Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport 桂林两江国际机场 | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Guilin, Guangxi | ||||||||||
Location | Liangjiang, Lingui District, Guilin | ||||||||||
Hub for | Air Guilin | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 174 m / 571 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°13′05″N 110°02′21″E / 25.21806°N 110.03917°ECoordinates: 25°13′05″N 110°02′21″E / 25.21806°N 110.03917°E | ||||||||||
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Source: List of the busiest airports in China |
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 桂林两江国际机场 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 桂林兩江國際機場 | ||||||
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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 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[]
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]
Airlines and destinations[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International |
Air Chang'an | Xi'an, Yancheng |
Air China | Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu, Hangzhou,[5] Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Xi'an |
Air Guilin | Dalian, Datong, Haikou, Hohhot, Huangshan, Jieyang, Jinan, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Xiangyang, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yichang, Zhengzhou |
Air Travel | Changzhi, Shenyang |
Asiana Airlines | Seoul–Incheon |
Batik Air | Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta[6] |
Beijing Capital Airlines | Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Linyi, Nanjing, Taiyuan, Xi'an |
China Eastern Airlines | Anqing,[7] Changchun, Hefei,[8] Kunming,[9] Nanchang,[10] Ningbo, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Xi'an,[11] Xishuangbanna,[10] Yibin[10] |
China Express Airlines | Chongqing, Guiyang,[12] Hechi, Libo[12] |
China Southern Airlines | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beihai, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Chongqing,[13] Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Taipei–Taoyuan, Urumqi,[13] Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou |
Chongqing Airlines | Dali |
Dalian Airlines | Dalian, Zhengzhou |
Donghai Airlines | Nantong, Zhengzhou |
EVA Air | Taipei–Taoyuan |
Fuzhou Airlines | Fuzhou, Harbin, Luoyang, Zunyi–Xinzhou |
Grand China Air | Beijing–Capital |
GX Airlines | Baise, Haikou |
Hainan Airlines | Dalian, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Ordos, Sanya, Taiyuan, Xi'an,[14] Zhengzhou |
Juneyao Airlines | Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi |
Loong Air | Lijiang,[15] Wenzhou[15] |
Okay Airways | Nanjing, Tianjin, Xi'an[16] |
Qingdao Airlines | Ganzhou,[17] Lanzhou,[18] Nanjing, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Yantai |
Shandong Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Lanzhou, Mianyang,[19] Nanjing, Nanyang, Qingdao, Tongren,[20] Wanzhou,[21] Xiamen, Yantai |
Shanghai Airlines | Changchun, Shanghai–Pudong, Zhengzhou |
Shenzhen Airlines | Hefei, Shenyang, Zhengzhou |
Sichuan Airlines | Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Harbin, Longyan, Ningbo, Sanya, Taiyuan,[22] Yinchuan |
Spring Airlines | Jieyang, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang |
Suparna Airlines | Jinan,[23] Nanchang,[23] Shanghai–Pudong |
Tianjin Airlines | Hohhot, Nanchang, Tianjin,[24] Xi'an |
West Air | Chongqing,[25] Hefei[25] Seasonal: Zhengzhou[26] |
XiamenAir | Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Lijiang, Luzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen |
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- ^ "Batik Air opens new charter flight from Jakarta to Guilin". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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