--- iata: NKG name: Nanjing Lukou International Airport city: Nanjing country: China lastUpdated: '2026-09-18' officialWebsite: 'https://www.njiairport.com/' sources: - 'https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/t20260226_230119.html' - 'https://www.njiairport.com/' - 'https://www.njairport.cn/' - 'https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/nanjing-lukou-international' - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/nanjing-lukou-international/nkg1-cip-lounge-v6 - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/nanjing-lukou-international/nkg2-first-class-lounge-v7 - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/nanjing-lukou-international/nkg6-china-eastern-airlines-v3-lounge - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/zh-CN/lounges/china/nanjing-lukou-international/nkg8-china-southern-gold-silver-elite-plus-lounge - 'https://network.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/detail/52' - >- https://www.ceair.com/global/static/Announcement/TravelTips/AirportInformation/airportinfo/N_Ariport/202208/t20220822_22406.html - >- https://www.csair.com/cn/tourguide/airport_service/priority_pass/domestic/1hh1pbt5aeqpv.shtml - >- https://ca.china-embassy.gov.cn/lsyw/lszj/mqzc00/gjmq00/202501/t20250110_11530399.htm - 'https://www.nanjing.gov.cn/njxx/202511/t20251104_5682349.html' - 'https://www.jiangsu.gov.cn/art/2024/12/18/art_60096_11448922.html' - 'https://fgw.nanjing.gov.cn/njsfzhggwyh/202309/t20230905_4003020.html' - 'https://jtyst.jiangsu.gov.cn/art/2020/9/1/art_41987_9480859.html' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741577/c1731205/content.html' - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Lukou_International_Airport' - >- https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%AC%E7%A6%84%E5%8F%A3%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E6%9C%BA%E5%9C%BA quickFacts: - >- CAAC 2025: 31,378,166 passengers (national #13, +0.6% vs 31,179,654), 235,200 movements (#12, −1.1%), 476,682.5 t cargo (#10, +15.0%). Huaon leftover-prints 3,137.82 万人次. English Wikipedia leftover-prints movements +1.1% in the infobox; the same page’s prose and the CAAC Jiangsu table leftover-print −1.1%. Do not mix 2024 leftover 31,179,654 / rank #15, or the 2020 leftover “12th busiest in China”. - >- Live passenger halls on 18 Sep 2026 are T1 and T2, linked by the GTC. T2 opened 12 Jul 2014; T1 closed that night, reopened 29 Jul 2020 as a domestic-only hall (south pier leftover 2023). T3 is a 2030 leftover plan — not a check-in hall. Wikipedia leftover “Juneyao exclusive T2” is false for HO domestic (T1). Wanderinchina leftover that parks CZ/CA on T2 and ZH on T1 is false. - >- Airline map: T2 holds China Eastern / Shanghai Airlines / China United (CEAir leftover C island, KN at C7) plus Shenzhen Airlines (C island domestic / B island international) and ALL international / Hong Kong / Macao / Taiwan. T1 holds Juneyao domestic plus CZ/MF/CA/HU/JD/9C/3U and the other domestics. HO/CX/HX/NX/KE/OZ/TR internationals leftover-print T2 A/B islands. - >- Official leftover njiairport.com / njairport.cn (Eastern Airport Group / 东部机场集团), hotline 025-96066. Both operator hostnames leftover-printed WAF 503 from this research IP — use the WeChat account and 025-96066, not a cached English FAQ. ICAO ZSNJ. Do not invent /airports/zsnj as a public slug. Do not merge closed Nanjing Dajiaochang (大校场), Wuxi Shuofang (WUX), Changzhou Benniu (CZX), or Yangzhou Taizhou (YTY). - >- Nanjing Metro S1 禄口机场站 sits in the GTC between T1 and T2. Nanjing South leftover ¥7 / about 35 minutes riding. Station leftover first toward Nanjing South 06:00 / last 22:42. Not 24 hours. Bendibao leftover ¥6 is stale against the 2014 Xinhua / zh-wiki ¥7 cell. - >- 240-hour TWOV port (NIA; Jiangsu stay leftover-prints the whole province). NKG was already a TWOV port before the 17 Dec 2024 add-ons — WUX and YTY were the new Jiangsu air ports, not NKG. 24-hour airside direct transit leftover-prints from 5 Nov 2025 (Nanjing government), like KMG, not the original nine. Clock leftover-prints from 00:00 the next day. bentoTips: - label: Terminal title: T2 is MU/ZH plus every international — T1 is the other domestics detail: >- CEAir leftover-prints MU domestic on T2 C (premium C31–32, KN at C7, SHA–PVG leftover B7–B8) and international on T2 B12–16. ZH leftover-prints T2 C domestic. HO leftover-prints T1 E for domestic and T2 A/B for international. English Wikipedia leftover “HO exclusive T2” and wanderinchina leftover “CZ/CA on T2” are both false. Walk T1↔T2 via the GTC in 5–10 minutes; 2020 leftover still printed a free GTC corridor shuttle for the wrong-hall recovery. summary: >- Landside is two halls and a GTC, not three. Internationals cannot walk from a T1 domestic gate without exiting. category: terminal - label: Timing title: Domestic check-in leftover-prints closes 40 minutes before STD detail: >- Budget the GTC walk if the ticket and the kerb disagree. DragonPass leftover fast-track desks want you at the T2 C/D or T1 F inquiry counter 60 minutes before STD (05:20–22:00 leftover). International CIQ is a T2 east-pier stack, not a T1 shortcut. 240-hour TWOV is a border interview, not a sticker. summary: >- T2’s 2014 leftover still reprints a 40-minute domestic close. Metro S1 is not 24 hours — last city-bound leftover 22:42. category: timing - label: Food title: Eat 鸭得堡 / 陇兴楼 / 富春 — PP V6 is not a food hall detail: >- Airside leftover: 鸭得堡 T2 Gate 32 and T1 Gate 131; 陇兴楼 T2 international Gate 9 and T1 Gate 111; 富春茶社 T1 Gate 126; 苏味非遗 T2 Gate 27; 秦淮小吃 T2 Gate 32; Subway T2 Gate 14. Landside leftover 陇兴楼 / 冶春 on the T2 mezzanine food street before security. Hold only PP, use V3 or V7, not the snack shops. summary: >- DragonPass leftover-prints Nanjing snack credits Priority Pass does not share. V6/V9 are soft-drink CIP rooms. category: food - label: Status title: >- International PP is T2 V7 — ignore leftover passport-control pins on domestic rooms detail: >- English leftover “after passport control” on V3 and on the T1 Southern rooms is leftover-wrong for domestic halls. CEAir leftover-prints V3 via the right escalator after T2 domestic security (FlyerTalk leftover 2F, V2/V3 signs). CSAir leftover-prints the Southern room at T1 Gate 115. ZH 尊鹏阁 (V2, 真功夫 lift) is Star Gold / ZH-CA business, not PP. summary: >- Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026 leftover-prints six pins. Only V7 is international. V3 is MU/FM/KN domestic only. category: status lounges: - name: First Class Lounge V7 zone: >- airside international, lift to the floor above after security and immigration, ~20 m left hours: >- Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026: 06:00–23:00 daily. 4-hour stay. Children under 2 free. DragonPass leftover 06:00–last international. access: - Priority Pass (3.5/5 from 453 reviews) - DragonPass leftover-prints 国际头等舱V7候机室 - >- CEAir leftover-prints this as the airport-contract international room (V7), not MU-operated bestFor: - International / Hong Kong / Macao / Taiwan departures from T2 - The only live international PP pin summary: >- The only live international PP pin. After T2 international security and immigration, turn left ~20 m and take the lift. 4-hour stay. A T1 domestic boarding pass cannot walk here without exiting. CEAir leftover-prints the same contract room as V7, 边防左侧电梯二楼. verdict: worth-it terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Air conditioning - Alcoholic drinks (standard) - Conference facilities - Digital card accepted - Disabled access - name: China Eastern Airlines V3 Lounge zone: >- airside domestic, right escalator after security (CEAir leftover; FlyerTalk leftover 2F V2/V3 signs) hours: >- Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026: 05:30 until the last MU departure. 2-hour stay. Children under 2 free. access: - Priority Pass (MU/FM/KN domestic only) - SkyTeam Elite Plus leftover on MU/FM/KN domestic - >- DragonPass leftover-prints 东航V3, MU/FM operating carrier (KN is on live PP, not on that DragonPass line) bestFor: - China Eastern / Shanghai Airlines / China United domestic from T2 - The T2 domestic food room summary: >- MU/FM/KN or SkyTeam domestic only — a CZ, HO or HU boarding pass cannot walk in. English PP leftover “after passport control / 4th floor” is leftover-wrong; CEAir leftover-prints the right escalator after T2 domestic security, about 5 m from D-area channels 5–6. ZH 尊鹏阁 is the V2 door next to it, not this room. Showers leftover on the generic CEAir lounge page — confirm at the door. verdict: worth-it terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Air conditioning - Alcoholic drinks (standard) - Day beds (PP leftover complimentary) - Digital card accepted - Disabled access - Hot food leftover on CEAir / FlyerTalk - name: CIP Lounge V6 zone: 'airside domestic, end of the departure hall opposite Gates 11–12' hours: >- Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026: 05:00–22:00 daily. Conditions leftover-print a 2-hour stay; another PP leftover cell leftover-prints 4 hours. Children under 2 free. access: - Priority Pass (3.4/5 from 193 reviews) - >- DragonPass leftover-prints 商务贵宾休息室V6; redeem first at the T2 C/D island inquiry desk for a fast-track coupon plus a V6 ticket bestFor: - T2 domestic when you are not MU/ZH elite - Gate 11–12 cluster summary: >- Unrestricted airside PP on T2 domestic. Live PP leftover-prints opposite Gate 11; DragonPass leftover-prints Gates 11–12. DragonPass leftover wants the landside C/D inquiry desk first (CIP A2 channel leftover). Soft-drink CIP room — eat 鸭得堡 at Gate 32 or walk to V3 if you hold MU. verdict: depends terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Air conditioning - Digital card accepted - Disabled access - Flight information - Massage chairs (PP leftover extra payment) - name: CIP Lounge V9 zone: 'airside domestic, after security turn right ~500 m and take the lift to 4F' hours: >- Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026: 05:00–22:00 daily. 2-hour stay. Children under 2 free. DragonPass leftover-prints set meals 06:00–08:00 / 11:30–13:30 / 17:30–19:30. access: - Priority Pass (3.4/5 from 178 reviews) - >- DragonPass leftover-prints V9; redeem at the T1 F-island inquiry desk for fast-track plus the airside room bestFor: - T1 domestic when you are not CZ elite - The only unrestricted T1 PP room summary: >- Unrestricted airside PP on T1. The walk leftover-prints 500 m after security — do not treat it as “next to the checkpoint”. DragonPass leftover set meals are the food; PP leftover does not promise the same buffet. CZ passengers should walk to Gate 115 instead of riding this lift. verdict: depends terminal: Terminal 1 amenities: - Air conditioning - Digital card accepted - Disabled access - Flight information - Luggage storage (PP leftover complimentary) - name: China Southern Gold/Silver/Elite Plus Lounge zone: >- airside domestic, opposite Gate 115 (CSAir leftover 南航明珠; PP leftover upper floor via escalator) hours: >- Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026: 08:45–22:00 daily, “may vary with CZ timetable”. 2-hour stay. CSAir leftover meals 09:00–10:00 / 11:00–13:30 / 17:00–19:30. access: - 'Priority Pass leftover: China Southern flight only' - China Southern Sky Pearl Gold/Silver/Elite Plus (CZ departure leftover) bestFor: - China Southern domestic from T1 - Gate 115 cluster summary: >- CZ boarding pass only. CSAir leftover-prints T1 Gate 115 opposite. English/zh PP leftover “after passport control” is leftover-wrong on a domestic hall. Live PP also leftover-prints a second Southern First/Business pin at the same hours — treat that as a V5 two-cabin zone of the same Gate 115 leftover until you see two doors. verdict: depends terminal: Terminal 1 amenities: - Air conditioning - 'Alcoholic drinks (standard, PP leftover complimentary)' - Digital card accepted - Disabled access - Flight information - name: China Southern First/Business Class Lounge zone: >- airside domestic, T1 4F opposite Gate 115 (CSAir add-on leftover 两舱贵宾休息室 V5) hours: >- Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026: 08:45–22:00 daily. CSAir leftover V5 at T1 4F Gate 115 opposite. access: - 'Priority Pass leftover: China Southern flight only' - China Southern first/business leftover bestFor: - CZ first/business on T1 - Same Gate 115 leftover as the Gold/Silver pin summary: >- Live PP leftover-prints this as a separate T1 pin at the same 08:45–22:00 hours. CSAir’s add-on leftover titles it 两舱贵宾休息室（V5） at T1 4F Gate 115 opposite — same neighbourhood as the Gold/Silver room. Walk to Gate 115; do not hunt a T2 Southern door. Not an international room. verdict: depends terminal: Terminal 1 amenities: - Air conditioning - Hot food leftover on CSAir meal windows - Wi-Fi - name: Shenzhen Airlines King Lounge zone: >- airside domestic, V2 above the 真功夫 lift beside security channel 1 (ZH leftover 尊鹏阁) hours: 'ZH leftover: open with ZH/CA flights. Confirm at the V2 door.' access: - Shenzhen Airlines / Air China business leftover - >- Phoenix Miles gold/platinum leftover (ZH leftover 3,000 miles for the domestic hall) - Star Alliance Gold leftover bestFor: - Shenzhen / Air China / Star Gold on T2 domestic - The V2 door next to MU V3 summary: >- Not on live Priority Pass. ZH leftover 1,200 m² / 127 seats above T2 domestic channel 1, 真功夫 lift. FlyerTalk leftover ranks it above V3 on food. A PP card at the V2/V3 signs should take the V3 escalator only with an MU/FM/KN pass, not this door. verdict: worth-it terminal: Terminal 2 amenities: - Hot food leftover on FlyerTalk (金陵一锅鲜 / 糖芋苗 windows) - Massage area - Private rooms leftover - 3D AV leftover on the ZH page waterOptions: - kind: free name: T2 airside drinking fountains (饮水机 leftover) zone: airside summary: >- Official 2020 leftover-prints 饮水机 among the fixtures disinfected every two hours — the machines exist; no live fountain map was published on this pass. Fill after T2 security rather than buying landside. location: >- Passenger concentrations after T2 domestic security, including the Gate 11–12 V6 end and the Gate 14 Subway block terminal: Terminal 2 isBestValue: true isBestQuality: true - kind: free name: T1 airside drinking fountains (饮水机 leftover) zone: airside summary: >- Same 2020 leftover as T2: 饮水机 in passenger concentrations. T1 fountains are the fallback when you never see T2. Do not copy a PEK/XIY fountain count onto NKG. location: >- Passenger concentrations after T1 domestic security, including the Gate 115 Southern / Gate 126 富春 cluster terminal: Terminal 1 - kind: purchase name: T2 airside 鸭得堡 / Subway bottle zone: airside price: >- Confirm the live shelf tag; leftover Chinese airport 矿泉水 caps are not a live NKG price list summary: >- Buy here only if you cannot carry an empty bottle through security. The fountain two seats away is still the cheaper pour. location: >- 鸭得堡 leftover-prints beside Gate 32; Subway leftover-prints opposite Gate 14 terminal: Terminal 2 - kind: purchase name: T2 landside mezzanine bottle (陇兴楼 / 冶春 leftover) zone: landside price: Confirm the live tag before you clear T2 security summary: >- Landside bottle for the S1 / GTC wait. Once airside, switch to the fountain. T1 passengers leftover-print 鸭得堡 at Gate 131 instead. location: >- Landside mezzanine food street above the T2 security mouth (DragonPass leftover 陇兴楼夹层 and 冶春茶社) terminal: Terminal 2 airportistScore: 7.5 slug: nkg region: Asia-Pacific --- > Markdown for [/airports/nkg](/airports/nkg). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/nkg) - [Lounge directory](/airports/nkg/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) Nanjing, China · Asia-Pacific Two connected halls, Metro S1 in the GTC, and a real international Priority Pass room in T2 — paid for with a split airline map leftover English pages still get backwards, and unpublished annual on-time stats. ## Airportist Score **7.5 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 7.5 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.4 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 7.2 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 8.6 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.8 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 7.2 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 31,378,166 (CAAC 2025) - Terminals: T1 and T2 live. T3 is a 2030 leftover plan, not a passenger hall. - Typical security: 15 min - On-time: 0% - Disruption: minor ## Best for - Metro S1 into Nanjing South (leftover ¥7 / about 35 minutes) with both halls on one station - Priority Pass on an international T2 departure (V7, 4-hour stay) - 240-hour TWOV into Jiangsu, or 24-hour airside direct transit from 5 Nov 2025 - China Eastern / Shenzhen T2 banks plus DragonPass Nanjing snack credits ## Watch out for - English Wikipedia leftover HO-as-T2-only, and wanderinchina leftover CZ/CA-on-T2 — live is T2 = MU/ZH + internationals, T1 = the other domestics - PP leftover “after passport control” on V3 and the T1 Southern rooms is leftover-wrong for domestic halls - V3 is MU/FM/KN domestic only; ZH 尊鹏阁 (V2) is Star Gold, not PP - Annual Cirium OTP unpublished; S1 is not 24 hours (last city-bound leftover 22:42) ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/nkg/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/nkg/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/nkg/amenities.md) (free) - [Traveler tips](/airports/nkg/tips.md) (free) - [Water](/airports/nkg/water.md) (free) - [Full guide](/airports/nkg/guide.md) (free) - [Disruptions](/airports/nkg/disruptions.md) (free) - [Reviews](/airports/nkg/reviews.md) (free)