# Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport

Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (IATA: KWE, ICAO: ZUGY) is an international airport serving Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China’s Guizhou province, and the hub for Colorful Guizhou Airlines. The 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$^2$ (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$^2$ (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.

## 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 this 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, Huizhou, Kuala Lumpur–International, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Shenyang, Wenzhou, Wuxi, Xiamen, Yancheng, Zhengzhou |
| Air Chang'an | Ningbo, Quanzhou, Wenzhou, Xi'an |
| Air China | Beijing–Capital, Beijing–Daxing, Chengdu–Tianfu, Dalian, Hangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yichang, Yuncheng |
| Air Guilin | Haikou |
| Air Macau | Macau |
| Batik Air Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur–International |
| Beijing Capital Airlines | Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Lijiang, Qingdao, Sanya, Xi'an, Yancheng, Yichang |
| Chengdu Airlines | Changchun, Fuzhou, Jining, Lijiang, Lüliang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenyang, Wenzhou, Xichang, Yantai, Zhengzhou |
| China Eastern Airlines | Dalian, Enshi, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinggangshan, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an |
| China Express Airlines | Baotou, Changde, Ganzhou, Huizhou, Jingzhou, Jining, Lancang, Mangshi, Meizhou, Ordos, Pu'er, Quzhou, Tianjin, Tongren, Wuhan, Wuhu, Wushan, Xingyi, Yan'an, Yantai, Zhangjiajie, Zhanjiang, Zunyi–Xinzhou |
| China Southern Airlines | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Daxing, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Heze, Jieyang, Lanzhou, Linyi, Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Taoyuan, Taizhou, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xining, 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, Luzhou, Mangshi, Nanjing, Nantong, Sanya, Shanghai–Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Taizhou, Tianjin, Wanzhou, Wuhan, Xingyi, Yichun (Jiangxi), Yiwu, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Maotai |
| Dalian Airlines | Dalian |
| Fuzhou Airlines | Fuzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Xi'an |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Haikou, Hefei, Hohhot, Lanzhou, Milan–Malpensa, Ningbo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Sanya, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Yinchuan |
| Hebei Airlines | Beijing–Daxing, Hangzhou, Longnan, Shijiazhuang |
| Jiangxi Air | Nanchang |
| Joy Air | Tianjin |
| Juneyao Air | Hangzhou, Huizhou, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Xi'an |
| 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, Wenzhou |
| Ruili Airlines | Wuxi |
| Shandong Airlines | Changchun, Changzhou, Dalian, Harbin, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shiyan, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yantai, Zhengzhou |
| Shanghai Airlines | Changchun, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou, Zhengzhou |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Harbin, Hefei, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nantong, Wuxi |
| Sichuan Airlines | Hangzhou, Harbin, 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 | Shanghai–Pudong |
| Tianjin Airlines | Anqing, Chenzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Jieyang, Nanjing, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Qingyang, Quanzhou, Sanya, Singapore, Tianjin, Urumqi, Xi'an, Yulin (Shaanxi), Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou |
| Tibet Airlines | Lhasa |
| TransNusa | Charter: Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta |
| Urumqi Air | Yinchuan |
| VietJet Air | Charter: Nha Trang |
| West Air | Hefei, Nanjing, Quanzhou, 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

The airport is served by Longdongbao railway station, situated underneath the airport.