Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Guilin, Guangxi, China
Hub for Air Guilin
Elevation AMSL 174 m / 571 ft
Coordinates 25°13′05″N 110°02′21″E / 25.21806°N 110.03917°E / 25.21806; 110.03917Coordinates: 25°13′05″N 110°02′21″E / 25.21806°N 110.03917°E / 25.21806; 110.03917
Map
KWL

Location of the airport in China

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 6,630,251
Aircraft movements 57,387
Cargo 26,413.9
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
Traditional Chinese 桂林兩江國際機場
Simplified Chinese 桂林两江国际机场

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (IATA: KWL, ICAO: ZGKL) is the 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 people.[2] Around 4 million passengers transit through Liangjiang International annually, traveling to one of the 48 domestic and international destinations served nonstop from Guilin.[1][3]

History

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 main civil airport. Construction began in July 1993, and Liangjiang Airport was opened to the public on 1 October 1996.[3]

Liangjiang International 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]

Airlines and destinations

A China Southern Airlines 737-800 boarding
AirlinesDestinationsTerminal/
Concourse
AirAsiaKuala Lumpur–InternationalInternational
Air Chang'an Xi'an Domestic
Air ChinaBeijing–Capital, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong, Xi'anDomestic
Asiana AirlinesSeoul–IncheonInternational
Beijing Capital AirlinesHaikou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Taiyuan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xinzhou, ZhengzhouDomestic
Cambodia Angkor Air Charter: Siem Reap International
Cathay DragonHong KongDomestic
Chengdu AirlinesHaikou, ZhengzhouDomestic
China Eastern AirlinesChangzhou, Fuzhou, Hefei, Kunming,[4] Lanzhou, Nanchang,[5] Nanjing, Ningbo, Ordos[6], Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou, Wuxi, Xi'an, Xining, Yichang[6]Domestic
China Eastern AirlinesSeoul–IncheonInternational
China Express AirlinesBaise, Beihai, ChongqingDomestic
China Southern AirlinesBeijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, ZhengzhouDomestic
China Southern AirlinesBangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Taipei–Taoyuan,Osaka–Kansai,
Seasonal: Muan		International
EVA AirTaipei–TaoyuanDomestic
Far Eastern Air TransportKaohsiungInternational
Fuzhou AirlinesFuzhouDomestic
Garuda Indonesia Charter: Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta[7]International
Grand China AirBeijing–CapitalDomestic
Hainan AirlinesHangzhou, Sanya, Xi'an, XuzhouDomestic
Juneyao AirlinesShanghai–PudongDomestic
Korean AirCharter: JejuInternational
Lucky AirFuzhou, Kunming, XiamenDomestic
New Gen AirwaysBangkok–Don MueangInternational
Okay AirwaysTianjinDomestic
ScootSingaporeInternational
Shandong AirlinesChengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yantai, ZhengzhouDomestic
Shanghai AirlinesShanghai–PudongDomestic
Shanghai AirlinesBusanInternational
Shenzhen AirlinesHefei, Nanjing, Nantong, Shenyang, Wuxi Domestic
Sichuan AirlinesHarbin, Sanya, Taiyuan, YinchuanDomestic
Spring AirlinesShanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, ShijiazhuangDomestic
Tianjin AirlinesGuiyang, Haikou, Lanzhou, Tianjin, ZhengzhouDomestic
West AirChongqingDomestic
XiamenAirChongqing, Fuzhou, XiamenDomestic

References

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