To study the wind pressure distribution characteristics of long-span roofs of airport terminals at different mountain heights in mountainous areas, a rigid model wind tunnel pressure measurement test of airport terminals roofs at mountain heights of 0 m, 30 m, 60 m, and 90 m was conducted to compare and analyze the effects of the heights on the surface mean and pulsating wind pressure, non-Gaussian characteristics of pulsating wind pressure, peak factor, and extreme wind pressure of the roof surface. The results show that the increase in mountain height significantly increases the mean and fluctuating wind pressure coefficient at the windward leading edge of the roof, and also intensifies the degree of flow separation at the leading edge of the roof. This causes the skewness, kurtosis, and probability density function of the fluctuating wind pressure at the windward leading edge of the roof to deviate significantly from the standard Gaussian distribution, exhibiting strong non-Gaussian characteristics. At the same time, the Hermite moment model was used to calculate the peak factor, and it was found that the peak factor of most measuring points on the roof surface was mainly distributed in the range of 3.5-4, which was much higher than the recommended value of 2.5 in GB 50009-2012. The extreme wind pressure value at the front edge of the roof also increased with the increase of the mountain height, and there was a similar variation pattern at the edge of the roof under all wind directions. Among them, the most unfavorable extreme negative pressure on the roof surface at a mountain height of 90m decreased by 44.9% compared to the 0m mountain height. Research can provide useful suggestions and references for the design and construction of terminals in similar airports.