Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (
IATA :
KWE ,
ICAO :
ZUGY ) is an
international airport serving
Guiyang , the capital of
Southwest China ’s
Guizhou province.
Guiyang Longdongbao 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 km (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 m (370,000 sq ft), available for over 2000 passengers departing and arriving per hour.
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.
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 such system is to improve on-time performance and safety of the airport's operations.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines Destinations 9 Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi , Fuzhou , Haikou , Harbin , Hefei , Kuala Lumpur-International , Nanjing , Nantong , Ningbo , Quanzhou , Shenyang , Wenzhou , Wuxi , Xiamen , Xingyi , Yancheng , Zhengzhou , Zhuhai
Air Chang'an Ningbo , Quanzhou , Wenzhou , Xi'an , Yancheng , Yinchuan
Air China Beijing–Capital , Beijing–Daxing , Chengdu–Shuangliu , Chengdu–Tianfu , Hangzhou , Hohhot , Shanghai–Pudong , Shenzhen , Tianjin , Wenzhou , Wuhan , Xiamen , Yuncheng
Air China Inner Mongolia Beijing–Capital
Air Macau Macau
Batik Air Malaysia Kuala Lumpur–International
Beijing Capital Airlines Haikou , Hangzhou , Hefei , Qingdao , Sanya , Shiyan , Xi'an , Yichang
Chengdu Airlines Changchun , Fuzhou , Hengyang , Hohhot , Jinan , Jining , Lijiang , Lüliang , Nanchang , Nanjing , Ningbo , Qingdao , Quanzhou , Shenyang , Shijiazhuang , Wenzhou , Xichang , Yantai , Zhengzhou
China Eastern Airlines Dalian , Enshi , Hefei , Jinggangshan , Nanjing , Ningbo , Shanghai–Hongqiao , Shanghai–Pudong , Taiyuan , Wuhan , Xi'an
China Express Airlines Baotou , Changde , Jingzhou , Lancang , Liupanshui , Mangshi , Ordos , Pu'er , Qingyang , Quzhou , Shiyan , Tianjin , Tongren , Wuhan , Wuhu , Wushan , Xingyi , Yan'an , Yantai , Zhoushan
China Southern Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi , Beijing–Daxing , Changchun , Changsha , Dalian , Fuzhou , Guangzhou , Haikou , Hangzhou , Harbin , Hong Kong , Jieyang , Lanzhou , Nanjing , Nanning , Ningbo , Osaka–Kansai , Qingdao , Quanzhou , Shanghai–Hongqiao , Shanghai–Pudong , Shenyang , Shenzhen , Taipei–Taoyuan , Taizhou , Urumqi , Wenzhou , Wuhan , Xiamen , Xining , Xuzhou , Yinchuan , Yiwu , Zhangjiajie , Zhengzhou , Zhuhai
Chongqing Airlines Hangzhou , Wuhan
Colorful Guizhou Airlines Beijing–Daxing , Changzhou , Dazhou , Fuzhou , Hangzhou , Hanzhong , Hefei , Huai'an , Jieyang , Jinan , Lianyungang , Lijiang , Luoyang , Luzhou , Mangshi , Nanjing , Nantong , Quanzhou , Sanya , Shanghai–Pudong , Shijiazhuang , Taizhou , Tianjin , Wanzhou , Wuhan , Xingyi , Yichun (Jiangxi) , Yiwu , Zhengzhou , Zhuhai , Zunyi–Maotai
Dalian Airlines Dalian , Yichang
Fuzhou Airlines Fuzhou , Xi'an
GX Airlines Fuyang
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital , Dalian , Haikou , Hohhot , Lanzhou , Ningbo , Paris–Charles de Gaulle , Sanya , Shenzhen , Xi'an , Yinchuan
Hebei Airlines Beijing–Daxing , Hangzhou , Longnan , Shijiazhuang
Jiangxi Air Nanchang
Joy Air Tianjin , Yulin (Shaanxi)
Juneyao Air Hangzhou , Huizhou , Nanjing , Shanghai–Hongqiao , Shanghai–Pudong , Taiyuan , Wenzhou
Kunming Airlines Nanjing , Taiyuan
Loong Air Ganzhou , Hangzhou , Ningbo , Wenzhou
Lucky Air Lijiang , Ningbo , Quanzhou , Xuzhou , Zhengzhou
Pacific Airlines Charter: Nha Trang
Qingdao Airlines Changchun , Qingdao , Shenyang , Wenzhou , Yangzhou
Ruili Airlines Wuxi
Shandong Airlines Changchun , Changzhou , Dalian , Harbin , Hengyang , Jinan , Nanjing , Qingdao , Shenyang , Taiyuan , Wenzhou , Wuhan , Xiamen , Xi'an , Yantai , Zhengzhou
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai–Hongqiao , Shanghai–Pudong , Wenzhou , Zhengzhou
Shenzhen Airlines Harbin , Hefei , Nanchang (begins 1 July 2024), Nanjing
Sichuan Airlines Hangzhou , Harbin , Jinan , Lanzhou , Sanya , Xi'an , Xishuangbanna , Xuzhou
Sky Angkor Airlines Seasonal charter: Siem Reap
Spring Airlines Ningbo , Osaka–Kansai , Shanghai–Hongqiao , Shanghai–Pudong , Shijiazhuang , Yangzhou
Suparna Airlines Jinan , Shanghai–Pudong , Xiangyang
Tianjin Airlines Anqing , Haikou , Hangzhou , Jieyang , Jinan , Nanjing , Qingdao , Quanzhou , Sanya , Tianjin , Urumqi , Xi'an , Yulin (Shaanxi) , Zhanjiang , Zhengzhou , Zhuhai
Tibet Airlines Lhasa
VietJet Air Charter: Nha Trang
West Air Hefei , Jinan , Nanjing , Xishuangbanna , Zhengzhou
XiamenAir Fuzhou , Hangzhou , Quanzhou , Xiamen
Other facilities
China Express Airlines was previously headquartered on the grounds of Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport.
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