Nanjing Lukou International Airport

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Nanjing Lukou International Airport

南京禄口国际机场
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  • IATA: NKG
  • ICAO: ZSNJ
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerEastern Airport Group Co., Ltd.[1]
OperatorEastern Airport Group Co., Ltd.
ServesNanjing, Jiangsu
LocationLukou, Jiangning District
Opened1 July 1997 (24 years ago) (1997-07-01)
Hub for
  • China Postal Airlines
Focus city for
  • China Eastern Airlines
  • China Southern Airlines
  • Shenzhen Airlines
  • Juneyao Air
Elevation AMSL15 m / 49 ft
Coordinates31°44′32″N 118°51′43″E / 31.74222°N 118.86194°E / 31.74222; 118.86194Coordinates: 31°44′32″N 118°51′43″E / 31.74222°N 118.86194°E / 31.74222; 118.86194
Websitehttp://www.njiairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
CAAC airport chart
NKG/ZSNJ is located in Jiangsu
NKG/ZSNJ
NKG/ZSNJ
Location of airport in Jiangsu
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 3,600 11,811 Concrete
07/25 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Passengers28,581,546
Cargo (in tons)365,054,4
Aircraft movements220,849
Source: List of the busiest airports in China
Nanjing Lukou International Airport
Simplified Chinese南京禄口国际机场
Traditional Chinese南京祿口國際機場

Nanjing Lukou International Airport (IATA: NKG, ICAO: ZSNJ) is the main airport serving Nanjing (the capital of Jiangsu Province) and a major airport serving the Yangtze River Delta area. As of 2020, it is the 12th busiest civil airport in China, Dropping one place from 2019 after being overtaken by Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport.[2] It is located in the suburban Jiangning District, over 35 km (22 mi) south of the city center, and is connected to Nanjing and neighboring towns by expressways. Phase I of the Ninggao Intercity Line and Line S1 of the Nanjing Metro link the airport with Nanjing South railway station.

Nanjing is the hub for China Eastern Airlines' Jiangsu Company, Shenzhen Airlines' Jiangsu branch and Juneyao Air's Jiangsu branch. China Southern Airlines as well operates a considerable number of flights there. Despite not operating as much flights as some other airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines and Air Travel also set up bases in Nanjing. Nanjing is the main base for China Postal Airlines, with pure cargo service to all major cities in China, handling express mail and cargo transportation for China Post. In 2020, the airport handled 19,906,576 passengers and 389,362.4 tons of freight after experiencing a -34.9% drop in passenger traffic due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

History[]

Construction of Nanjing Lukou International Airport started on 28 February 1995, and was completed two years later. When the airport opened on 1 July 1997, all civilian operations were transferred to it from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, and Nanjing Dajiaochang was converted to a Chinese military air base.[citation needed]

Although Nanjing Lukou had been designated an international airport since commencing operations, China’s state administrations only approved it for foreign aircraft on 18 November 1997.[citation needed]

In 2006, China Post started building its express logistics center at Nanjing Lukou to handle its express mail services. Initial construction was completed by 2009, with additional facilities and functions added continuously. The final project, as planned, would be the largest in Asia and the third-largest in the world of its kind.[4]

In 2009, the airport handled 10 million passengers.[5] On March 26th,2010, Singapore airlines officially ceases its operation between Singapore Changi and Nanjing. In 2013, that number surpassed 15 million, which was 3 million above the terminal’s designed operational capacity. In preparation for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, hosted by Nanjing, Terminal 2 was completed after more than three years of construction. Also completed were a new parallel runway with taxiways, a new tower, new aircraft parking positions, and new cargo handling facilities. On 12 July 2014, all flights were relocated to Terminal 2, and Terminal 1 was closed for renovation.[6]

The new facilities removed the bottleneck caused by the limited capability of the old terminal and runway. In November 2014, with the launching of the Phase 2 expansion and optimization of neighboring air traffic patterns, authorities approved an increase of peak-hour flight volume from 28 flights per hour to 38 flights per hour.[7]

With the added capacity, Nanjing Airport has seen rapid increase in both aircraft movement and total passengers. In 2015, the number of total passengers exceeded 19 million (until 28 December), that is 2.87 million on top of 2014, a 17.7% increase compared to the same period of the previous year.[8] The airport continues to see substantial increase into 2016, which saw 29,210 aircraft movements and 3.39 million passengers handled in January and February, a 16.9% and a 21.2% increase respectively, comparing to the same period 2015.[9]

On October 27th, 2019, Malaysia Airlines ceased its operation between Kuala Lumpur and Nanjing despite great passenger traffic performance in an effort to readjust its operation model overseas.

Composition[]

The airport consists of two terminals, two 3600-meter runways (paralleled by three taxiways and connected by two taxiways), two control towers, a cargo center, a transportation center, and an apron. Adjacent to, but not belonging to, the airport is the China Post express logistics center and the base for China Postal Airlines.

The older section of the airport consists of:

  • Terminal 1 ( floor space 160,000m², 80 check-in counters and 33 security lanes.
  • one northern runway (length 3600 m, width 60 m, 4E rating)
  • one runway (length 3600 m, width 45 m)
  • a cargo center (34,000m²)
  • an apron (447,000m²)
  • a control tower (height 87 m[10])

Terminal 1 was closed on 14 July 2014 for renovation, it reopened on 29 July 2020 and serves all domestic flights except China Eastern airlines and Shenzhen Airlines flights which depart exclusively from Terminal 2.

The Phase 2 expansion includes:[11]

  • Terminal 2 (263,000m² floor space, 35 boarding bridges, annual capacity 18 million passengers)
  • a new 4F-rating southern runway and two parallel taxiways
  • two taxiways connecting the northern and southern runways
  • 20 aircraft parking positions
  • a second control tower (height 107 m[10])
  • an 11,000m² carpark
  • a transportation center, which seats a subway station, a coach station, a Pullman Hotel,[12] and shopping and dining facilities

The two terminals are also connected by the transportation center structure.

Airlines and destinations[]

China Eastern Airlines Airbus A320-251N in NKG T2
China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-243 landing on Runway 07 of NKG
Juneyao Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in "Chinese Peony (梦旅生花)" special colours operating the Osaka to Nanjing route landing on runway 07 of NKG
Lufthansa Airbus A340-313 landing on runway 07 of NKG
Neos Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxiing in NKG
China Postal Airlines Boeing 737-3Q8(SF) landing on runway 07 of NKG
China Postal Airlines Boeing 757-2Y0(PCF) landing on runway 07 of NKG
China Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-409F Departing from NKG

Passenger[]

AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Changchun, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Nanyang
Air Chang'an Xi'an
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing
Air Macau Macau
Air Travel Changsha, Hohhot, Kunming, Libo, Liupanshui, Xining
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
Beijing Capital Airlines Chongqing, Enshi, Haikou, Hohhot, Kunming, Lijiang, Nanning, Sanya, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna
Chengdu Airlines Guiyang, Nanning
China Eastern Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (suspended), Baotou, Beihai,[13] Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing, Dali, Dalian, Datong, Fuzhou,[14] Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Handan, Harbin, Hohhot, Jieyang,[15] Jinggangshan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Liuzhou,[13] Los Angeles (suspended), Mianyang, Nanchang, Nanning, Ordos, Qingdao, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Sydney (suspended), Taiyuan, Urumqi, Vancouver, Weihai,[14] Xiamen, Xi'an, Xining, Yan'an,[13] Yinchuan, Yining, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Xinzhou
China Express Airlines Tianshui, Xi'an
China Southern Airlines Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Harbin, Hohhot, Jieyang, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Xining, Yining, Zhuhai
China United Airlines Ordos
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing, Panzhihua, Zhanjiang
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Xingyi
Donghai Airlines Shenzhen
Finnair Helsinki (suspended)[16][17]
Fuzhou Airlines Fuzhou, Sanming
Hainan Airlines Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hohhot, Qinhuangdao, Sanya, Shenzhen, Shiyan, Taiyuan, Ürümqi, Xi'an, Zhuhai
Hebei Airlines Fuzhou, Shijiazhuang, Xiamen
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong (suspended)
I-Fly Moscow–Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg (both suspended)
Jiangxi Air Jingdezhen, Nanchang, Taiyuan
Juneyao Airlines Anshan, Bazhong, Bijie, Changchun, Changde, Changsha, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chifeng, Chongqing, Dalian, Guilin, Guiyang, Harbin, Hengyang, Huizhou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Linfen, Liuzhou, Lüliang, Nanchang, Nanning, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xinzhou, Yibin, Yinchuan, Yingkou, Yulin, Zhangjiajie
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon (suspended)[18]
Kunming Airlines Kunming, Xiangyang, Xishuangbanna, Zunyi–Maotai
Loong Air Changchun, Jieyang, Lanzhou, Shenzhen, Wuyishan, Yan'an
Lucky Air Kunming, Ganzhou, Longyan, Mianyang
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Mandarin Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan (suspended)
Neos Milan–Malpensa
Okay Airways Changsha, Guilin, Kunming
PAL Express Manila[19]
Qingdao Airlines Aksu, Baotou, Changchun, Haikou, Korla, Lanzhou, Yanji, Yantai
Scoot Singapore
Shandong Airlines Guilin, Guiyang, Hohhot, Jiamusi, Kunming, Qingdao, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Xiamen, Yantai, Zhuhai
Shanghai Airlines Changchun, Jieyang[15]
Shenzhen Airlines Changchun, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Harbin, Lijiang, Nanning, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wanzhou, Yantai, Yichun, Yinchuan, Yuncheng, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu, Chongqing, Harbin, Kunming, Mianyang, Xishuangbanna, Zhangjiajie
Spring Airlines Jieyang, Lanzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Weihai
Spring Airlines Japan Tokyo–Narita
Tianjin Airlines Guiyang, Haikou, Lijiang, Xi'an
Tibet Airlines Lhasa, Xining
Uni Air Taipei–Taoyuan (suspended)
Urumqi Air Lanzhou, Nanchong, Ürümqi
West Air Chongqing, Guiyang, Shenzhen
XiamenAir Changsha, Dalian, Fuzhou, Harbin, Lanzhou, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Xiamen, Yuncheng

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Cargo Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenyang
China Airlines Cargo Taipei–Taoyuan
China Postal Airlines Tianjin, Xi'an, Wuhan, Nanchang Changbei International Airport, Taiyuan, Lanzhou, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Haikou, Kunming, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Tokyo–Narita, Osaka–Kansai
SF Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan, Shenzhen
Suparna AirlinesAnchorage, Amsterdam, Chicago

Ground transportation[]

Airport shuttle[]

Waiting hall
Interior of NKG T2

City to airport[]

  • From Nanjing South Railway Station: 6:00–21:00, every 20 minutes, duration 40 minutes
  • From Nanjing Railway Station East Square (with a stop at 221 Middle Longpan Road): 5:40–21:00, every 20 minutes, duration 80 minutes

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Airport to city[]

  • Line 1: 30 minutes after the first landing to the last landing of the day (stops: Yuhua Square, Qinhong Bridge, Xihuamen, Nanjing railway station); max. interval 30 minutes
  • Line 2: 9:30–22:30 (stops: Cuipingshan Hotel, Nanjing South railway station, Zhonghuamen Subway Station), max. interval 30 minutes

Expressway[]

The airport is accessed by Konggang Road, which connects to the Airport Expressway. The Airport Expressway is part of S55 Ningxuan (Nanjing-Xuancheng) Expressway.

Rail[]

The Lukou Airport Station on Line S1 of the Nanjing Metro links the airport with Nanjing South Railway Station. Operation hours are from 6:00 to 22:40(in both directions), at 9'57" intervals in peak hours and 13'16" intervals in low hours. The entire journey takes approximately 35 minutes and costs 7 RMB.[21] At Nanjing South railway station, passengers can transfer to high-speed trains to other cities, coach services to nearby towns, Nanjing Metro Line 1, Nanjing Metro Line 3, Nanjing Metro Line S3 and bus services.

Taxi[]

Taxis are easily accessible outside the arrivals hall. Fare between the airport and city area ranges from ¥80 to ¥120.

See also[]

References[]

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