AirportsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport is a large airport serving Guilin (Lingui), in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KWL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KWL
- ICAO code
- ZGKL
- City
- Guilin (Lingui)
- State or region
- Guangxi Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 25.2198° N, 110.0396° E
- Elevation
- 174 m (570 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KWL means Guilin Liangjiang International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZGKL. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 25.2198° N, 110.0396° E. It stands 174 metres (570 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 71.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Liuzhou Bailian Airport / Bailian Air BaseLiuzhou (Liujiang) | LZH | 130 km |
| Liping AirportLiping | HZH | 152 km |
| Shaoyang Wugang AirportShaoyang (Wugang) | WGN | 186 km |
| Yongzhou Lingling AirportYongzhou | LLF | 201 km |
| Libo AirportQiannan (Libo) | LLB | 210 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,278 km | 4 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,876 km | 5 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,458 km | 7 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,139 km | 11 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,681 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,683 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,732 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,061 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 7,883 km | 10 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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