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

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]

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]

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

Airlines and destinations

A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-800 at the airport.
AirlinesDestinations
9 Air Quanzhou, Xishuangbanna (both begin 5 June 2024)[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 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 Express Airlines Chongqing, Guiyang,[16] Libo[16]
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Harbin,[17] Jieyang, Nanjing, Nanning, Shenyang
China United Airlines Ordos,[18] Wenzhou[19]
Dalian Airlines Beijing–Capital[20]
Donghai Airlines Nantong[21]
EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan
Fuzhou Airlines Fuzhou, Harbin, Luoyang
Grand China Air Beijing–Capital
Hainan Airlines Dalian, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Sanya, Xi'an,[22] Zhengzhou
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[23] Shijiazhuang[23]
Juneyao Air Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi
LJ Air Harbin,[24] Taiyuan[24]
Okay Airways Nanjing, Tianjin, Xi'an[25]
OTT Airlines Beihai,[26] Jieyang,[27] Nanchang,[26] Zhanjiang[28]
Qingdao Airlines Changchun,[29] Haikou,[30] Qingdao,[30] Taiyuan[30]
Shandong Airlines Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Shuangliu, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Lanzhou, Mianyang,[31] Nanjing, Nanyang, Qingdao, Shiyan,[32] Tongren,[33] Wanzhou,[34] Xiamen, Yantai, Zhengzhou
Shanghai Airlines Changchun, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou,[35] Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Nantong, Shenyang, Zhengzhou, Yuncheng
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[36] Chongqing, Harbin, Longyan, Sanya, Yinchuan
Spring Airlines Nanchang, Ningbo,[37] Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Yangzhou[38]
Thai VietJet Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Tianjin Airlines Xi'an[39]
West Air Hefei[40]
XiamenAir Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Lijiang, Tianjin,[41] Xiamen, Zunyi–Maotai[42]

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