| Iata: | KWE |
| Icao: | ZUGY |
| Image Map Caption: | CAAC airport chart |
| Coordinates: | 26.5386°N 106.8008°W |
| Pushpin Map: | China Guizhou#China |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guizhou##Location in China |
| Pushpin Label: | KWE/ZUGY |
| Type: | Public |
| City-Served: | Guiyang |
| Location: | Nanming District, Guiyang, Guizhou, China |
| Elevation-M: | 1,139 |
| Metric-Elev: | y |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 01L/19R |
| R1-Length-M: | 3500 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
| R2-Number: | 01R/19L |
| R2-Length-M: | 4000 |
| R2-Surface: | Concrete |
| Stat-Year: | 2021 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 16,964,158 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
| Stat2-Data: | 134,639 |
| Stat3-Header: | Cargo |
| Stat3-Data: | 115,242.6 |
| Footnotes: | Source: China's busiest airports by passenger traffic |
| Order: | st |
| T: | 貴陽龍洞堡國際機場 |
| P: | Guìyáng Lóngdòngbǎo Guójì Jīchǎng |
Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport is an international airport serving Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China’s Guizhou province.
Guiyang Longdongbao Airport was opened on 28 May 1997 and adopted its current name on 19 January 2006. It is located 11km (07miles) southeast from Guiyang's city center. It is about and has a 3200m (10,500feet) long, 45m (148feet) wide runway, which can accommodate Boeing 747, Airbus A330 widebodied aircraft. The terminal is about 34000m2, 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.
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.[1]
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 such system is to improve on-time performance and safety of the airport's operations.[2]
China Express Airlines was previously headquartered on the grounds of Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport.[3]
| 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 |
A metro station, Longdongbao International Airport station on Line 2 (Guiyang Metro) serves the Airport.
The airport is served by Longdongbao railway station, situated underneath the airport.