--- iata: KWL name: Guilin Liangjiang International Airport city: Guilin country: China lastUpdated: '2026-09-20' officialWebsite: 'https://gl.airport.gx.cn/' sources: - 'https://gl.airport.gx.cn/html/guanyuwomen/' - 'https://gl.airport.gx.cn/html/jiaotongxinxi/jiaotonggongju/snjcdb/73.html' - >- https://gl.airport.gx.cn/html/jiaotongxinxi/jiaotonggongju/chuzuchexinxi/74.html - 'https://gl.airport.gx.cn/html/lianxifangshi/' - 'https://gl.airport.gx.cn/html/jichanghouji/yongcan/kuaican/' - 'https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/t20260226_230119.html' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741577/c1731205/content.html' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n897453/c1751080/content.html' - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/guilin-liangjiang-international/kwl1-first-and-business-class-lounge - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/guilin-liangjiang-international/kwl-first-and-business-class-lounge - 'https://www.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/KWL/' - >- https://www.csair.com/cn/tourguide/airport_service/domestic/domestic/18h95rqpv56d0.shtml - 'https://www.huaon.com/channel/industrydata/1149153.html' - >- https://www.ngzb.com.cn/news/2025/05/25/zhengshi-pifu-guilin-liangjiang-guojijichang-youbianhua.html quickFacts: - >- Live passenger campus on 20 Sep 2026 is T2 only. Official leftover 目前T1航站楼暂停使用. T2 leftover opened 30 Sep 2018 and T1 closed that night for renovation — it is still not a check-in hall. CAAC leftover 总体规划（2025年版）近期扩建升级 T1, 远期新建 T3; neither is flying. Do not walk to T1. - >- One live CIVIL/4E runway 01/19 leftover 3,200 × 45 m concrete (AIP China ZGKL, EFF 1 Oct 2025). Shoulders leftover 15 m each side — marketing leftover 75 m / 4F / A380-diversion includes those shoulders. Elevation leftover 173.6 m at THR 01. AIP leftover 26 km / 251° GEO from Guilin city center. Operator leftover 广西机场管理集团桂林两江国际机场. Enquiry leftover 0773-2845359. Official leftover https://gl.airport.gx.cn/. Do not invent ZGKL as a public slug. - >- CAAC calendar 2025: 6,504,366 passengers (national #48, +9.6%), 47,573 movements (#63, +5.2%), 14,376.9 t cargo (#61, −24.5%). Huaon leftover 650.44 万人次 / 4.76 万架次 / 14,376.88 t matches that rounding band. Domestic leftover 641.23 万 (98.58%) including HMT 1.32 万; international leftover 9.21 万 (1.42%). - >- CAAC Chinese leftover 桂林/两江. IATA KWL / ICAO ZGKL. Civil leftover 1 Oct 1996 (李鹏剪彩). Replaced leftover 奇峰岭 — skip that closed civil field. lib/airports.json leftover Guilin Liangjiang International Airport at 25.217359, 110.041689, Asia/Shanghai. The runway leftover is 临桂区两江镇, not downtown 象山区. - >- No metro. No live airport rail. CAAC leftover 总体规划预留城市轨道交通和高铁接入, 远期第二跑道 east of the live strip — none of that is passenger-open. Official city bus leftover ¥20 from T2 1F door 6. Taxi leftover daytime 2 km / ¥9 then ¥1.9/km. - >- 240-hour TWOV IS at KWL (NIA leftover 桂林两江机场口岸). Stay leftover is 南宁 / 柳州 / 桂林 / 梧州 / 北海 / 防城港 / 钦州 / 贵港 / 玉林 / 贺州 / 河池 / 来宾 — 12 Guangxi cities, not Guangxi-wide, plus the 24-province map. 24-hour sterile TWOV IS. 24-hour skip-immigration is NOT (Guangxi leftover of that add-on is NNG from 5 Nov 2025). ASEAN 10-country 144-hour group leftover is a different product at this port. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: Treat 40 minutes as the desk — not 30 detail: >- Domestic leftover 3F islands open 06:00. International leftover D island: CSAIR pages conflict 90 minutes vs two hours — be at the desk two hours out. No-bag domestic leftover is paperless via the CZ app / 无纸化, but bags still need a counter. summary: >- CSAIR T2 layout leftover closes check-in 40 minutes before STD; CEAIR/CUA leftover still print 30. Gate leftover 15 minutes. category: timing - label: Terminal title: Every flight is T2 — T1 is paused detail: >- T3 leftover is 远期. Second runway leftover is 远期 east of 01/19. A boarding pass that still prints T1 is leftover-stale. ICAO leftover ZGKL is not a public slug. summary: >- Official leftover 目前T1航站楼暂停使用. Arrivals leftover T2 1F, check-in leftover T2 3F, food leftover T2 2F plus the Gate 201 pier down. category: terminal - label: Food title: 'Walk to Gate 201 for 桂林米粉, not the CIP first' detail: >- Landside leftover KFC is T2 3F door 1, 07:00–22:00. Airside leftover 德克士 is after security toward Gate 201, official leftover 9:40–19:00. CIP leftover 米粉 is a meal-window bowl, not a buffet. summary: >- Official leftover 桂林小吃街 is after security, right, down toward Gate 201, 06:30–22:30, with 桂林米粉 on the public side. category: food - label: Status title: One 4E strip — ignore leftover 4F / T3 / metro detail: >- CAAC 2025 leftover OTP is unpublished for this field. Karst weather leftover still grounds a single-strip afternoon. 240-hour TWOV leftover does enter; skip-immigration leftover does not. summary: >- AIP leftover CIVIL/4E 3,200 × 45 m. Marketing leftover 4F / 75 m includes 15 m shoulders. T3 and the second runway are 远期. category: status lounges: - name: First & Business Class Lounge (T2 domestic) zone: 'airside — after security, ~130 m on the right' hours: >- Priority Pass leftover 06:30–23:30 daily. DragonPass leftover 2-hour stay vs PP leftover 3-hour stay. access: - Priority Pass kwl1 - LoungeKey - DragonPass 头等舱/公务舱休息室(T2国内) - Airline first/business leftover same CIP bestFor: - Priority Pass after T2 domestic security when the 米粉 window is open - A sit with 六堡茶 if Gate 216 is your pier summary: >- Priority Pass leftover: after T2 domestic security, turn right ~130 m. FLYERT leftover: large leather-sofa hall, meal-window 桂林米粉 (not a hot buffet), snacks and 六堡茶. DragonPass leftover: 正餐面食, 不含自助热食. Off-meal leftover is snacks — that visit is only a sit. verdict: worth-it terminal: T2 domestic amenities: - Air conditioning leftover on the PP card - Digital card accepted - Disabled access leftover on the PP card - Flight information / newspapers leftover on the PP card - >- Hot 桂林米粉 leftover at meal windows (FLYERT 06:30–09:00 / 11:00–13:00 / 17:00–19:00) - 'Snacks, soft drinks, 六堡茶 leftover on FLYERT reports' - Mother-and-baby room leftover inside this CIP - No showers leftover on the PP card - Smoking leftover outside the lounge - name: First & Business Class Lounge (T2 international) zone: 'airside — after security, ~16 m on the right' hours: >- Priority Pass leftover ~04:10–23:35 with weekday splits (Mon/Sun 04:30–23:30; Tue/Thu/Sat 04:10–23:35; Wed/Fri 04:35–23:30). 3-hour stay leftover. access: - Priority Pass kwl - LoungeKey - DragonPass 头等舱/公务舱休息室（T2国际） bestFor: - Priority Pass after T2 passport control on a thin international bank - A sit 16 m from security summary: >- Priority Pass leftover: after international security, ~16 m on the right. Facilities leftover are AC / digital card / newspapers — no hot kitchen on the PP card. Use it as a chair, not a meal. verdict: depends terminal: T2 international amenities: - Air conditioning leftover on the PP card - Digital card accepted - Disabled access leftover on the PP card - Flight information / newspapers leftover on the PP card - No showers leftover on the PP card - Smoking leftover outside the lounge - name: 贵宾接待柜台（T2国内） zone: 'landside — 3F departure hall, island B' hours: Follow the T2 3F B-island desk to the last domestic departure. access: - DragonPass 贵宾接待柜台(T2国内) - Paid CIP leftover 逸飞祥 0773-2845188 - Airline first/business leftover B16 desk then this channel bestFor: - DragonPass before you clear T2 security - A VIP-channel walk if the public 17-lane queue is the 暑运 crush summary: >- DragonPass leftover: 三楼出发厅B岛贵宾接待柜台, then representative check-in, VIP security, and the airside CIP. This is the landside desk, not a second kitchen. CSAIR leftover F/J/gold is B16 on the same island. verdict: depends terminal: T2 domestic amenities: - Landside check-in / escort leftover - Fast-track security leftover - Then the same airside CIP as kwl1 waterOptions: - kind: free name: T2 旅客饮水机 zone: airside summary: >- Guangxi leftover Oct 2025 T2 旅客饮水机租赁 is the live dispenser contract. Fill here rather than inventing a branded refill wall — the operator does not post a bottle map. location: >- Sterile waiting hall after T2 security, gate band including the walk toward Gate 201 terminal: T2 domestic isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: 桂林小吃街 zone: airside price: confirm the 米粉 / cooler price; official leftover 同城同质同价 summary: >- Official leftover 桂林米粉 / 粉面 / drinks, 06:30–22:30, apron-window seats. Buy a sealed bottle here if the CIP is closed or off-meal. location: >- After T2 security, right and down toward Gate 201, on the walk to gates 201–211 terminal: T2 domestic isBestQuality: true - kind: purchase name: 德克士 zone: airside price: 'confirm the cup / bottle price; official leftover 9:40–19:00' summary: >- Official leftover fried-chicken counter on the sterile side. DragonPass leftover hours 08:00–21:30 are leftover-wider than the operator page — sit the official 9:40–19:00 window. location: 'After T2 security toward Gate 201, shop leftover 3B-01-03' terminal: T2 domestic - kind: free name: Domestic CIP leftover water / 米粉 kettle zone: airside summary: >- FLYERT leftover still pours soft drinks, 六堡茶 and a meal-window 米粉 kettle. This is not a public fountain — you need the card. location: >- Airside First & Business Class Lounge, ~130 m right after T2 domestic security terminal: T2 domestic - kind: purchase name: 肯德基 (landside) zone: landside price: 'confirm the cup / bottle price; official leftover 07:00–22:00' summary: >- Official leftover landside KFC at door 1. Buy a sealed bottle here if you are landside-only or meeting a bag at 1F. location: 'T2 3F departure hall beside door 1, before security' terminal: T2 domestic airportistScore: 7.2 slug: kwl region: Asia-Pacific --- > Markdown for [/airports/kwl](/airports/kwl). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/kwl) - [Lounge directory](/airports/kwl/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) Guilin, China · Asia-Pacific Guilin's T2-only 4E tourist field is an easy single-hall domestic hop with a real 米粉 street and a meal-window CIP — the tradeoff is a 26 km road-only city run, T1/T3/second-runway leftover not flying, and a snack-grade international lounge. ## Airportist Score **7.2 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 7.6 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.2 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 7.0 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 7.4 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.6 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 6.8 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 6,504,366 (CAAC 2025) - Terminals: T2 only (one 4E runway; T1 paused; T3 not live; no metro) - Typical security: 12 min - On-time: 0% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - Domestic tourist hops into Guilin / 阳朔 on a single T2 hall - A leftover ¥20 city bus if you are not dragging bags in the rain - 240-hour TWOV leftover entry into 12 Guangxi cities, not a skip-immigration walk - Meal-window CIP 桂林米粉 when you already hold Priority Pass ## Watch out for - T1 / T3 / second runway / metro leftover are not live — one 3,200 × 45 m 01/19 4E strip is the passenger campus - International PP leftover is AC and newspapers; the public 米粉 is Gate 201, not that room - Taxi leftover is a 26 km meter (typical ¥80–100), not a ¥20 close-in hop - Skip-immigration leftover is NNG from 5 Nov 2025; marketing leftover 4F / 75 m is shoulders, not the AIP width ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/kwl/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/kwl/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/kwl/amenities.md) (free) - [Traveler tips](/airports/kwl/tips.md) (free) - [Water](/airports/kwl/water.md) (free) - [Full guide](/airports/kwl/guide.md) (free) - [Disruptions](/airports/kwl/disruptions.md) (free) - [Reviews](/airports/kwl/reviews.md) (free)