Nanjing Lukou International Airport is an important domestic trunk airport and the main cargo airport in East China. Nanjing Lukou International Airport covers an area of 9,562 acres, the flight area is according to the 4E standard, and the airport implements the 24-hour operation service, with one runway (3,600m×60m) and one taxiway (3,600m×45m), and it is able to meet the requirements for the landing and taking off of large wide-body passenger aircraft such as Boeing 747-400 and other large aircraft. The airport has one runway (3,600m×60m) and one taxiway (3,600m×45m), which can meet the requirements for the landing and takeoff of Boeing 747-400 and other large-sized wide-bodied passenger aircraft. The existing passenger and cargo aprons have a total area of 426,000 square meters, 36 parking spaces, and the terminal building has a total area of 132,000 square meters. The airport cargo center has a building area of 34,000 square meters, and 40,000 square meters of handling space outside the warehouse, with the ability to handle special cargo. A dedicated highway connects the airport with the city and highways such as Shanghai, Ningbo and Hangzhou, making ground transportation very convenient. The airport parking lot covers an area of 30,000 square meters and can accommodate 1,000 vehicles.

Since the opening of Nanjing Lukou International Airport on July 1, 1997, Nanjing Lukou International Airport has always been focusing on the work policy of "safety first, civilization first, and efficiency as the center", and the aviation business has continued to grow at a high speed since 2003, with the annual passenger throughput increasing by more than one million passengers, and the passenger throughput in 2008 reached 8.88 million. In 2008, the passenger throughput reached 8.88 million. By the end of 2008, Lukou Airport was connected to 10 countries and regions, including 45 domestic cities and 12 international cities (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), with 1,614 domestic flights and 126 international flights (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) per week. Lukou Airport currently has three base airlines, including China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu Branch, China Postal Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines Jiangsu Branch. There are 26 airlines, including Air China, China Southern Airlines and Singapore Airlines, operating scheduled flights at Lukou Airport.

Lukou International Airport takes "safety first" as its guiding principle, takes customer satisfaction as the guide of service work, and constantly improves the level of safety and security and service quality to provide quality services for passengers and airlines. In 1997, Lukou Airport was awarded the National Civil Aviation Advanced Unit for Air Defense Security; in 1997 and 1998, it was awarded the Civilized Unit of Jiangsu Province and Nanjing Municipality; in 2000, it was awarded the Civilized Airport of East China; in 2001, it was awarded the Civilized Unit of Nanjing Municipality; in 2001, it was awarded the Civilized Airport of East China; in 2001, it was awarded the Civilized Unit of Nanjing Municipality; in 2001, it was awarded the Civilized Airport of East China. In 2000, Lukou Airport was awarded the Civilization Unit of East China Region; in 2001, it was awarded the Qualified Unit of Aviation Safety Evaluation by East China Administration; in 2001, it was awarded the title of Customer Satisfaction Airport in the activity of "National Passengers Talking about Civil Aviation"; and in 2002, it was awarded the prize of "National Customer Satisfaction Enterprise"; In 2003, the airport company passed the ISO9001:2000 international quality certification, and again won the title of "civilized unit" in Jiangsu Province and Nanjing City; in 2004, the airport company was awarded the national "blue sky revitalization activities", selected by Jiangsu Province, and awarded the title of "excellent service quality management enterprise". In 2004, the airport company won the national "blue sky revitalization activities" award, selected as Jiangsu Province excellent service quality management enterprise, "national user satisfaction tripod", "national user satisfaction enterprise" and Jiangsu Province "contract and trustworthy enterprise" and other honors; in 2005, the airport company won the "international sanitary airport". In 2005, the company was awarded the title of "International Sanitary Airport", and then won the awards of "Jiangsu Province Service Quality Award" and "Jiangsu Province Civilized Unit", etc. In the "2005 Passengers' Words on Civil Aviation" activity, the company was awarded the "2005 Passengers' Words on Civil Aviation". In 2005, the airport company won the "Customer Satisfaction Quality Award" in the activity of "Passengers Talking about Civil Aviation"; in 2006, the airport company won the "Customer Satisfaction Quality Award" in the activity of "Passengers Talking about Civil Aviation", "National Civil Aviation Award", "National Civil Aviation Award" and "National Civil Aviation Award". In 2006, the airport company won the "Customer Satisfaction Quality Award" in the airport group of "Passengers Talk about Civil Aviation", the "National Customer Satisfaction Enterprise", and the "Excellent Enterprise of Service Quality Management in Jiangsu Province". In 2007, Lukou Airport was honored as National Civilization Airport, National Best Service Quality Airport, National Best Catering Service Airport, National Best Shopping Service Airport, and National Advanced Unit of Factory Affairs Openness and Democratic Management; in 2008, the airport company was honored as National Advanced Collective of Civil Aviation for Earthquake Relief, National Advanced Collective of Civil Aviation for Earthquake Relief, and National Advanced Collective of Civil Aviation for Earthquake Relief. In 2008, the Company was awarded the honorary titles of "Workers' Vanguard for Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction" and "Advanced Collective for National Civil Aviation Earthquake Relief", "Advanced Unit for National Spiritual Civilization Construction", "Civilized Unit for National Civil Aviation", and "Winning Unit for National Safety and Health Cup".

In November 2008, the National Civil Aviation Administration and Jiangsu Provincial Government jointly approved the master plan of Lukou Airport. The approved master plan of the airport, with a target of 2040, has a passenger throughput of 70 million and a cargo and mail throughput of 160 tons, with a total controlled land area of 28.7 square kilometers, and four parallel runways to be built. The plan adjusts the strategic positioning of Lukou Airport to "China's large-scale hub airport, air cargo and express center", and simultaneously builds the airport ground transportation system, especially the rail transit from the airport to Nanjing Railway South Station, to ensure the rapid distribution of air passengers and cargo, so as to make the airport truly become a hub of regional transportation. Give full play to the advantageous role of air transportation, drive the industrial development of the area around the airport, accelerate the planning and construction of the "aviation city", and promote the airport and the city's *** with the prosperity and development.