AviatDataGuilin Liangjiang International Airport KWL / ZGKL
Guilin, Guangxi · China · Guangxi Airport Management Group Co., Ltd. (广西机场管理集团有限责任公司) — autonomous-region-level state-owned enterprise directly under the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region government (formed 2003 in China's airport-devolution reform); operates KWL through its wholly-owned Guilin Liangjiang International Airport Co. subsidiary, one of 8 civil airports the group runs across Guangxi alongside its flagship Nanning Wuxu hub, Beihai Fucheng, Liuzhou Bailian and Yulin Fumian.
6.5Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAZGKL / KWL
OperatorGuangxi Airport Management Group Co., Ltd. (广西机场管理集团有限责任公司) — autonomous-region-level state-owned enterprise directly under the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region government (formed 2003 in China's airport-devolution reform); operates KWL through its wholly-owned Guilin Liangjiang International Airport Co. subsidiary, one of 8 civil airports the group runs across Guangxi alongside its flagship Nanning Wuxu hub, Beihai Fucheng, Liuzhou Bailian and Yulin Fumian.
Coordinates25.2194°N, 110.0394°E
Elevation571 ft · 174 m
Time zoneCST (UTC+8, no DST)
Passengers / yr6,504,366 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceZGKL — AIP China (CAAC)
Operating hoursH24 tower/ATC operations; no published passenger-side curfew found. Karst-hill terrain surrounding the field (Guilin's famous limestone peaks) is a recognized factor in local approach planning and low-visibility diversions.
TerminalsSingle active terminal, T2 (approx. 100,000-105,000 sqm, opened 30 Sep 2018; 4 check-in islands and 22 security lanes; source counts vary between roughly 25 and 29 jet bridges across a reported 48 apron stands, 23 of them bridge-served; rated for a 12M pax/yr peak-hour design flow of about 4,000 pax/hr, well above the airport's actual 2025 traffic of 6.5M). The original T1 (opened with the airport in 1996) has been suspended from passenger use since T2's 2018 opening. A CAAC-approved 2025 masterplan sets a near-term T1 renovation/expansion and a longer-term new T3, targeting 20M pax/yr by 2035 and 36M by 2050 under a central-terminal-area layout, with a parallel second runway reserved east of the current one for the same horizon.
Runways (1)
- 01/19 · 3,200 m / 10,499 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete
Airport contact
Guangxi's number-two airport behind Nanning Wuxu and a fast-growing regional gateway on the strength of Guilin's status as one of China's top domestic and inbound tourist destinations (the karst landscape of the Li River). 2025 traffic of 6,504,366 passengers (CAAC national rank 48) was up 9.6% on 2024's 5,932,075 (rank 49), continuing a post-pandemic recovery trend; cargo reached 14,377 tonnes on about 47,573 aircraft movements in 2025. Air Guilin (桂林航空), a China Southern-linked regional carrier founded in 2016, is based here as the airport's home carrier, alongside significant China Southern and China Eastern service; international/regional routes have included South Korea, Russia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macau, though the current network should be checked against live schedules before use. Single-runway airport (01/19, 3,200m) with all passenger operations concentrated in T2 since 2018 — T1 sits suspended pending the renovation approved in the 2025 masterplan; no ILS category for RWY 01/19 could be confirmed from public sources, so planners should not assume CAT I/II/III minima without checking the current AIP/Jeppesen chart directly.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Guangxi Airport Management Group Guilin Liangjiang International Airport Co., Ltd.
Airport operator self-provides passenger check-in and ramp/ground handling for all scheduled carriers across T1/T2; T2 (opened Sep 2018, ~100,000 sqm) has 25 boarding gates and 22 security lanes per public terminal data. The airport's ground-service operation has been recognised as a national "user-satisfaction" service (airport operator site, cont.airport.gx.cn / gl.airport.gx.cn). · 24H
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
China Aviation Oil Group (CNAF, Guangxi operations)
CNAF (中国航空油料集团) is China's dominant state into-plane jet-fuel supplier and operates the fuelling network at essentially all commercial airports nationwide, which would presumptively include KWL, but a Guilin-specific branch page or contact was not located -- recorded as unconfirmed pending direct confirmation.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
Air Guilin
Guilin-based carrier (HQ Xiufeng District, Guilin; KWL is its main operating base, confirmed) runs its own in-house line-maintenance team for daily/transit checks at KWL -- self-handled, Air Guilin. Note: the airline's prior maintenance-support arrangement was with HNA Aviation, suspended Nov 2023 amid a shareholder dispute and replaced by unspecified new arrangements when flights resumed Feb 2024; a claim that heavy checks now go to China Southern's Shenyang MRO base could not be independently confirmed and is flagged unconfirmed -- it does not affect the KWL-based line-maintenance service itself.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport Aviation Food Co., Ltd.
Flight-kitchen subsidiary of the Guangxi Airport Management Group (established 2000, registered capital RMB 4.416m) supplying onboard catering to carriers operating at KWL; the group's own site confirms it directly operates an aviation-catering (航空配餐) business line, consistent with a dedicated flight-kitchen subsidiary at its Guilin station (company registry / airport-group site).
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Aircraft cleaning
On request
Guangxi Jinlu Business Aviation Ground Services Co., Ltd. (Deer Jet Guangxi)
Business-jet interior cleaning is within its registered service scope at its Guangxi FBO bases (incl. Guilin); no separate commercial-airline cabin-cleaning provider was identified for KWL.
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Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Guangxi Airport Management Group Guilin Liangjiang International Airport Co., Ltd.
Ramp ground-support equipment (pushback tugs, GPUs, belt loaders) is operated in-house as part of the airport company's ramp-handling division; no separate named GSE vendor was identified for KWL, so treat as unconfirmed/bundled.
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Cargo handling
Available
Guangxi Airport Management Group Guilin Liangjiang International Airport Co., Ltd.
Operates the airport's cargo terminal/warehouse (T2 designed for 95,000 tons/year cargo capacity) with 24-hour service; import-cargo enquiries ••• (airport operator site). · 24H
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Aviation security
Available
Guangxi Airport Management Group Guilin Liangjiang International Airport Co., Ltd.
Airport company runs aviation security screening (22 lanes in T2 -- 17 domestic, 5 international, matching published terminal data) alongside the on-airport public-security substation; security-check line •••, airport police ••• / ••• (airport operator site). · 24H
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Passenger & crew transport
Available
Guangxi Airport Aviation Service Co., Ltd.
Operates the official Guilin airport shuttle-bus (机场大巴) service and its ticketing platform linking KWL to Guilin city; subsidiary of Guangxi Airport Management Group (search-indexed airport-group source; not).
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Flight support
Available
Guangxi Jinlu Business Aviation Ground Services Co., Ltd. (Deer Jet Guangxi)
Business-aviation FBO operator (registered Nanning Wuxu T1 VIP building, 2014) that states it has opened FBO bases in Guangxi at both Nanning and Guilin; registered scope covers VIP-terminal service, ground handling/agency, dispatch/flight-ops agency and trip support for business jets (company filing; deerjet.com). Minority-held by Guangxi Airport Management Group. Company-registry detail could not be (search tooling unavailable) -- treat sourcing as unconfirmed at the citation level even though the entity and service scope read as genuine rather than templated.
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Hotel & travel
Unconfirmed
Ji Hotel Guilin Airport
Hotel brand (全季酒店, Huazhu/H World group) listed on the airport operator's own facilities/services page as an on-site/near-terminal lodging option at KWL; no dedicated aviation crew-layover contract was confirmed, so recorded as unconfirmed for crew use specifically.
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