Qionghai Bo'ao International Airport

Qionghai Bo'ao International Airport (IATA: BAR, ICAO: ZJQH) is an airport serving the city of Qionghai, Hainan, China. The airport received the approval for establishment from the national government in January 2013,^[2][3] and was opened in March 2016 after three years of construction.^[4] It was approved to be an international airport and was thus renamed in April 2024.^[5]

Qionghai Bo'ao International Airport 琼海博鳌国际机场
IATA: BAR ICAO: ZJQH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Qionghai, Hainan
Location	Zhongyuan, Qionghai
Opened	17 March 2016
Coordinates	19°8′26″N 110°27′32″E
Map
BAR Location of airport in Hainan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 3,200 10,499
Statistics (2023[1])
Passengers 951,277 Aircraft movements 25,198 Cargo (metric tons) 2,158.2
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Qionghai Bo'ao International Airport
Simplified Chinese	琼海博鳌国际机场
Traditional Chinese	瓊海博鰲國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qiónghǎi Bó'áo Guójì Jīchǎng

History

The Qionghai airport was built to facilitate travel to the Boao Forum for Asia, an annual political event held 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away in Boao.^[6][7] The airport also serves rising tourism to the province of Hainan.^[7] A feasibility study on the airport was approved by government officials in December 2012,^[8] followed by the master plan in May 2013.^[9] A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 17 March 2015.^[6]

After a test flight in March 2016,^[10] the airport received its first commercial flight – a Hainan Airlines Boeing 737 from Beijing – on 17 March 2016.^[11] For a short period thereafter, the airport remained open to domestic charter flights carrying Boao Forum attendees.^[12][13] After the forum, the Qionghai airport closed so that a new international terminal and a 600-metre (2,000 ft) runway extension could be completed before the next forum. The airport reopened on 29 December 2016, receiving an Air Guilin flight from Guilin.^[13]

The airport was approved to be an international airport and was renamed "Qionghai Bo'ao International Airport" in April 2024.^[5]

As of 2025, the airport does not serve international routes and it only serves domestic flights. Previously, other international carriers which operate at the airport such as Batik Air Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur and Aero K to Seoul.

Facilities

Qionghai Airport has a 3,200-meter runway capable of handling large jet aircraft, a 9,000 square-meter terminal building, and 26 aircraft parking aprons. It is designed to handle 480,000 passengers and 1,440 tons of cargo annually by 2020.^[2][3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Guangzhou[14]
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,[15] Hefei,[16] Shanghai–Pudong,[17] Wuhan[17]
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital[18]
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu[19]