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Nanjing Lukou International Airport

Nanjing, CN

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Nanjing Lukou International Airport

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Priority Pass room in T2 — paid for with a split airline map leftover English pages still get backwards, and unpublished annual on-time stats.

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7.5/ 10

Very good

Ease of use7.5
Comfort & amenities7.4
Food & retail7.2
Ground access8.6
Reliability6.8
Lounges7.2

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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NKGZSNJMinor

Nanjing Lukou International Airport

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Priority Pass room in T2 — paid for with a split airline map leftover English pages still get backwards, and unpublished annual on-time stats.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

Very good

Ease of use7.5
Comfort & amenities7.4
Food & retail7.2
Ground access8.6
Reliability6.8
Lounges7.2

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Arrive
40 min
before domestic flights
Typical security
15 min
editorial average, not live
Fastest to city
About 45–70 min to 新街口, traffic dependent
Official taxi ranks (T1 door 3 / T2 door 2)
Cheapest to city
Nanjing Metro S1 (禄口机场)
Leftover ¥7 to Nanjing South; leftover no metro ride from the airport costs more than ¥15 · About 35 min riding to Nanjing South; ~70 min to 新街口 with Line 1
Lounges
7
3 rated worth it
Terminals
T1 and T2 live. T3 is a 2030 leftover plan, not a passenger hall.

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Editorial guide tricks

The markdown guide's highest-signal tactics before the data-backed tips below.

From Best Airport Tricks & Hacks

Read the IATA airline, not the alliance, before you pick a hall. SkyTeam is split: MU/FM/KN are T2; CZ is T1. Star Alliance is split: ZH is T2; CA is T1. A “SkyTeam connection” or a “Star connection” can still need the GTC walk.

English leftover “after passport control” on V3 and on the T1 Southern rooms is leftover-wrong. CEAir leftover-prints V3 via the right escalator after T2 domestic security; CSAir leftover-prints Gate 115. Walk there; do not hunt immigration.

ZH passengers: the V2/V3 signs after T2 security leftover-print two doors. V2 is 尊鹏阁 (Star Gold / ZH-CA business, 真功夫 lift). V3 is MU. A PP card does not open V2.

Metro: follow 轨道交通 into the GTC, not a kerbside taxi tout. 禄口机场站 leftover two exits, one toward each hall. Last city-bound leftover 22:42. S1 is not 24 hours. Line 18 leftover is a plan, not a train.

Wrong hall: walk the GTC 5–10 minutes (2020 leftover also printed a free corridor shuttle). Do not take a city taxi between T1 and T2.

240-hour TWOV stay leftover-prints all of Jiangsu (Suzhou gardens / Wuxi / Yangzhou are in-province) plus the 24-province NIA map. 24-hour airside direct transit leftover-prints skip-immigration only inside the port area from 5 Nov 2025.

DragonPass leftover-prints meal credits PP does not share: 鸭得堡, 陇兴楼, 富春茶社, 苏味非遗, 秦淮小吃, 吉祥馄饨, 龍味馆, Subway Gate 14. Hold DragonPass, eat the duck; hold only PP, use V3 or V7.

Pullman leftover sits in the GTC. Useful on a long landside wait; it is not a security shortcut and is not airside.

01

NavigationTraveler Tips & Hacks

Match the airline to T1 or T2 before you ride S1

Internationals and MU/ZH leftover-print T2. HO domestic and CZ/CA/HU leftover-print T1.

CEAir leftover-prints KN at T2 C7. English Wikipedia leftover HO-as-T2-only is false for domestic. T3 is not a hall.

Pro

One metro station serves both halls.

Watch-out

A leftover booking that still prints T2 for CZ will put you on the GTC walk.

02

LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

Trust T2 V7 / T2 V3 — not leftover passport-control pins

International PP is V7 (4-hour stay). V3 is MU/FM/KN domestic only. V2 is 尊鹏阁, not PP.

English leftover “after passport control” on V3 and the T1 Southern rooms is leftover-wrong. CSAir leftover Gate 115. DragonPass leftover V6 wants the C/D inquiry desk first.

Pro

NKG actually has an international PP pin, unlike KMG.

Watch-out

A HO boarding pass cannot walk into V3, and a CZ boarding pass should not ride to T2 for a Southern room.

03

TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

Default to S1; keep taxi doors 2/3 after 22:42

Leftover ¥7 / about 35 minutes riding to Nanjing South. Last airport city-bound leftover 22:42.

Ctrip leftover last from Nanjing South 22:40, 23:00 Fri–Sat. Official taxi leftover flag ¥11 / 3 km plus expressway. Parking leftover P2 ¥80 / 24 h from the 2020 DRC notice.

Pro

T1 and T2 share one metro station in the GTC.

Watch-out

S1 is not 24 hours. Overnight banks need the night coach, taxi, or a GTC rideshare.

04

SecurityTraveler Tips & Hacks

Use the C/D or F inquiry fast-track — then treat 15 minutes as a working figure

DragonPass leftover desks 05:20–22:00. No published NKG SLA. 易安检 channel numbers were not on a live board this pass.

2020 leftover self-service ID gates except 9C/AQ. International CIQ is a separate T2 stack. 240-hour TWOV is a border interview. 24-hour airside direct transit leftover-prints from 5 Nov 2025.

Pro

Most leftover ID gates are face-gate domestic processing.

Watch-out

Paid fast-track is not 易安检, and it leftover-prints a 60-minute-before-STD desk.

05

FoodTraveler Tips & Hacks

Fill at the fountain; eat 鸭得堡 if you hold DragonPass

Official leftover-prints 饮水机. DragonPass leftover-prints 鸭得堡 / 陇兴楼 / 富春 credits PP does not share.

V6/V9 are CIP rooms. V3 leftover-prints hot food for MU. 尊鹏阁 leftover-prints the ZH buffet. Landside 冶春 is for the S1 wait, not soup after screening.

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