Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

Commercial airport serving Guilin, Guangxi, China

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

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

桂林两江国际机场

* IATA: KWL
* ICAO: ZGKL

Summary
Airport type| Public
Serves| Guilin
Location| Liangjiang Town, Lingui District, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Opened| 1 October 1996; 28 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

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KWL/ZGKL

Location in Guangxi

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KWL/ZGKL (China)

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Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
|

m  | ft
01/19  | 3,200  | 10,499  | Concrete
Statistics (2023 [1])
| Passengers| 5,258,592

|

Aircraft movements| 44,488
Cargo (in tons)| 17,591.0

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 South Central China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is located in Liangjiang Town, about 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the city center.[2]

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

## History

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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.[4]

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.[2][4] 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.[4]

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 30 September 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.[5]

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

## Airlines and destinations

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

|

9 Air |  Quanzhou, Xishuangbanna[6]
AirAsia |  Kuala Lumpur–International[7]
Air Chang'an |  Xi'an
Air China |  Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin
Air Guilin |  Changzhi,[8] Chengdu–Tianfu,[9] Chongqing,[10] Dalian,[8] Haikou,[11] Hangzhou,[8] Harbin,[8] Hefei,[8] Hohhot,[8] Jinan, Jingzhou,[11] Jining,[8] Kunming,[9] Qingdao, Sanya,[9] Shenyang, Shiyan,[8] Tangshan,[8] Wuhan,[8] Xiamen,[11] Xi'an,[10] Xiangxi,[8] Xiangyang,[8] Xinzhou,[8] Xishuangbanna,[8] Xuzhou, Yancheng,[8] Zhengzhou, Zhuhai[12]
Beijing Capital Airlines |  Haikou, Hangzhou, Linyi, Xi'an
China Eastern Airlines |  Hefei,[13] Huai'an,[8] Jieyang,[14] Lanzhou,[15] Nanchang, Nanjing,[16] Sanya,[17] Shanghai–Pudong,[16] Shenyang,[16] Taiyuan,[18] Xi'an[8]
China Southern Airlines |  Beijing–Daxing, Zhengzhou[16]
Donghai Airlines |  Nantong[19]
Greater Bay Airlines |  Hong Kong[20]
Hainan Airlines |  Haikou, Harbin,[8] Tianjin[8]
Hebei Airlines |  Beijing–Daxing[21]
IrAero |  Irkutsk
Juneyao Air |  Hangzhou,[8] Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang,[16] Wuxi[8]
LJ Air |  Harbin,[22] Taiyuan,[22] Tianjin[8]
Okay Airways |  Nanjing, Tianjin
Shandong Airlines |  Fuzhou,[23] Haikou,[16] Hangzhou, Hefei,[24] Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Xiamen, Yantai, Zhengzhou[8]
Shanghai Airlines |  Changchun, Huai'an,[25] Ordos,[8] Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou,[26] Zhengzhou
Sichuan Airlines |  Chengdu–Tianfu,[27] Sanya, Yinchuan
Spring Airlines |  Jieyang,[28] Lanzhou,[16] Ningbo,[29] Shenyang, Shijiazhuang,[8] Yangzhou[8]
Suparna Airlines |  Shanghai–Pudong[30]
Tianjin Airlines |  Hohhot,[31] Xi'an,[32] Yantai,[8] Yulin (Shaanxi)[8]
XiamenAir |  Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Lijiang, Xiamen

## References

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1. ^ 2023 CAAC data caac.gov.cn
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5. ^ 桂林机场T2启用 满足年1200万旅客吞吐量需求. Carnoc (in Chinese (China)).
6. ^ "9 Air NS24 Domestic Network Additions – 28APR24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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24. ^ "上新！合肥机场新增直飞航班！". Retrieved 11 July 2024.
25. ^ ""五一"小长假临近，桂林机场持续新增加密航线航班". Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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