Haixi Delingha Airport guide

Haixi Delingha Airport serves Delingha, the seat of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province. It sits on the south bank of the Bayin River, 29 kilometres southwest of the city centre, at an elevation of 2,860 metres above sea level.

Construction began on 27 May 2011 with a total investment of 630 million yuan. The airport opened on 16 June 2014, when China Eastern Airlines flight MU2241 arrived from Xining Caojiabao Airport. It has one 3,000-metre runway, 07/25, rated class 4C, and a terminal building of 4,000 square metres. Planners projected about 200,000 passengers a year by 2020.

Traffic is light. In 2021 the airport handled 57,092 passengers, 1,320 aircraft movements and 411.8 tonnes of cargo. China Eastern Airlines flies to Xining and Huatugou, and Loong Air flies to Hangzhou.