# Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL / ZGKL)

**Guilin Liangjiang International Airport** (IATA: KWL, ICAO: ZGKL) is a large airport in Guilin (Lingui), Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. It opened in 1996. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgkl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KWL / ZGKL
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Guilin (Lingui), Guangxi Autonomous Region, China
- Opened: 1996
- Elevation: 174 m / 570 ft
- Coordinates: 25.2198, 110.0396
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 1,736,191 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Website: http://www.airport-gl.com.cn/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilin_Liangjiang_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1197688
- Weather station: ZGKL · WMO 57957
- Ident: ZGKL

## Timeline

- 1996: Guilin Liangjiang International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Concrete | 005° / 185° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 5,489,481 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 5,687,449 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 5,875,327 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 6,897,741 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 6,361,045 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,630,251 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,862,015 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 8,732,176 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 8,552,654 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,351,377 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 4,531,212 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,736,191 | Wikidata |

## Routes

47 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (47)

- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 510 km / 317 mi · Greater Bay Airlines
- [HAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjhk.md) Haikou Meilan International Airport · China · 589 km / 366 mi · Shandong Airlines, Air Guilin, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 601 km / 373 mi · Air Guilin
- [YIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhyc.md) Yichang Sanxia Airport · China · 610 km / 379 mi · Tianjin Airlines
- [SHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhjz.md) Jingzhou Shashi Airport · China · 612 km / 380 mi · Air Guilin
- [SWA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgow.md) Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport · China · 680 km / 423 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [SYX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zjsy.md) Sanya Phoenix International Airport · China · 772 km / 480 mi · Air Guilin, Sichuan Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 790 km / 491 mi · Air Guilin, Air China
- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 819 km / 509 mi · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Air Guilin
- [JJN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqz.md) Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport · China · 863 km / 536 mi · 9 Air
- [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 969 km / 602 mi · Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
- [LJG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zplj.md) Lijiang Sanyi International Airport · China · 992 km / 616 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [JHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zpjh.md) Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport · China · 1,012 km / 629 mi · 9 Air, Air Guilin
- [HFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsof.md) Hefei Xinqiao International Airport · China · 1,012 km / 629 mi · Shandong Airlines, China Eastern Airlines
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 1,033 km / 642 mi · Air Changan, Air Guilin, Hainan Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [WHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswa.md) Wuhu Xuanzhou Airport · China · 1,069 km / 664 mi · Air Guilin
- [CGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhcc.md) Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport · China · 1,098 km / 682 mi · Shandong Airlines, Air Guilin
- [WNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswz.md) Wenzhou Longwan International Airport · China · 1,116 km / 693 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [NKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnj.md) Nanjing Lukou International Airport · China · 1,126 km / 700 mi · Shandong Airlines, Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines
- [HGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zshc.md) Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport · China · 1,164 km / 723 mi · Xiamen Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [CZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zscg.md) Changzhou Benniu International Airport · China · 1,207 km / 750 mi · Air Guilin
- [XUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsxz.md) Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport · China · 1,221 km / 759 mi · Air Guilin
- [NGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnb.md) Ningbo Lishe International Airport · China · 1,237 km / 769 mi · Spring Airlines
- [HIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zssh.md) Huai'an Lianshui Airport · China · 1,296 km / 805 mi · Shanghai Airlines
- [JNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsjg.md) Jining Da'an Airport · China · 1,325 km / 823 mi · Air Guilin
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 1,327 km / 825 mi · Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines, Air China, Shanghai Airlines
- [YNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsyn.md) Yancheng Nanyang International Airport · China · 1,342 km / 834 mi · Air Guilin
- [LYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsly.md) Linyi Qiyang Airport · China · 1,357 km / 843 mi · Beijing Capital Airlines
- [LHW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlll.md) Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · China · 1,397 km / 868 mi · China Eastern Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines
- [TYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbyn.md) Taiyuan Wusu International Airport · China · 1,414 km / 879 mi · Air Guilin, China Eastern Airlines
- [TNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsjn.md) Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport · China · 1,462 km / 908 mi · Shandong Airlines, Air Guilin
- [INC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlic.md) Yinchuan Hedong International Airport · China · 1,497 km / 930 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [WUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbxz.md) Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport · China · 1,513 km / 940 mi · Air Guilin
- [SJW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbsj.md) Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport · China · 1,517 km / 943 mi · Spring Airlines, Air Guilin
- [TAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqd.md) Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport · China · 1,565 km / 972 mi · Shandong Airlines, Air Guilin
- [TSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbtj.md) Tianjin Binhai International Airport · China · 1,691 km / 1,051 mi · Tianjin Airlines, Air China
- [PKX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbad.md) Beijing Daxing International Airport · China · 1,696 km / 1,054 mi · Hebei Airlines, Air China
- [YNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsyt.md) Yantai Penglai International Airport · China · 1,726 km / 1,072 mi · Shandong Airlines
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 1,761 km / 1,094 mi · Air China
- [TVS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbsn.md) Tangshan Sannühe Airport · China · 1,775 km / 1,103 mi · Air Guilin
- [DLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zytl.md) Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport · China · 1,870 km / 1,162 mi · Air Guilin
- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 2,064 km / 1,283 mi · Jin Air
- [SHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zytx.md) Shenyang Taoxian International Airport · China · 2,205 km / 1,370 mi · Air Guilin, China Eastern Airlines
- [CGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zycc.md) Changchun Longjia International Airport · China · 2,522 km / 1,567 mi · Shanghai Airlines
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 2,653 km / 1,648 mi · AirAsia
- [HRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zyhb.md) Harbin Taiping International Airport · China · 2,691 km / 1,672 mi · Air Guilin
- [KRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zwkl.md) Korla Licheng Airport · China · 2,854 km / 1,773 mi · Air Guilin

### Seasonal (1)

- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 2,064 km / 1,283 mi · Jeju Air

### Charter (1)

- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 2,653 km / 1,648 mi · Batik Air Malaysia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KWL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (20)

- GT [Air Guilin](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-guilin) · 24
- SC [Shandong Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shandong-airlines) · 9
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 8
- JD [Beijing Capital Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/beijing-capital-airlines) · 6
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 5
- MF [Xiamen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/xiamen-airlines) · 4
- FM [Shanghai Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shanghai-airlines) · 3
- AQ [9 Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/9-air) · 2
- HO [Juneyao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/juneyao-air) · 2
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 2
- 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 2
- GS [Tianjin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tianjin-airlines) · 2
- 9H [Air Changan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-changan) · 1
- AK [AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airasia) · 1
- OD [Batik Air Malaysia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/batik-air-malaysia) · 1 · charter
- [Greater Bay Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/greater-bay-airlines) · 1
- HU [Hainan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hainan-airlines) · 1
- NS [Hebei Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hebei-airlines) · 1
- 7C [Jeju Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jeju-air) · 1 · seasonal
- LJ [Jin Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jin-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2022) | #618 of 3,974 | #183 in Asia | #55 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =245 in Asia | =68 in CN |
| Elevation | 174 m / 570 ft | =25,935 of 43,403 | #1,436 in Asia | #225 in CN |
| Age | Opened 1996 | =10,634 of 15,079 | =510 in Asia | =87 in CN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =31 in CN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.450 |
| GND | GND | 121.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [CN-0141](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0141.md) Guilin Qifengling Airport · 28 km / 18 mi
- [LZH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgzh.md) Liuzhou Bailian Airport / Bailian Air Base · 130 km / 81 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Guilin Liangjiang International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guilin_Liangjiang_International_Airport&oldid=1363794236), revision of 12 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgkl/data