Nanjing Lukou International Airport

Nanjing Lukou International Airport 南京禄口国际机场 Nánjīng Lùkǒu Guójì Jīchǎng
Interior
IATA: NKG – ICAO: ZSNJ NKG Location of Nanjing Lukou International Airport
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		N/A
Location		Nanjing, Jiangsu
Elevation AMSL		15 m / 49 ft
Coordinates		31°44′32″N 118°51′43″E / 31.74222°N 118.86194°E / 31.74222; 118.86194
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
06/24	3,600	11,811	Concrete
Statistics (2010)
Passengers			12,530,515
Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

Nanjing Lukou International Airport (IATA: NKG, ICAO: ZSNJ) (NLIA, simplified Chinese: 南京禄口国际机场; traditional Chinese: 南京祿口國際機場; pinyin: Nánjīng Lùkǒu Guójì Jīchǎng) is the main airport of Nanjing, the capital of China's Jiangsu province. The airport is located in the suburban Jiangning District, over 35 km to the south from Nanjing's downtown area.

In 2010, Nanjing airport handled 12,530,515 million passengers and 234,000 tonnes of air freight, that ranked 10th busiest by cargo traffic, 13th busiest by passenger traffic in China.

Current airport masterplans call for the building of a second passenger terminal and a second runway and taxiway system by 2013 (Phase 2), raising its capacity from the current 12 million passengers annually to 30 million, along with the ability to handle 800,000 tonnes of air freight by 2020.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following destinations are served from Nanjing (as of Nov 2010):

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing
Air Macau	Macau
Asiana Airlines	Seoul-Incheon
Chengdu Airlines	Chengdu
China Eastern Airlines	Baotou, Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Harbin, Haikou, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Jeju, Ji'an, Jinan, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Kunming, Nagoya-Centrair, Nanchang, Nanning, Ningbo, Osaka-Kansai, Qingdao, Sanya, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan, Taiyuan, Tokyo-Narita, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xi'an, Xiamen, Xining, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yantai, Yichang, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou
China Southern Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie
Dragonair	Hong Kong
Hainan Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Haikou, Sanya, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Ürümqi, Xi'an
Lucky Air	Guiyang, Kunming, Wuhan
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Mandarin Airlines	Taipei-Taoyuan
Okay Airways	Quanzhou-Jinjiang, Tianjin
Shandong Airlines	Fuzhou, Jinan, Kunming, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Taipei-Taoyuan, Wanzhou
Shenzhen Airlines	Changchun, Changsha, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Harbin, Nanning, Qingdao, Quanzhou/Jinjiang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Xi'an
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu, Chongqing, Harbin
Uni Air	Taichung, Taipei-Taoyuan
West Air (China)	Chongqing
Xiamen Airlines	Changsha, Dalian, Fuzhou, Harbin, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Xiamen

Cargo Carriers

Airlines	Destinations
China Airlines Cargo	Taipei-Taoyuan
China Postal Airlines	Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Weifang, Wuhan, Xi'an
Singapore Airlines Cargo	Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago-O'Hare, Los Angeles

Accidents and Incidents

On July 31, 1992, China General Aviation Flight 7552 crashed into a pond past the runway after takeoff. 8 of the 10 crew members and 100 of the 116 passengers died.^[2]

See also

• List of airports in the People's Republic of China
• China's busiest airports by passenger traffic

References

1. ^ mobilization conference of the Phase 2 of Nanjing Lukou Airport
2. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev 42D B-2755 Nanking Airport (NKG)." Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on July 5, 2009.

External links

• Nanjing Lukou International Airport (official website)
• Airport information for ZSNJ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.