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During [[World War II]], the airport was known as '''Kweilin Airfield''' and was used by the [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Fourteenth Air Force]] as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942-1945).<ref>Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of airports in the People's Republic of China]] |
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*[[China's busiest airports by passenger traffic]] |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Guilin City, Guangxi | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 570 ft / 174 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°13′5″N 110°2′21″E / 25.21806°N 110.03917°E | ||||||||||
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Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (IATA: KWL, ICAO: ZGKL) (桂林两江国际机场), is the airport serving Liangjiang, about 28 km (17 miles) southwest from Guilin City, Guangxi, China.
Airlines and destinations
The following destinations are directly served from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (as of May 2009):
Domestic
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air China | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Xiamen |
| China Eastern Airlines | Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Xi'an, Zhuhai |
| China Southern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shantou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhuhai |
| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Haikou, Lanzhou, Taiyuan |
| Shandong Airlines | Hangzhou |
| Shanghai Airlines | Nanjing, Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Guangzhou, Shenzhen |
| Xiamen Airlines | Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Xiamen |
International
Note: Flights to and from Hong Kong and Macau are listed here as they are treated as international flights.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur |
| Air Macau | Macau |
| Asiana Airlines | Seoul-Incheon |
| China Southern Airlines | Hong Kong, Taipei-Taoyuan |
World War II
During World War II, the airport was known as Kweilin Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942-1945).[1]
See also
References
- ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
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