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  • Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

    2018-01-10admin3742 wordsAbout 13 minutes

    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.

    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.

    Airlines and destinations

     

    Airlines Destinations
    Air Chang'an Xi'an, Yancheng
    Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Hangzhou,[5] Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Xi'an
    Air China
    operated by Dalian Airlines
    Dalian, Zhengzhou
    Air Guilin Dalian, Datong, Haikou, Hohhot, Huangshan, Jieyang, Jinan, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Xiangyang, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yantai, Yichang, Zhengzhou
    Air Travel Changzhi, Shenyang
    AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International
    Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon
    Batik Air Charter: Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta[6]
    Beijing Capital Airlines Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Linyi, Nanjing, Taiyuan, Xi'an
    Cathay Dragon Hong Kong
    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–Capital, Changchun, Chongqing,[13] Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Taipei–Taoyuan, Urumqi,[13] Xi'an, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou
    China Southern Airlines
    operated by Chongqing Airlines
    Dali
    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, 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, 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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