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Nanjing Lukou International Airport

Airport Code: NKG

Location:

Lukou Town, Jiangning District, with a straight-line distance of 35.8km (22 miles) southeast to the center of Nanjing.
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Brief Intro:

Nanjing Lukou International Airport enjoys convenient transportation and serves as the key airport of China. It was built in February, 1995 and put into service on July 1, 1997. The terminal measures 132,000 square meters (16 square yards), with a 447,000 square meters (53 square yards) parking apron. The runway, on the other hand, measures 3,600-meter-long (3,937-yard-long). As an alternate airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport, it now services to 45 domestic cities and 12 international cities, including Hong Kong, Macau, Bangkok, Singapore and Seoul. There are fifteen boarding bridges in the terminal building.

Nanjing Flights

Airline Companies

Air China (CA), China Southern Airlines (CZ), China Eastern Airlines (MU), China West Air(PN), Lufthansa (LH), Xiamen Airlines (MF), Hainan Airlines (HU), Shenzhen Airlines (ZH), Shanghai Airlines (FM), Shandong Airlines (SC), Sichuan Airlines (3U), United Eagle Airlines (EU), Okay Airways (BK), Dragon Air (KA), Asiana Airlines (OZ), Air Macau (NX), Mandarin Airlines (AE), Singapore Airlines (SQ), Uni Air, China Airlines Cargo, China Postal Airlines, Cargo

Please take note that at Lukou International Airport :
1.Check-in counters for domestic flights will be closed 30 minutes before scheduled flight departure time. Passengers are advised to be arrived at least 120 minutes before departure time to complete check in formalities.
2.Check-in counters for international flights will be closed 30~60 minutes before scheduled flight departure time. Passengers are advised to be arrived at least 150~180 minutes before departure time to complete check in formalities.

Transportation

Shuttle Bus to the Down Town Area

	Main Stops	Operating Hours	Fare
Line 1	Cuiping Mountain Hotel, Yuhua Square, Qinhongqiao Bridge (Qinhuai District Government), Xihua Gate, Railway Station	from the first flight to the last flight arrival	CNY20
Line 2	Cuiping Mountain Hotel ( line 1 stops here instead of line 2 after 22:30), Nanjing South Railway Station, Zhonghua Gate Long-distance Bus Station, Shuixi Gate, Hanzhong Gate, Wanda Plaza	from the first flight to 23:00	CNY20

Shuttle Bus from the Down Town Area

	Line 1	Line 2
Main Stops	Zhonghuamen Long-Distance Bus Station, South Railway Station	Railway Station (East Square), Longpan Middle Road Station
Operating Hours	Zhonghuamen Long-Distance Bus Station: 06:00-21:00; South Railway Station: 06:15-20:15	05:40-21:00
Interval	20 minutes	20 minutes
Fare	CNY20	CNY20

Taxi
Taxi services are available 24 hours on the first floor of the Arrival Terminal. Below is a reference list of taxi fare from Lukou International Airport to down town area.

Destination	Mileage(km)	Fare(CNY)
Zhonghuamen Bus Station	38	90-100
Xuanwumen (Xuanwu Hotel)	44	100-110
Zhongshanling	45	110-120
Drum Bell Square	44	105-115
Nanjing East Long-distance Bus Station	47	115-125
Zhongyangmen	47	115-125
Nanjing Railway Station	48	115-125
West Railway Station	50	120-130

By Metro: Metro Line S1 transfers passengers between the airport and South Railway Station.

Airport Buses to Nearby Cities—Wuxi, Changzhou, Huaian, Maanshan, Wuhu, Yixing, Zhenjiang, Danyang, Jintan, Liyang, Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Tongling, Xuancheng, Yangzhong, Suqian, Shuyang, Jiangyin

Facilities

Restaurants: Six restaurants and teahouses are conveniently located in the Departure Hall, the Arrival Hall and at the Concourse. Chinese food, tea, specialty buffet dinners as well as Western food are available.

Shops: There are 11 shops spread across the Departures Hall, the Arrival Hall and the Concourse for the sale of bags, apparels and other local products like Salted Soup Ducks, Cloud Brocades, Yuhua Tea and Rain Flower Stones (Yuhua Shi), etc. Three duty-free shops in the International Restricted Area of the Departures Halls (Level 1) deal with cigarettes, alcohols, watches, perfumes, leather goods and attires of over 10 world top brands.

Bookstore: There are three bookstores in the restricted area at the Departure Hall, two in the Departure Hall and one in the Arrival Hall.

Entertainment Center: Zhong Tu Meng Tuan Foot Bath Center occupies two lots, one on the fourth floor at the Departure Hall and one on the first floor at the Arrival Hall, providing foot bath service. There is also a gym lottery sale office and one welfare lottery sale office on the first floor at the Arrival Hall.

Car Park: As the largest outdoor car park of Jiangsu Province, the airport public car park offers over 1,800 parking spaces in a total area of 30,000 square meters (7 acres). 24-hour parking service is available in the designated area. There is also a VIP car park on the right side of the Terminal building offering about 100 parking spaces for VIP to make a short parking period.

Car Type	0~15 minutes	15 minutes~2 hours	Every additional hour	Maximum charge	Night parking fee (From the fourth day)
Small	Free	CNY10	Plus CNY5	CNY60	CNY90
Middle	Free	CNY15	Plus CNY5	CNY65	CNY95
Large	Free	CNY20	Plus CNY10	CNY80	CNY110

Services

Medical Center: The Domestic Restricted Area and the International Restricted Area has a clinic each to provide free medical consultations, blood pressure measuring and compensable ambulance services. The contact numbers are :
Domestic: 025-52480431 International: 025-52480432 Emergency: 025-52480446, 025-52480438

Luggage Claim: 025-52480462

Banks: Branches of Bank of China and China Construction Bank can be found on the Departures Hall, with ATMs equipped for the convenience of passengers.

China Mobile:Two VIP lounges of China Mobile provide considerate services in the Restricted Area, Level 3.

Telephone:One can find inside the terminal a wide distribution of IC-card telephones and also 10 automatic IC cards vending machines.

- Last updated on Feb. 13, 2025 by Gabby Li -