Nanjing Lukou International Airport

ICAO ZSNJ31.7350°N 118.8659°E15 m / 49 ftLarge airport

Nanjing Lukou International Airport (IATA: NKG, ICAO: ZSNJ) is a large airport in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. It opened in 1997. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,600 m (11,811 ft). In 2025 it handled 31.4 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1997–1997

1997

OpenedNanjing Lukou International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24058° / 238° · LIT

LENGTH3,600 m11,811 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

07/25058° / 238° · LIT

LENGTH3,600 m11,810 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025

16.3M

19.2M

22.4M

25.8M

28.6M

30.6M

19.9M

17.6M

12.1M

27.3M

31.2M

31.4M

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Routes

2 destinations · 2 countries

Year-round2

CRKClark International Airport / Clark Air BasePhilippines · Royal Air Philippines1,848 km1,148 mi ZIAZhukovsky International AirportRussia · Suparna Airlines6,588 km4,094 mi

Most destinationsRoyal Air Philippines 1Suparna Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NKG. From the Wikipedia article “Nanjing Lukou International Airport” (revision of 11 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers31.4M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#73of 3,974 · #27 Asia · #11 CN Longest runway3,600 m11,811 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=383of 29,823 · =111 Asia · =31 CN Elevation15 m49 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,259of 43,341 · =2,628 Asia · #339 CN AgeOpened 19972026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,742of 15,079 · =519 Asia · =90 CN Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =13 CN

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

APPNANJING APP119.250

ATISATIS126.250

GNDNANJING GND121.700

TWRNANJING TWR118.850