[1] It is about 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from the city center and covers an area over 45.79 acres (185,300 m2).

On 24 October 1986, PLAAF pilot Zheng Caitian flew his Shenyang J-6 from Laishan airport to Seoul Air Base and when he reached Taiwan.

[2] During the 31 years of its commercial operation, traffic grew significantly, and the airport served flights between Yantai and more than 70 Chinese cities, as well as several international destinations including Seoul and Busan in South Korea.

As the existing facilities could not meet the growing demands of the city, the Yantai government began construction of Penglai International Airport in September 2011.

In 2014, its last full year as a civil airport, Laishan served more than four million passengers.