Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport Gveilinz Unggyangh Gozci Gihcangz 桂林两江国际机场 Guìlín Liǎngjiāng Guójì Jīchǎng
IATA: KWL – ICAO: ZGKL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Guilin, Guangxi, China
Elevation AMSL		174 m / 571 ft
Coordinates		25°13′05″N 110°02′21″E
Map
KWL Location of airport in China
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
01/19	3,200	10,499	Concrete
Statistics (2011)
Passengers			5,489,481
Source: List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (IATA: KWL, ICAO: ZGKL) (simplified Chinese: 桂林两江国际机场; traditional Chinese: 桂林兩江國際機場), is the airport serving the city of Guilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is located in Liangjiang, about 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the city center.

In 2010, Guilin Liangjiang International Airport was the 29th busiest airport in China with 5,259,260 passengers.

Airlines and destinations

The following destinations are directly served from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport :

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Shanghai-Pudong
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur
Asiana Airlines	Seoul-Incheon
Bangkok Airways	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Beijing Capital Airlines	Haikou, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Jinan, Taiyuan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines	Changzhou, Hefei, Nanjing, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Xi'an
China Express Airlines	Baise, Beihai, Chongqing, Guiyang
China Southern Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an
China Southern Airlines	Taipei-Taoyuan
Dragonair	Hong Kong
EVA Air	Kaohsiung
Grand China Air	Beijing-Capital
Hainan Airlines	Chongqing, Xi'an
Hong Kong Airlines	Hong Kong
Juneyao Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Lucky Air	Kunming, Xiamen
Okay Airways	Tianjin
Shandong Airlines	Chengdu, Hangzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Xiamen, Yantai, Zhengzhou
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong
Shenzhen Airlines	Nanjing, Shenzhen
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Sanya, Yinchuan
Spring Airlines	Hangzhou, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang
Tianjin Airlines	Tianjin, Zhengzhou
West Air (China)	Chongqing
Xiamen Airlines	Chongqing, Fuzhou, Xiamen

World War II

During World War II, the airport was known as Kweilin Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). Kweilin was the headquarters of the 23d Fighter Group, the "Flying Tigers" during late 1943 and through most of 1944 and also its command and control unit, the 68th Composite Wing. The unit flew P-40 Warhawk and later P-51 Mustang fighter bombers from the airport, attacking Japanese targets and supporting Chinese army units. In support of the combat units, Kweilin was also the home of the 8th Reconnaissance Group, which operated unarmed P-38 Lightning aircraft equipped with an array of mapping cameras to gather intelligence over Japanese-held areas. The Flying Tigers departed the base in late 1944, being replaced by elements of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW), which flew B-25 Mitchell and P-51 Mustang fighters from the airport on combat missions until the end of the war in September 1945. The Americans closed their facilities after the war ended in September, 1945.

See also

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China
• List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

• Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
• Guilin Tourism Organization