Guilin Liangjiang International Airport 桂林两江国际机场 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Guilin | ||||||||||
| Location | Liangjiang Town,Lingui District, Guilin,Guangxi,China | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1 October 1996; 29 years ago (1996-10-01) | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Air Guilin | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 174 m / 571 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°13′10″N110°02′22″E / 25.21944°N 110.03944°E /25.21944; 110.03944 | ||||||||||
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| Statistics (2023[1]) | |||||||||||
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| Source:List of the busiest airports in China | |||||||||||
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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 aninternational airport serving the city ofGuilin inSouth Central China’sGuangxi 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 the49th 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]
In September 1991, theState Council of China and theCentral Military Commission approved a 1.85 billion yuan project to build a new airport to replaceGuilin 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]
