Golmud Airport
Golmud Airport 格尔木机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Golmud, Qinghai, China | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,842 m (9,324 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°24′02″N 94°47′10″E / 36.40056°N 94.78611°E | ||||||||||
| Website | geermu | ||||||||||
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  GOQ Location of airport in Qinghai | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2025 [1]) | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 格尔木机场 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 格爾木機場 | ||||||
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Golmud Airport (IATA: GOQ, ICAO: ZLGM) is a dual-use military and civil airport serving Golmud, Qinghai province, China.
Golmud Airport ranked 138 out of China's 166 civil airports by passenger volume in 2009. In that year, it served 38,479 passengers, an 82% increase over 2008.[4]
History
Construction of Golmud Airport began in 1966 with an investment of 31.4619 million yuan from the Ministry of National Defense, and it was completed in August 1971.[5][6]
In 1974, the State Council and the Central Military Commission approved the construction of civilian facilities at the airport. In August of the same year, the Civil Aviation Golmud Station was established, and it officially opened for operation in November.[5]
On September 16, 1985, scheduled flights were cancelled and the airport was shut down due to a shortage of spare parts for the Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft.[7] On March 15, 1996, Golmud Airport resumed operations after being out of service for more than 10 years.[8][9]
In July 1997, Golmud Airport was shut down again due to the retirement of the Tu-154 passenger plane and the lack of suitable aircraft for high-altitude flights.[10] On November 28, 2000, Shandong Airlines launched the Golmud-Xining-Qingdao route using CRJ aircraft, and Golmud Airport resumed operations again after being out of service for more than 3 years.[7]
On July 29, 2015, the feasibility study report for the expansion and renovation of Golmud Airport was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. The project was designed to meet the target of 750,000 passenger trips and 2,250 tons of cargo throughput by 2025.[11] In March 2016, the construction project commenced. In September 2017, the project was completed and put into operation. The total investment was 430 million yuan.[12]
In 2025, the actual passenger throughput was 362,343 and the cargo throughput was 1,335.7 metric tons, both of which were far below the targets set in 2015.[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Beijing Capital Airlines | Xi'an,[13] Xining[13] |
| China Eastern Airlines | Xi'an, Xining[14] |
| Tibet Airlines | Chengdu–Shuangliu,[15] Xining |
| West Air | Lhasa,[16] Zhengzhou[16] |
See also
References
- 1 2 中国民航局 (2026-02-26). "2025年全国民用运输机场生产统计公报". 中国民航局. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Airport information for GOQ" – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ "格尔木机场". Sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ 民航机场业务量 Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (Civil Airports Operations Volume), at the CAAC site [This is apparently an HTML file, not an Excel file, despite its extension].
- 1 2 "航空件公司 格尔木机场发航空货运|机场航空货运站". kllxg.com. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "格尔木机场 三字代码IATA：GOQ_空运学园_货代公司网站飞捷腾达-国际货代-北京货代-深圳空运-北京空运-货代公司". www.fjtd-logistics.com. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- 1 2 "机场信息_新浪航空航天_新浪网". skyinfo.news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "昔日进藏"旱码头"今朝丝路新枢纽——格尔木交通发展巨变纪实--政务公开". www.qinghai.gov.cn. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "丝绸之路经济带 民航先行之青海篇(图)-中国民航网". www.caacnews.com.cn. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "格尔木机场介绍".
- ↑ "格尔木机场改扩建工程获国家批复 --大美青海". www.qinghai.gov.cn. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "建站50周年 格尔木机场年旅客吞吐量突破30万人次-政务公开-青海省人民政府网". www.qinghai.gov.cn. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- 1 2 "一图读懂2025年夏秋航季西宁机场航班时刻". Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "叮~这一份2024年格尔木机场夏航季航班时刻请您查收！". Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ↑ "青海民航进入冬航季". Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- 1 2 "3月31日起西部航空将新开拉萨=格尔木=郑州航线_民航资源网".