KWL — Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

Large airport in Guilin, China.
IATA code
KWL
ICAO code
ZGKL
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
1,736,191
2022 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes
1
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Elevation
174 m
571 ft
Runways
1
Longest 3,200 m

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About KWL

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is a large airport serving Guilin, China. It opened in 1996. 1,736,191 passengers used it in 2022. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from KWL.

Wikidata (CC0). Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from KWL

Route Distance Passengers
KWL → ICN2,064 km 16,185 (6 mo)

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, Incheon Airport (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026, 6 months) for routes from Incheon. Routes outside these are not counted.

Nearest airports

Code Airport Distance
LZHLiuzhou Bailian Airport / Bailian Air Base130 km
HZHLiping Airport152 km
WGNShaoyang Wugang Airport186 km
LLFYongzhou Lingling Airport201 km
LLBLibo Airport210 km

Distance from KWL to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
KWL → LHR9,156 km —
KWL → DXB5,467 km —
KWL → CDG9,109 km —
KWL → FRA8,670 km —
KWL → IST7,511 km —
KWL → AMS8,797 km —
KWL → JFK12,702 km —
KWL → ATL13,314 km —
KWL → LAX11,703 km —
KWL → SIN2,720 km —
KWL → HND3,065 km —
KWL → DOH5,836 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
01/193,200 m 45 mConcrete

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Guilin, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China · 25.2198, 110.0396

Map (OpenStreetMap) Wikipedia

Questions

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport has the IATA code KWL and the ICAO code ZGKL. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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