Haikou Travel Transportation
1 min readHaikou Meilan Airport,25 km(16 miles)away from the center of Haikou,provides a convenient connection between Haikou and other cities at home and abroad.It hasmore than 200 air lines flying between major cities inside China such as Beijing,Shanghai,Shenzhen,Guangzhou,Shijiazhuang,Wuhan,Dalian,Xiamen,Xian,Chengdu,Harbin,Qingdao and Nanjing,etc.,as well as direct flights to Hong Kong,Bangkok,Singapore,Kuala Lumpur and so forth.
Haikou Meilan Airport(HMA)is 30 minutes ride from downtown by bus.A shuttle bus operates between the airport and downtown Haikou.It begins at 5:30 each morning and runs until the last flight of the day.The bus fare is RMB 15 per person.China Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines provide a free bus to the airport.The former starts at the gate of Civil Aviation Hotel on Haixiu Road while the latter starts at the building of the old airport.If you take a taxi to the airport,the fare is about RMB 30-40 after a bargain with the driver.
A rail passenger service was established on December 5,2004 that runs between Haikou and Guangzhou.The train travels on the boat and is the first Chinese rail connection that spans the sea.The crossing takes approximately 55 minutes.The entire one way journey takes about 12 hours.Tickets price vary from RMB 138 to RMB 400.
You can buy railway tickets at Haikou New Port(Xin Gang)Ticket Office(transferring at Guangzhou)and at Xiuying Port Ticket Office(transferring at Zhanjiang).