Xichang Qingshan Airport guide

Xichang Qingshan Airport serves Xichang, the seat of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Sichuan province. It sits about 13.5 kilometers from the city center. The current site took over from the older Xiaomiao Airport on 1 May 1975, after construction that began in 1967. It was known as Guogailiang Airport until it was renamed Qingshan in 1997.

The airport has a single concrete runway, 18/36, which is 3,600 meters long and has a parallel taxiway. That length is unusual for a regional airport of this size. The passenger terminal covers 10,000 square meters, with three boarding bridges and seven Category C aircraft stands. A 2019 project added six more Category C stands. The former 2,000 square meter terminal now works as a cargo building.

In 2025 the airport handled 955,046 passengers, 8,747 aircraft movements and 1,022.1 metric tons of cargo. Flights are domestic. Sichuan Airlines flies the widest network, with about a dozen destinations including Beijing, Guangzhou and Xi'an. Other carriers add routes to Shanghai, Chongqing, Guiyang and Xishuangbanna.