Chongqing Jiangbei International · CKG · the western China hub · June 2026

Advertising at the gateway to the mountain city

Chongqing Airport moved 50.1 million passengers in 2025 through four terminals. China Express Airlines and China Southern Airlines hub here, which concentrates the flight banks. Opened January 22, 1990. Blindspot books its screens by the hour, priced per play.

Updated July 28, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

48.7M

annual passengers through CKG (2024)

4

runways, first in western China to reach four

3

terminal buildings plus a satellite concourse

$0.48

can put your brand airside via Blindspot

Chongqing Airport, large-format DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Airport · HSBC digital pillar · JCDecaux ChinaBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Chongqing Airport advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Chongqing Airport screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.48, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Chongqing Airport play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Chongqing Airport's billboard spots, ranked

Directional 1–10 scores based on zone type and passenger flow, not audited measurements. Every zone is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Terminal 3 departures hall

Best for: Tech · Travel · Finance

T3's check-in hall carries the bulk of Chongqing's departing traffic into the satellite concourse.

Visibility10
Dwell time8
Footfall9
02

Security & checkpoint

Best for: Banking · Telco · Auto

Screening for Terminal 1, Terminal 2A and Terminal 3A holds a phone-down queue, and China Express Airlines and China Southern Airlines connection times keep it busy through the day.

Visibility8
Dwell time9
Footfall9
03

T3A satellite & gate holdrooms

Best for: Apps · FMCG · Retail

One of the world's largest satellite concourses seats long-dwell travelers across its gates.

Visibility8
Dwell time9
Footfall8
04

Arrivals & baggage reclaim

Best for: Hospitality · Banking · Local

Reclaim halls catch arriving travelers heading into the mountain city before they leave airside.

Visibility9
Dwell time9
Footfall9
05

Rail interchange & transit

Best for: Mobility · Commerce · Retail

Chongqing Rail Transit and high-speed rail at the airport repeat your brand on the ride into the city.

Visibility8
Dwell time8
Footfall8
06

Lounges & duty-free

Best for: Premium · Beauty · Spirits

Duty-free and lounge dwell in Terminal 1, Terminal 2A and Terminal 3A reach a higher-spend traveller with time before boarding.

Visibility6
Dwell time10
Footfall6

The media estate · operator partners

Chongqing Airport screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Chongqing Airport's media owners, JCDecaux China, Chongqing Jiangbei International (CKG) advertising program, JCDecaux airport media among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Chongqing Airport, Shopping-area digital arch, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Shopping-area digital archJCDecaux China
Chongqing Airport, Departures digital screen network, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Departures digital screen networkJCDecaux China
Chongqing Airport, 360 digital LED screen, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
360 digital LED screenJCDecaux China

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Chongqing Airport format, one map

From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Chongqing Airport's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:

Departures & check-in LED

Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.

Security & checkpoint queues

Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.

Concourses & gate holdrooms

Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.

Arrivals halls & baggage reclaim

High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.

Jet bridges & boarding

Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.

Spectaculars & landmark LED

Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.

Location insights

Where Chongqing Airport moves

Chongqing runs Terminals 2 and 3, with the giant T3A satellite concourse handling the bulk of traffic and the new T3B added in 2025. China Express, Chongqing Airlines, Hainan, Sichuan and West Air anchor the banks at this western China hub. Mornings push domestic departures through T3, midday holds steady transit dwell across the satellite, and evenings fill arrivals and the rail interchange. Buy the banks, not the dead hours.

Chongqing Airport footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Departures
Security
Satellite
Arrivals
Transit
Retail
T3 departures
Check-in hall
Security lanes
T3A satellite
T3B concourse
Terminal 2
Arrivals hall
Rail interchange
Baggage reclaim
Duty-free
QuietPeak flow
Chongqing Airport · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Chongqing Airport Per-play price pins across prime Chongqing Airport advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Hongya Cave ◊ Terminal 3 60+ $0.66$0.60$0.54$0.50$0.48 $0.76 SecuritySatelliteArrivalsTransitRetailDepartures
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Departures peak in the morning

Departures and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.

Layover dwell, all day

Satellite and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.

Arrivals land in waves

Arrivals fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Chongqing Airport doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launch / premiumDepartures + TransitAll day · long-haul banks
Business travelersDepartures, SatelliteWeekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM
Long-dwell layoversSatellite, Arrivals10 AM–8 PM
International arrivalsArrivals, RetailAligned to long-haul landing banks
Duty-free & retailDepartures, SatelliteDepartures peaks
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Chongqing Airport’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: business travelers filling Departures and Satellite at what became China's 9th-busiest airport in 2025, after Terminal 3B lifted annual passenger capacity to 80 million (see DOOH for B2B), and electronics and logistics export buyers tied to the Xiyong bonded zone's laptop and chip manufacturers, whose freight now moves on 66 weekly cargo flights across 20 international routes that pushed the airport's cargo throughput past 500,000 tons in 2025.

Book Chongqing Airport by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG) handled about 48.7 million passengers in 2024, a top-tier western China gateway.
  • CKG became the first airport in western China with four runways when its fourth runway opened in December 2024.
  • The airport runs Terminals 2 and 3 plus the giant T3A satellite concourse, with T3B added in 2025.
  • It is a hub for China Express, Chongqing Airlines, Hainan, Sichuan and West Air, one of China's eight designated regional hub airports.
  • Chongqing Rail Transit and high-speed rail serve the airport, with free shuttle buses connecting the terminals.
  • On Blindspot, CKG screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.48, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Chongqing Airport billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
T3 departures LED & pillarsfrom ~$0.48 per play$100 buys hourly departures-hall slotsthe bulk of Chongqing's departing passengers
T3A satellite & gate screensfrom ~$0.48 per play$100 buys hourly holdroom slotsseated, long-dwell traveler attention before boarding
Rail interchange & transitfrom ~$0.48 per play$100 buys repeat exposure into the citytravelers riding rail into the mountain city
Arrivals & baggage reclaimfrom ~$0.48 per play$100 buys belt-side reclaim timea captive, recently landed audience
T3 departures spectacularcustomflagship departures-hall takeoverdominant share of voice across the western China hub

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Chongqing Airport (CKG) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on T3 departures spectacular than on T3 departures LED & pillars), the zone (Terminal 3 departures hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Chongqing Airport budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Concourse test

$500–$1,500

One T3A satellite pier across a morning departure bank

Multi-zone airport push

$8,000–$28,000

T3 departures, security, the T3A satellite and arrivals together

CKG flagship takeover

$50,000+

Dominant share of voice across Terminal 3 and the satellite concourse

FAQ

Chongqing Airport billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise at Chongqing Airport (CKG)?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, JCDecaux China, JCDecaux airport media among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

Why advertise at Chongqing Airport?

Chongqing Airport handled 50.1 million passengers in 2025. The audience is the reason to buy it: air passengers are captive, comparatively affluent, and hard to reach through most channels, and they spend meaningful time in the terminal with attention to spare between check-in and boarding. Dwell is the asset. Unlike a roadside screen read in two seconds, a gate or arrivals placement gets minutes rather than moments, which is why airport placements hold up for brand and considered-purchase messages rather than short reminders. China Express Airlines and China Southern Airlines both hub here, which concentrates connecting traffic through the same core. It is served by 10, so the same audience continues landside. Because the screens are bookable by the hour, you can match spend to the flight banks that carry your audience instead of paying for a flat month.

What are the best placements at Chongqing Airport?

Chongqing Airport zones are scored separately for visibility, dwell time and footfall, because the best placement depends on which of those you actually need. Terminal 3 departures hall guarantees exposure to essentially every departing passenger. Security & checkpoint holds attention through a queue, where dwell is involuntary and long. T3A satellite & gate holdrooms gives the longest relaxed attention, with passengers seated and waiting. Each zone shows its own per-play price and live availability, so you can pair a high-reach zone with a high-dwell one rather than guessing at a single best spot. Arrivals & baggage reclaim catches a recently landed audience with phones back out. Lounges & duty-free reaches a higher-spend traveler before the flight.

Can I book Chongqing Airport screens by the hour?

Yes. On Blindspot every Chongqing Airport screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.

Who operates advertising at Chongqing Airport?

The airport's media is run by operators such as JCDecaux China, JCDecaux airport media; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital screens onto one map, priced per play.

How fast can my ad go live at Chongqing Airport?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get at Chongqing Airport for $500?

More than the usual airport rate card suggests, because you are buying plays rather than a fixed package. In Chongqing Airport a $500 budget typically funds a multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell zone such as T3A satellite & gate holdrooms, or a concentrated burst on Terminal 3 departures hall and Security & checkpoint through the busiest departure banks only. At entry plays around $0.48, the arithmetic is visible before you commit. It will not buy a month of an arrivals-hall spectacular, and that is the trade: hourly, per-play buying lets a small budget own the specific windows when the passengers you want are actually in the terminal, instead of thinning the same money across empty overnight hours.

How to book

Live on a Chongqing Airport screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Chongqing Airport by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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