# Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG / ZSNJ)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NKG / ZSNJ
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
- Opened: 1997
- Elevation: 15 m / 49 ft
- Coordinates: 31.7350, 118.8659
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,600 m / 11,811 ft
- Passengers: 31,378,166 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Website: http://www.njiairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Lukou_International_Airport (36 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559107
- Weather station: ZSNJ · WMO 58238
- Ident: ZSNJ

## Timeline

- 1997: Nanjing Lukou International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 058° / 238° | yes |
| 07/25 | 3,600 m / 11,810 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 058° / 238° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 16,283,816 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 19,163,768 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 22,357,998 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 25,822,936 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 28,581,546 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 30,581,685 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 19,906,576 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 17,606,886 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 12,140,530 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 27,340,469 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 31,179,654 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 31,378,166 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rplc.md) Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base · Philippines · 1,848 km / 1,148 mi · Royal Air Philippines
- [ZIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubw.md) Zhukovsky International Airport · Russia · 6,588 km / 4,094 mi · Suparna Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- CF [China Postal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-postal-airlines)

### Passenger (2)

- [Royal Air Philippines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-philippines) · 1
- Y8 [Suparna Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/suparna-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 31.4M (2025) | #73 of 3,974 | #27 in Asia | #11 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | =383 of 29,858 | =111 in Asia | =31 in CN |
| Elevation | 15 m / 49 ft | =39,318 of 43,403 | =2,622 in Asia | #340 in CN |
| Age | Opened 1997 | =10,733 of 15,079 | =518 in Asia | =90 in CN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =13 in CN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | NANJING APP | 119.250 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.250 |
| GND | NANJING GND | 121.700 |
| TWR | NANJING TWR | 118.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [WHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zswa.md) Wuhu Xuanzhou Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [CZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zscg.md) Changzhou Benniu International Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [CN-0147](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0147.md) Feidong Air Base · 116 km / 72 mi
- [YTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsya.md) Yangzhou Taizhou Airport · 122 km / 76 mi
- [CN-0321](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0321.md) Anji Tianzihu General Airport · 125 km / 78 mi

## In collections

- [Busiest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/busiest) #69

## 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: “Nanjing Lukou International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nanjing_Lukou_International_Airport&oldid=1374328692), revision of 11 Sep 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/zsnj/data