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Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

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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]

Guilin Liangjiang
International Airport

桂林两江国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesGuilin
LocationLiangjiang, Lingui, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Opened1 October 1996; 27 years ago (1996-10-01)
Hub forAir Guilin
Elevation AMSL174 m / 571 ft
Coordinates25°13′10″N 110°02′22″E / 25.21944°N 110.03944°E / 25.21944; 110.03944
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
KWL/ZGKL is located in Guangxi
KWL/ZGKL
KWL/ZGKL
Location in Guangxi
KWL/ZGKL is located in China
KWL/ZGKL
KWL/ZGKL
KWL/ZGKL (China)
Runways
DirectionLengthSurface
mft
01/193,20010,499Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers4,531,212
Aircraft movements41,423
Cargo (in tons)17,222.7
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
Simplified Chinese桂林两江国际机场
Traditional Chinese桂林兩江國際機場

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

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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.[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

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A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-800 at the airport.
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Quanzhou, Xishuangbanna[5]
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International[6]
Air Chang'an Xi'an, Yancheng
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Hangzhou,[7] Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Xi'an
Air Guilin Chengdu–Tianfu,[8] Jinan, Kunming,[8] Nanjing,[8] Qingdao, Sanya,[8] Shenyang, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Batik Air Charter: Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta
Batik Air Malaysia Kuala Lumpur–International[9]
Charter: Penang
Beijing Capital Airlines Haikou, Hangzhou, Linyi, Nanjing, Xi'an
China Eastern Airlines Anqing,[10] Changchun, Hefei,[11] Kunming,[12] Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Taiyuan,[13] Xi'an,[14] Yibin[15]
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Harbin,[16] Jieyang, Nanjing, Nanning, Shenyang
China United Airlines Ordos,[17] Wenzhou[18]
Dalian Airlines Beijing–Capital[19]
Donghai Airlines Nantong[20]
EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan
Fuzhou Airlines Fuzhou, Harbin, Luoyang
Grand China Air Beijing–Capital
Hainan Airlines Dalian, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Sanya, Xi'an,[21] Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[22] Shijiazhuang[22]
Juneyao Air Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi
LJ Air Harbin,[23] Taiyuan[23]
Okay Airways Nanjing, Tianjin, Xi'an[24]
OTT Airlines Beihai,[25] Jieyang,[26] Nanchang,[25] Zhanjiang[27]
Qingdao Airlines Changchun,[28] Haikou,[29] Qingdao,[29] Taiyuan[29]
Shandong Airlines Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Mianyang,[30] Nanjing, Nanyang, Qingdao, Shiyan,[31] Tongren,[32] Wanzhou,[33] Xiamen, Yantai, Zhengzhou
Shanghai Airlines Changchun, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou,[34] Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Nantong, Shenyang, Zhengzhou, Yuncheng
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[35] Chongqing, Harbin, Longyan, Sanya, Yinchuan
Spring Airlines Nanchang, Ningbo,[36] Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Yangzhou[37]
Thai VietJet Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Tianjin Airlines Xi'an[38]
West Air Hefei[39]
XiamenAir Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Lijiang, Tianjin,[40] Xiamen, Zunyi–Maotai[41]

References

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