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Nanjing Lukou International Airport

Nanjing · China · Asia/Shanghai

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2Runways
11,811Longest (ft)
49Elevation (ft)
54Route Records
32Airline Records
UTC+8Timezone
199Mapped Stands
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Route Intelligence

36Regional Hub
Shortest route
PVGShanghai Pudong International Airport286.5 km
China Eastern Airlines
Longest route
FRAFrankfurt Main Airport8,637 km
Lufthansa Cargo
Nearest international
TPETaiwan Taoyuan International Airport775.5 km
Mandarin Airlines
Longest international
FRAFrankfurt Main Airport8,637 km
Air China
Longest domestic
URCÜrümqi Tianshan International Airport3,046.4 km
China Southern Airlines

Airport Connectivity Score

36/100

Regional Hub

Destinations served54 destinations
Airline diversity32 airlines
Haul mix coverage3 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

06/2411,811 ftConcreteLIT
07/2511,810 ftConcreteLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul
42
medium-haul
10
ultra-long-haul
2

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
WHAWuhu Xuanzhou Airport72.6 km
Nearest same country
WHAWuhu Xuanzhou Airport72.6 km
Nearest international
MFKMatsu Beigan Airport622.7 km
Farthest airport
SFNSauce Viejo Airport19,984.5 km
Within 500 km: 40 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 117 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 327 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1WHAWuhu Xuanzhou Airport72.6 kmM
2CZXChangzhou Benniu International Airport88.4 kmM
3YTYYangzhou Taizhou Airport122.3 kmM
4WUXSunan Shuofang International Airport150.5 kmL
5SZVSuzhou Guangfu Airport154.7 kmM
6RUGRugao Air Base164.8 kmM
7HFEHefei Xinqiao International Airport180.6 kmL
8BFUBengbu Renheji Airport190.8 kmM
9NTGNantong Xingdong International Airport203.1 kmM
10JNHJiaxing Nanhu Airport206.2 kmM

ATC Frequencies4

APPNANJING APP119.25 MHz
ATISATIS126.25 MHz
GNDNANJING GND121.7 MHz
TWRNANJING TWR118.85 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

320
60
738
56
321
20
319
19
737
19
332
9
E90
6
73G
4
M90
2
343
2

Sample Routes

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PVGShanghai Pudong International Airport286.5 km
short-haulChina Eastern Airlines
KHNNanchang Changbei International Airport427.5 km
short-haulChina Southern Airlines
TAOQingdao Jiaodong International Airport526.7 km
short-haulAir ChinaCS
CIFChifeng Yulong Airport1,159.2 km
short-haulChina Eastern Airlines
SHEShenyang Taoxian International Airport1,175.3 km
short-haulChina SSS
DSNOrdos Ejin Horo International Airport1,184.9 km
short-haulAir Foyle
SINSingapore Changi Airport3,721.8 km
medium-haulScoot
SYDSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport8,049.2 km
ultra-long-haulChina Eastern Airlines

Airline Records in Dataset32

CAAir China
GSAir Foyle
NXAir Macau
OZAsiana Airlines
8LCargo Plus Aviation
CXCathay Pacific
NSCaucasus Airlines
MUChina Eastern Airlines
9CChina SSS
CZChina Southern Airlines
KADragonair
EUEmpresa Ecuatoriana De Aviacion
HUHainan Airlines
HXHong Kong Airlines
JDJapan Air System
JLJapan Airlines Domestic
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
KYKSY
KEKorean Air
LHLufthansa Cargo
AEMandarin Airlines
BKPotomac Air
QFQantas
TZScoot
SCShandong Airlines
FMShanghai Airlines
ZHShenzhen Airlines
3USichuan Airlines
B7Uni Air
TVVirgin Express
PNWest Air China
MFXiamen Airlines

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Airport HistoryEst. 1997

Nanjing Lukou International Airport was completed in February 1995 and officially opened to air traffic on July 1, 1997 - symbolically the same day as Hong Kong's handover to China - becoming Nanjing's main airport. It has since grown into a significant hub for eastern China, with a major Terminal 2 built for the 2014 Nanjing Summer Youth Olympic Games.

✦Terminal 2 was purpose-built to support the 2014 Nanjing Summer Youth Olympic Games.
✦The airport's opening on July 1, 1997 coincided with the day Hong Kong's sovereignty transferred from the UK to China.
1995
Construction Completed

Construction of the new airport at Lukou, south of Nanjing, is completed on February 28, 1995.

1997
Airport Opens

Nanjing Lukou International Airport officially opens to air traffic on July 1, 1997; the State Council approves it to receive foreign aircraft that November.

2009
10 Million Passengers

Annual passenger traffic reaches 10 million as China Post also completes an express logistics center at the airport.

2013
Terminal Capacity Exceeded

Passenger traffic surpasses 15 million, exceeding the existing terminal's designed capacity by roughly 3 million passengers.

2014
Terminal 2 Opens for Youth Olympics

A new Terminal 2, along with a parallel runway, new control tower, and cargo facilities, opens on July 12, 2014 ahead of the Nanjing Summer Youth Olympic Games; the original Terminal 1 closes for renovation.

2020
Terminal 1 Reopens Amid COVID-19

Terminal 1 reopens on July 29, 2020 after renovation, even as the airport's overall passenger traffic falls 34.9% for the year to 19.9 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2025
Ranks Among China's Busiest

The airport handles approximately 31.38 million passenger movements, ranking as China's 12th-busiest civil airport.

General encyclopedic and travel-industry sources (Wikipedia, ChinaHighlights). The relationship to the earlier Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport (which Lukou effectively superseded as the city's main airport) is referenced from secondary sources and not fully corroborated in the primary Wikipedia history text used.