Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

"Guilin Airport" redirects here. For the military airport, see Guilin Qifengling Airport.

Airport in Lingui District, Guilin

Guilin Liangjiang
International Airport

桂林两江国际机场

* IATA: KWL
* ICAO: ZGKL

Summary
Airport type| Public
Serves| Guilin, Guangxi
Location| Liangjiang, Lingui District, Guilin
Opened| 1 October 1996; 27 years ago (1996-10-01)
Hub for| Air Guilin
Elevation AMSL| 174 m / 571 ft
Coordinates| 25°13′10″N 110°02′22″E﻿ / ﻿25.21944°N 110.03944°E﻿ / 25.21944; 110.03944
Maps

CAAC airport chart

KWL

Location in Guangxi

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KWL (China)

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Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

m  | ft
01/19  | 3,200  | 10,499  | Concrete
Statistics (2021)
| Passengers| 4,531,212

|

Aircraft movements| 41,423
Cargo (in tons)| 17,222.7

Source: List of the busiest airports in China

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

Simplified Chinese| 桂林两江国际机场
Traditional Chinese| 桂林兩江國際機場
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Guìlín Liǎngjiāng Guójì Jīchǎng

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (IATA: KWL, ICAO: ZGKL) is an international airport serving the city of Guilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is located in Liangjiang, about 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the city center.[1]

In 2014, Guilin Liangjiang International Airport was the 33rd busiest airport in China with 5,875,327 passengers.[2] Around 4 million passengers transit through Liangjiang Airport annually, traveling to one of the 48 domestic and international destinations served nonstop from Guilin.[1][3]

## History[edit]

In September 1991, the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission approved a 1.85 billion yuan project to build a new airport to replace Guilin Qifengling Airport as Guilin's civil airport. Construction began in July 1993, and Liangjiang Airport was opened on 1 October 1996.[3]

Liangjiang Airport now features a 3,200 meter-long runway, a 150,000 square meter large parking apron, 20 gate positions, and a 50,000 square meter large terminal building.[1][3] The airport has also invested 20 million yuan into improving Liangjiang International's aesthetics and making the airport more environmentally-friendly. The airport has received several awards for their efforts.[3]

Starting from 30 September 2018, all flights from Terminal 1 have been moved to Terminal 2. Terminal 2 has a floor area of 100,000 square meters, 22 security lanes which 17 for domestic and 5 for International and 25 boarding gate, the designed capacity to handle 12 million passengers and 95,000 tons of cargo a year. The construction of Terminal 2 started in December 2015 and it was opened on September 30, 2018, at a total cost of 3.258 billion yuan. Following the opening of the new Terminal 2, Terminal 1 was closed temporarily for renovation. A new apron and taxi lanes have been built and opened along with the new terminal.[4]

An Air Guilin Airbus A319 registered B-6193 taxiing at Liangjiang.

## Airlines and destinations[edit]

A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-800 at the airport. Airlines| Destinations

|

AirAsia |  Kuala Lumpur–International[5]
Air Chang'an |  Xi'an, Yancheng
Air China |  Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Hangzhou,[6] Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Xi'an
Air Guilin |  Dalian, Datong, Haikou, Harbin,[7] Huangshan, Jinan, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tangshan, Xiangyang,[8] Xining,[9] Xishuangbanna,[10] Xuzhou, Yantai, Yichang, Zhengzhou
Air Travel |  Changzhi, Shenyang
Asiana Airlines |  Seoul–Incheon
Batik Air |  Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta
Batik Air Malaysia |  Charter: Penang
Beijing Capital Airlines |  Haikou, Hangzhou, Linyi, Nanjing, Xi'an
China Eastern Airlines |  Anqing,[11] Changchun, Hefei,[12] Kunming,[13] Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Taiyuan,[14] Xi'an,[15] Yibin[16]
China Express Airlines |  Chongqing, Guiyang,[17] Libo[17]
China Southern Airlines |  Beijing–Daxing, Harbin,[18] Jieyang, Nanjing, Nanning, Shenyang
China United Airlines |  Nanyang,[19] Ordos,[20] Shiyan[21]
Dalian Airlines |  Beijing–Capital[22]
Donghai Airlines |  Nanning[23]
EVA Air |  Taipei–Taoyuan
Fuzhou Airlines |  Fuzhou, Harbin, Luoyang
Grand China Air |  Beijing–Capital
GX Airlines |  Baise, Haikou
Hainan Airlines |  Dalian, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Sanya, Xi'an,[24] Zhengzhou
Juneyao Air |  Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi
Okay Airways |  Nanjing, Tianjin, Xi'an[25]
OTT Airlines |  Beihai,[26] Jieyang,[27] Nanchang,[26] Zhanjiang[28]
Shandong Airlines |  Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Mianyang,[29] Nanjing, Nanyang, Qingdao, Shiyan,[30] Tongren,[31] Wanzhou,[32] Xiamen, Yantai, Zhengzhou
Shanghai Airlines |  Changchun, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou,[33] Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines |  Nantong, Shenyang, Zhengzhou, Yuncheng
Sichuan Airlines |  Chengdu–Tianfu,[34] Chongqing, Harbin, Longyan, Sanya, Yinchuan
Spring Airlines |  Nanchang, Ningbo,[35] Shijiazhuang, Yangzhou[36]
Suparna Airlines |  Jinan,[37] Shanghai–Pudong
Thai VietJet Air |  Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Tianjin Airlines |  Tianjin,[38] Xi'an[39]
West Air |  Chongqing[40]
Seasonal: Zhengzhou[41]
XiamenAir |  Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Lijiang, Tianjin,[42] Xiamen, Zunyi–Maotai[43]

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