Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport

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Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (IATA: KWE, ICAO: ZUGY) is an international airport serving Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China’s Guizhou province, and the hub for Colorful Guizhou Airlines. The airport was opened on 28 May 1997 and adopted its current name on 19 January 2006. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) southeast from Guiyang's city center. It is about 4 km² (1.5 sq mi) and has a 3,200-metre (10,500 ft) long, 45-metre (148 ft) wide runway, which can accommodate Boeing 747, Airbus A330 widebodied aircraft. The terminal is about 34,000 m² (370,000 sq ft), available for over 2000 passengers departing and arriving per hour.

Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport 贵阳龙洞堡国际机场
Airport exterior in 2023
IATA: KWE ICAO: ZUGY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Guiyang
Location	Nanming District, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
Opened	28 May 1997; 28 years ago (1997-05-28)
Hub for	Colorful Guizhou Airlines
Focus city for	China Southern Airlines
Elevation AMSL	1,139 m / 3,737 ft
Coordinates	26°32′19″N 106°48′03″E
Website	www.gyairport.com
Maps
CAAC airport chart
KWE/ZUGY Location in Guizhou Show map of Guizhou KWE/ZUGY Location in China Show map of China
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01L/19R 3,500 11,483 Concrete 01R/19L 4,000 13,123 Concrete
Statistics (2023[1])
Passengers 19,470,638 Aircraft movements 144,024 Cargo 91,355.8
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport
Simplified Chinese	贵阳龙洞堡国际机场
Traditional Chinese	貴陽龍洞堡國際機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guìyáng Lóngdòngbǎo Guójì Jīchǎng

In 2017, Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport was the 22nd busiest airport in mainland China, with 18,109,610 passengers.

Guiyang Longdongbao Airport departure hall

Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport T3 departure hall

Expansion

In 2010, Guiyang Airport exceeded its design capacity of 5 million passengers per year. An airport expansion project, with a total investment of about 3.4 billion yuan, was authorized and started in September 2010. The aim was to take the total annual passenger capacity to 15.5 million and the cargo traffic to 220 thousand tons per year.

Hainan Airlines began a weekly flight to Paris, France, on March 24, 2019, opening up Guiyang and Guizhou Province to international long-haul air travel for the first time.^[2]

A-CDM

In June 2017, Guiyang airport launched cooperation with the aviation data service company VariFlight regarding the installation of Airport Collaborative Decision Making system (A-CDM). The main purpose of this system is to improve on-time performance and safety of the airport's operations.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
9 Air	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[4] Fuzhou,[5] Haikou,[6] Harbin,[6] Hefei, Nanjing, Nantong,[7] Ningbo,[6] Quanzhou,[6] Shenyang,[6] Wenzhou, Wuxi, Xiamen,[6] Xingyi,[8] Zhengzhou[6]
Air Chang'an	Ningbo,[9] Quanzhou,[10] Wenzhou,[11] Xi'an
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Dalian,[12] Hangzhou, Hohhot,[13] Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yuncheng
Air Guilin	Haikou,[14] Xuzhou[15]
Air Macau	Macau
Beijing Capital Airlines	Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei,[16] Lijiang,[17] Qingdao,[16] Sanya, Xi'an, Yancheng,[17] Yichang
Chengdu Airlines	Fuzhou,[18] Hohhot,[13] Jinan,[19] Lijiang, Lüliang,[20] Nanjing,[18] Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenyang, Wenzhou, Xichang,[21] Xinzhou,[22] Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines	Dalian, Enshi, Hangzhou,[23] Hefei,[24] Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wuhan,[25] Xi'an
China Express Airlines	Baotou,[26] Bazhong,[27] Changde,[28] Hanzhong,[29] Hohhot,[13] Huizhou,[30] Jingzhou,[31] Jining,[32] Lancang, Linfen,[29] Mangshi,[28] Ordos,[33] Pu'er, Quzhou,[34] Tianjin,[35] Tongren,[28] Wuhan,[28] Wuhu,[36] Wushan, Xiangyang,[37] Xingyi, Yan'an,[38] Yantai,[28] Yinchuan,[39] Zhangjiajie[40]
China Southern Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[41] Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Heze,[42] Jieyang, Lanzhou, Linyi,[43] Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Sanya,[44] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taizhou,[45] Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xining, Yinchuan, Yiwu,[46] Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Chongqing Airlines	Hangzhou,[47] Wuhan[47]
Colorful Guizhou Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,[48] Changzhou, Chengdu–Tianfu,[49] Dazhou, Fuzhou, Hangzhou,[50] Hefei,[50] Huai'an,[50] Jinan,[50] Lianyungang,[50] Lijiang,[51] Luzhou, Mangshi,[52] Nanjing, Quanzhou,[53] Sanya,[50] Shanghai–Pudong,[50] Shenyang,[54] Taizhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xingyi, Yichun (Jiangxi),[50] Yiwu,[55] Zhengzhou, Zhuhai,[56] Zunyi–Maotai[57]
Dalian Airlines	Dalian
Donghai Airlines	Nantong[7]
Fuzhou Airlines	Fuzhou, Harbin,[58] Xi'an[59]
GX Airlines	Jining[60]
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Haikou, Hefei,[61] Hohhot,[62] Lanzhou, Milan–Malpensa,[63] Ningbo,[64] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[65] Sanya, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang,[66] Xi'an
Hebei Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,[67] Hangzhou,[68] Longnan,[67] Shijiazhuang
HK Express	Hong Kong[69]
Jiangxi Air	Nanchang
Juneyao Air	Chifeng,[70] Hangzhou,[71] Huizhou, Lanzhou,[72] Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou, Xi'an[72]
Kunming Airlines	Nanjing,[73] Taiyuan[73]
LJ Air	Harbin,[39] Yinchuan[39]
Loong Air	Ganzhou,[74] Hangzhou,[75] Ningbo, Wenzhou[11]
Lucky Air	Dali,[76] Lijiang,[77] Ningbo,[77] Xuzhou, Yancheng,[76] Zhengzhou
Pacific Airlines	Charter: Nha Trang[78]
Qingdao Airlines	Qingdao, Shenyang,[79] Wenzhou,[80] Yangzhou[79]
Ruili Airlines	Changzhou,[81] Wuxi[82]
Shandong Airlines	Changchun, Changzhou,[83] Dalian, Harbin, Hefei,[84] Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shenyang,[73] Shiyan,[85] Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yantai, Zhengzhou
Shanghai Airlines	Changchun,[86] Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou,[87] Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines	Harbin,[88] Hefei,[89] Nanjing, Nantong,[90] Wuxi[91]
Sichuan Airlines	Hangzhou, Harbin, Lanzhou, Sanya, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, Xuzhou
Sky Angkor Airlines	Seasonal charter: Siem Reap
Spring Airlines	Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang,[92] Yangzhou
Suparna Airlines	Jinan,[19] Shanghai–Pudong[93]
Tianjin Airlines	Chenzhou,[94] Chizhou,[95] Haikou, Hangzhou,[96] Hengyang,[97] Nanjing, Osaka–Kansai,[98] Qingdao,[99] Qingyang,[100] Sanya, Singapore,[101] Tianjin, Urumqi, Xi'an, Xining,[102] Xuzhou,[103] Yangzhou,[103] Yichang,[103] Yulin (Shaanxi),[104] Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou[105]
Tibet Airlines	Lhasa[106]
TransNusa	Charter: Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta[107]
VietJet Air	Charter: Nha Trang
West Air	Hefei,[108] Jinan,[19] Nanjing, Quanzhou,[109] Xishuangbanna,[108] Zhengzhou[108]
XiamenAir	Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen

Other facilities

China Express Airlines was previously headquartered on the grounds of Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport.^[110]

Traffic and statistics

Year	Rank of total passengers	Total passengers	Rank of total cargo	Total cargo (tonnes)	Rank of total aircraft movements	Total aircraft movements
2000	25	1,389,477	30	14,312.3	24	21,286
2001	24	1,529,857	29	17,110.6	26	21,986
2002	24	1,748,848	28	23,308.3	24	25,040
2003	23	1,976,768	26	24,106.0	24	25,972
2004	23	2,719,799	24	30,018.9	23	32,482
2005	23	3,125,390	25	33,311.0	25	35,318
2006	24	3,717,999	24	39,713.1	24	43,205
2007	25	4,248,005	25	39,730.0	23	47,685
2008	26	4,324,085	25	41,967.9	27	46,259
2009	25	5,687,652	25	51,619.0	26	57,354
2010	26	6,271,701	26	61,653.0	27	61,231
2011	25	7,339,228	25	69,130.3	27	67,759
2012	23	8,764,034	25	79,586.5	27	77,173
2013	22	10,472,589	26	77,425.2	23	93,646
2014	22	12,525,537	26	82,063.4	22	113,424
2015	23	13,244,982	26	87,207.0	23	116,914
2016	23	15,105,225	28	95,898.6	22	129,001

Ground transportation

Guiyang Metro

A metro station, Longdongbao International Airport station on Line 2 (Guiyang Metro) serves the airport.

China Railway

Longdongbao Railway Station

The airport is served by Longdongbao railway station, situated underneath the airport.

See also

• List of airports in China
• List of the busiest airports in China