Airport Guide for Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport

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  February 10, 2012  

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport is the principal airport serving Hangzhou, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the provincial capital of Zhejiang.

The airport is built on the southern shore of Qiantang River in the Xiaoshan district and is 27 km away from downtown Hangzhou.

n 2008, Hangzhou airport handled 12,673,198 passengers and became the 8th busiest airport in China. In addition, the airport was the 8th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 10th busiest airport by traffic movements.

The Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway has an exit at the airport. Driving time from the airport to Shanghai is 2.5hrs, Suzhou is 1.5hrs, Wuxi is 2hrs and Wenzhou is 3.5hrs.

There are airport buses to downtown Hangzhou and Xiaoshan every 15 to 30 minutes. There are also airport buses to prefectures further away near Hangzhou such as Yiwu with a less frequency.