Lying in South western part of Guilin , Liangjiang International Airport is 28km from Guilin City . It opened on October 1, 1996. It has a passenger handling capacity of 5 million persons a year. Guilin has 48 air routes including Shanghai , Xi'an , Beijing , and Guangzhou . It services 5 international air routes to Hong Kong, Macau , Japan , Thailand and Korea . Cities with direct flights to Guilin are Beijing , Shenzhen, Huangshan, Xi'an , Zhuhai, Macau, Nanning , Chongqing , Ningbo , Chengdu , Tianjin , Wenzhou , Shanghai , Hangzhou , Beihai, Urumqi , Shantou , Xiamen , Haikou , Fuzhou , Guangzhou , Zhengzhou , Kunming , Guiyang , Changsha , Dalian , Hefei , Wuhan , Jinan , Hong Kong, Macau, Fukuoka , Bangkok and Seoul .

Connections to all major overseas destinations are easily available though Beijing , Shanghai and Hong Kong.