Airports in China

The airports at Beijing, Shanghai (Hongqiao and Pudong) and Hong Kong are the major international airports for China.  Other airports in China are listed below by provinces in alphabetical order.

Anhui:  (in eastern China, west of Shanghai) Hefei and Wuhu

Chongqing:  (in east-central China) Chongqing

Fujian:  (on the southeast coast of China, NW of Hong Kong)  Fuqing, Fuzhou, Wuyishan, Xia'men and Zhangzhou

Gansu:  (in north-central China, west of Beijing) Dunhuang and Lanzhou

Guangdong:  (in southern China, northwest of Hong Kong) Conghua, Guangzhou (Canton), Shantou, Shenzhen and Zhanjiang.

Guangxi:  (in southern China, adjacent to Vietnam) Beihai, Guilin, Liuzhou and Nanning

Guizhou:  (in west-central China, northwest of Hong Kong) Guiyang

Hainan:  (an island in the South China Sea, east of Vietnam) Haikou

Hebei:  (in northeastern China, adjacent to Beijing) Qinhuangdao and Shijiazhuang

Heilongjiang:  (in northeastern China, adjacent to Russia) Harbin, Jiamusi and Mudanjiang

Henan:  (in east-central China, northwest of Shanghai) Luoyang, Nanyan, Xinyang and Zhengzhou

Hubei:  (in east-central China, west of Shanghai) Changyan, Dangyang, Wuhan and Yichang

Hunan:  (in south-central China, northwest of Hong Kong) Changsha

Jiangsu:  (in eastern China, north of Shanghai) Changzhou, Nanjing (Tachiaochang Airport), Suzhou, Wuxi and Xuzhou.

Jiangxi:  (in southeastern China, southwest of Shanghai and north of Hong Kong) Ganzhou, Jingdezhen and Nanchang

Jilin:  (in northeastern China, north of Korea) Changchun (Longjia), Jilin and Shuangliao

Liaoning:  (in northeastern China, north of the Yellow Sea) Anshan, Chaoyang, Dalian and Shenyang

Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia):  (in northern China, south of Mongolia) Baotou, Chifang, Hailar, Hohhot and Tongliao

Ningxia:  (in north-central China, southwest of Beijing) Yinchuan

Qinghai:  (in central China, south of Mongolia) Xining

Shaanxi:  (in central China, south of Mongolia) Huxian, Xi'an, Xianyang, Yan'an and Yulin

Shandong:  (in eastern China, south of Beijing) Jinan, Qingdao and Weihai.

Shanghai:  (on China's east coast)  Pudong and Hongqiao

Shanxi:  (in east-central China, southwest of Beijing) Taiyuan

Sichuan:  (in central China, north of Vietnam) Chengdu, Suining and Xichang

Tianjin:  (in eastern China, southeast of Beijing) Tianjin

Tibet: (in western China) Lhasa and Nyingchi

Xinjiang:  (in northwestern China, south of Kazakstan and Mongolia) Fuyun, Karamay, Korla, Kuqa and Urümqi

Yunnan:  (in western China, east of India and north of Vietnam) Dali, Jinghong, Kunming, Lincang, Simao, Xishuang and Lijiang.

Zhejiang:  (in eastern China, south of Shanghai) Changxing, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Wenzhou.

Time Zones:  Chungking and China Mountain Regions | Harbin, northeastern China (GMT +8) | Hong Kong (GMT +8) | Shanghai, eastern China (GMT +8) | Urümqi, Xinjian and western China (GMT +8) | Kashgar, eastern Turkestan (GMT+8)  Standard time in China is eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Weather:  The National Meteorological Center is a primary source for weather reports in China.  Its web site is only in Chinese.  The US National Weather Service and the BBC (UK) are very good English-language resources for weather conditions and forecasts for China.

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