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Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

Coordinates: 25°13′10″N 110°02′22″E / 25.21944°N 110.03944°E / 25.21944; 110.03944
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Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
桂林两江国际机场
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesGuilin
LocationLiangjiang Town, Lingui District, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Opened1 October 1996; 29 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
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2023 [1])
Passengers5,258,592
Aircraft movements44,488
Cargo (in tons)17,591.0
Source: List of the busiest airports in China
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
Simplified Chinese桂林两江国际机场
Traditional Chinese桂林兩江國際機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuìlín Liǎngjiāng Guójì Jīchǎng

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (IATA: KWL, ICAO: ZGKL) is an international airport serving the city of Guilin in South Central China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is located in Liangjiang Town, about 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the city center.[2]

In 2024, Guilin Liangjiang International Airport was the 49th busiest airport in China with 5,932,075 passengers. Around 4 million passengers transit through Liangjiang Airport annually, traveling to one of the 48 domestic and international destinations served nonstop from Guilin.[2][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.[2][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 30 September 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 Xishuangbanna[5]
Air Chang'an Xi'an
Air China Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin
Air Guilin Changzhou,[6] Chengdu–Tianfu,[7] Chongqing,[8] Dalian,[9] Haikou,[10] Harbin,[9] Jinan, Jingzhou,[10] Jining,[9] Qingdao, Sanya,[7] Shenyang, Shijiazhuang,[6] Taiyuan,[6] Tangshan,[9] Wuhu,[6] Xiamen,[10] Xi'an,[8] Xinzhou,[9] Xishuangbanna,[9] Xuzhou, Yancheng,[9] Zhengzhou
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International[11]
Batik Air Malaysia Charter: Kuala Lumpur–International[12]
Beijing Capital Airlines Haikou, Hangzhou, Lanzhou,[6] Linyi, Sanya,[6] Xi'an
China Eastern Airlines Hefei,[13] Jieyang,[14] Lanzhou,[15] Nanjing,[16] Shanghai–Pudong,[16] Shenyang,[16] Taiyuan,[17] Wenzhou[6]
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing, Zhengzhou[16]
Greater Bay Airlines Hong Kong[18][19]
Hainan Airlines Xi'an[6]
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing[20]
Jeju Air Seasonal: Seoul–Incheon[21]
Jin Air Seoul–Incheon[22]
Juneyao Air Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong
Shandong Airlines Haikou,[16] Jinan, Nanjing, Xiamen, Yantai, Zhengzhou[9]
Shanghai Airlines Changchun, Huai'an,[23] Shanghai–Pudong
Sichuan Airlines Sanya, Yinchuan
Spring Airlines Ningbo,[24] Shijiazhuang[9]
Tianjin Airlines Tianjin,[25] Yichang[25]
XiamenAir Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Lijiang, Xiamen

References

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  4. ^ 桂林机场T2启用 满足年1200万旅客吞吐量需求. Carnoc (in Chinese (China)).
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  13. ^ 东航新开合肥长春桂林汕头航线 合肥至大连机票_毛里求斯旅游攻略_长兴旅游网 (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  14. ^ "潮汕出发•无忧出行 | 潮汕机场2023年冬航季精彩启航". Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  15. ^ "2024年冬航季航班时刻来啦". Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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  17. ^ "10月29日起执行！太原机场冬航季航班计划出炉！新开哪些城市航线…". Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Hong Kong (SAR) China HKG". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 27 (2). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 543–547. August 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
  19. ^ "Greater Bay Airlines NS25 Network Changes – 24MAR25". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  20. ^ "2024夏航季||随心启航 快乐飞翔". Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  21. ^ Liu, Jim (29 August 2025). "Jeju Air Adds Seoul – Guilin Service From Oct 2025". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  22. ^ "‌开航｜10月22日起，真航空开通首尔仁川=桂林航线，每周2班". Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  23. ^ ""五一"小长假临近，桂林机场持续新增加密航线航班". Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  24. ^ "新增湘西、巫山、仙女山、营口等航线！宁波机场航班换季时刻表出炉". Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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