Nanjing Lukou International Airport

Lukou International Airport serves as the gateway to the historic city of Nanjing. It was a generally pleasant experience travelling in and out of their well-organised, spotless international terminal. The airport provided a seamless immigration process, with attentive, English-speaking staff who were more than willing to assist. During both arrival and departure, we could feel that everyone was doing their utmost to ensure a smooth experience. Notably, there were plenty of open counters for foreign passport holders—a convenience that isn’t always guaranteed at second-tier city airports. When it comes to shopping and dining, the airport offers a decent selection. Duty-free shops featured Chinese liquor, local sweets, perfumes, and a wide variety of souvenirs. These were spread across several locations, making it easy to make a quick stop before boarding. However, I must point out that the dining options in the airside area were noticeably limited compared to those in the check-in zone. Although the Niuroumian restaurant was enjoyable, I recommend having a meal before passing through TSA. Located approximately 40 km south of Nanjing’s city centre and CBD, the airport is around a 40-minute taxi ride away. In addition to taxis, there’s a 50-minute airport bus to Xihuamen and a 35-minute metro ride to Nanjing South Station. That said, I found the taxi more comfortable, thanks to the dedicated highway that makes road travel considerably efficient. Overall, Lukou International Airport stands proudly as the southern capital’s primary gateway for international visitors. It delivers a swift and polished passenger experience, complete with highlights like quality duty-free shops, convenient city access, and spotless facilities. I’m pleased to give NKG Airport a well-earned five stars—with just a bit of room left for improvement.

The airport is relatively small in scale, and it is somewhat inconvenient for overnight stays. Since most facilities and the food court close late at night, transit or overnight passengers may find it uncomfortable.

A modern and well-organized airport! Nanjing Lukou International Airport is clean, spacious, and easy to navigate. The check-in and security processes are generally smooth, and there are plenty of shops and dining options to pass the time. Transportation to the city is convenient, with metro and taxi services readily available. Overall, a pleasant travel experience!

It was such a good experience. Very clean airport. A little of noisy but it’s okay. Almost feels like international airport although it’s not. It’s domestic airport with international quality.

Flew in from Vancouver, Canada had a layover of 5 hours before heading to Thailand. The transfer process was a bit nerve racking as the other reviews indicate the holding of your passport and re-xheck in process. I'm sure it could of been worse but it's a transfer experience I've never experienced before. They hold on to your passport while you wait at immigration up until the screening process. Luckily the officer who guided us through the process was friendly and spoke good English, however we were already waiting an hour before he showed up and explained what we had to do. The airport and the facilities it offers over all is comfortable, clean and modern. Free drinking water, not a great selection of restaurants but enough to hold you down. Smoking lounges throughout and washrooms were clean with spacious stalls. Souvenir and duty free shops scattered all over the place reasonably priced. It's not worse airport I've been in but the transfer process itself was confusing.

Domestic flights are on the right and international flights are on the left. The restaurant is on the second floor in the center.

WORST AIRPORT EVER. Did a transit here and was left to wait for 4 hours at a small area. No food, got wifi but unable to log in cause they needed some verification code which I was unable to receive. Finally got over the wait and went through the checks to find out they are so bloody unreasonable. They touch every part of your body almost pulled my pants down trying to do their rough checks 😠 Even a small bottle of hand sanitizer was confiscated because it had alcohol in it??? After the checks, needed to wait again. I'm here as a tourist and got treated like a prisoner/criminal. Such a bad first experience, never again.

Nice airport. Quite convenient checkin process and with facilities Downside: the lounge V9 which I took for AirChina flight it not up to the mark with food menu offered. The gates are quite far from each other and during arrival you may need to walk quite a distance to the baggage carousel area.