register itself; heliports and closed fields stay out of China's count. The source carries no passenger traffic, so "the two main airports" on this page is a declared proxy: the first two in the table order. Elevations arrive in feet and are converted to meters by this site; distances use haversine, in straight lines. In the world ranking by large airports, China sits in 2nd place, next to United States and Russia. The whole world's numbers live in the airports of the world in numbers.

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