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Lijiang, CN
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Lijiang, China · Asia-Pacific
Yunnan's second international field is a plateau T1/T2 tourist airport with a ¥20 bus and snack-grade Priority Pass — the tradeoff is a 3,000 m 4D strip at 2,242.8 m, no metro, and a T3 / 4E overlay that is not flying.
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Lijiang, China · Asia-Pacific
Yunnan's second international field is a plateau T1/T2 tourist airport with a ¥20 bus and snack-grade Priority Pass — the tradeoff is a 3,000 m 4D strip at 2,242.8 m, no metro, and a T3 / 4E overlay that is not flying.
An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.
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CSAIR leftover check-in at LJG closes 40 minutes before STD. Lijiang.cn leftover still asks 2 hours on 暑运 days. Use 2 hours if you are checking a bag.
Capital Airlines leftover is the volume carrier. Do not copy a CZ 35-minute or MF 30-minute desk from another field onto this hall. PP leftover fast-track at counter 12 starts 2 hours before STD.
Every domestic flight leftover uses T1. International / HMT leftover is the smaller T2 hall on the same field. T3 leftover is 2027 fit-out, not a check-in hall.
Do not hunt the 2010-closed original domestic hall. Do not hunt a metro. A domestic-to-international change is landside, re-check, re-screen. ICAO leftover ZPLJ is not a public slug.
DragonPass leftover names 塞纳左岸 between gates 6 and 7, 06:20 until the last flight. Priority Pass leftover Best is 苦荞茶 and instant noodles, not a buffet.
FlyerTalk leftover Jun 2026 on Best: no hot kitchen, 泡面 on request, packaged snacks. The 12 May 2025 waiting-hall photo leftover also shows 咖啡+简餐 at gates 2–3. Eat the named kitchen if the CIP is between snack trays.
T3 / 3,500 m / 4E leftover are not live. Summer-2026 international leftover is BKK / SGN / HAN / HPH / HKG. Seoul charter leftover stopped 29 Apr 2026 and leftover resumes after October.
Yunnan Daily leftover 27 Aug 2026: 12 new north stands and the 3,000 m overlay are in use. English Wikipedia leftover Opened 28 June 2012 and leftover dual-runway-as-live are leftover-wrong. Skip-immigration leftover is KMG, not LJG.
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Lijiang Sanyi Airport and the Lijiang city center
3 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
4 lounges with access rules, hours, and verdicts.
Cheapest ride leftover is the 机场大巴 ¥20 from arrivals 2号门. City leftover 蓝天宾馆 (福慧路) 06:30–22:00 / every 30 min. Airport leftover rolls with arrivals until the last flight. Lijiang.cn leftover 3 Apr 2026 added 古城北门 and 束河古镇 stops — confirm the headsign; the historic pin is still 蓝天宾馆, about 1 km from 大水车.
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Where to refill for free, and where a bottle costs the least airside.
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Lijiang Sanyi Airport and the Lijiang city center
Compare prepaid private transfers to Lijiang — useful overnight, with luggage, or when you want a locked-in fare before you land.
Airport bus leftover ¥20 from arrivals 2号门. Historic pin leftover 蓝天宾馆, about 1 km from 大水车.
Tip: Phone leftover 0888-5173081 / 0888-5168587. Summer-2026 leftover extra stops 古城北门 / 束河 — confirm the headsign. This is not a metro.
Taxi leftover the same 2号门 curb as the bus. Sit a meter if it is running.
Tip: Airport runs often skip the meter. 12328 leftover for no-meter / 拒载. Old town leftover is a drop at 大水车 / 南门 / 忠义市场 — cars do not enter the pedestrian core. Rideshare leftover uses the same curb.
CSAIR leftover copy of the airport table. Lijiang.cn leftover 29 Sep 2025 also names a north long-stay lot.
Tip: Follow the sign on the day you park. CSAIR leftover still prints no overnight. Kiss-and-ride leftover is the 2F viaduct, down-and-go, not the overnight lot.
Domestic airside, leftover Hall A lift / elevator corner after security — DragonPass leftover 左转约 50 m, FlyerTalk leftover Jun 2026 ~100 m and easy to miss because it is not in the main sterile square. 2-hour stay leftover, children under 2 free. PP facilities leftover: AC, digital card, disabled, FIDS, soft drinks, Wi-Fi on the fuller card — no alcohol, no showers. FlyerTalk leftover Jun 2026: 苦荞茶, 泡面, packaged snacks, instant coffee, no hot kitchen. Same counter-12 landside fast-track as the other domestic pins.
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Add a photoDomestic airside, leftover turn right after security ~10 m. 2-hour stay leftover, children under 2 free. PP facilities leftover: AC, digital card, disabled, FIDS, soft drinks — no alcohol claim, no showers. Same counter-12 landside fast-track. Closer than Best if you exit security to the right. Do not copy DragonPass leftover T2国内 onto this room.
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Add a photoDomestic airside, leftover turn right after security then 300 m near the lift, 2F. 2-hour stay leftover, children under 2 free. PP leftover à la carte extra payment. DragonPass leftover still prints T2国内 and gates 1–3 / C1–C3 — follow the PP domestic walk, not the T3 construction fence. Same counter-12 landside fast-track.
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Add a photoInternational airside, leftover next to the T2 departure hall after passport control. 2-hour stay leftover, children under 2 free. PP facilities leftover: AC, digital card, disabled, FIDS, complimentary soft drinks — no alcohol claim. A Bangkok / Ho Chi Minh City / Hanoi / Haiphong / Hong Kong boarding pass leftover is this room, not Best at the T1 elevator. International Lounge No.2 leftover (ljg8) is a second pin in the same hall.
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Add a photoPriority Pass ljg12 leftover Hall A lift / elevator corner after T1 security. FlyerTalk leftover Jun 2026: 苦荞茶, 泡面, packaged snacks, no hot kitchen. 2-hour stay leftover.
DragonPass leftover named kitchen, domestic airside, hours leftover 06:20 until the last flight. Dine-in leftover only. Eat here if the CIP is noodles.
Priority Pass ljg11 leftover ~10 m right after T1 security. Soft drinks leftover on the PP card. Closer than Best if you exit to the right.
Arrivals leftover 2号门 to 福慧路蓝天宾馆. City leftover 06:30–22:00 / 30 min. Airport leftover last flight. No metro.
Look for 直饮水 machines in the T1 sterile hall around gates 2–7. Official leftover does not post a bottle map.
CSAIR leftover table for a small car: 15 min free, ≤3 h ¥5, 3–5 h ¥10, 5–24 h ¥18. Overnight leftover-conflicting. Kiss-and-ride leftover is the 2F viaduct.
Live passenger campus is T1 every domestic plus T2 international / HMT. T3 / 3,500 m / 4E leftover are not flying.
Every domestic leftover uses T1. International / HMT leftover is the smaller T2 hall on the same field. T3 leftover is 2027 fit-out. A domestic-to-international change is landside, re-check, re-screen. ICAO leftover ZPLJ is not a public slug.
You will not get lost if you read T1 domestic vs T2 international on the boarding pass.
A KMG-style follow-the-terminal-letter habit sends people hunting a T3 that does not fly.
Cheapest leftover is the 机场大巴 ¥20 from 2号门. Taxi leftover the same curb. No metro.
Airport bus leftover ¥20 to 福慧路蓝天宾馆. Taxi leftover-typical ¥80–120 to the old-town gates plus leftover 高速. City meter leftover 起步 ¥7 / 3 km then ¥1.8/km — airport runs often skip the meter. No leftover CR station under the hall.
The ¥20 bus is at arrivals 2号门, not a remote rank.
A late international arrival sits the taxi. Do not wait for a metro that is not open.
Priority Pass leftover is snack-grade CIP. Named kitchen leftover is 塞纳左岸. International leftover is a different hall.
After T1 security: right ~10 m is First Class Lounge 1; left ~50–100 m at the elevator is Best; Lounge 2 leftover is right then 300 m. International leftover is T2 after passport, not Best. FlyerTalk leftover Jun 2026: no hot kitchen in Best.
A real sit at 塞纳左岸 between gates 6 and 7 if the CIP is noodles.
PP leftover Best is 泡面. DragonPass leftover T2国内 on Lounge 2 is leftover-wrong.
CSAIR leftover check-in dies 40 minutes before STD. 240-hour TWOV leftover is the international channel. Skip-immigration does not apply.
CSAIR leftover check-in closes 40 minutes before STD. Lijiang.cn leftover still asks 2 hours on 暑运 days. 240-hour TWOV leftover is the T2 arrivals channel. Stay leftover is nine Yunnan cities, not Yunnan-wide. Skip-immigration leftover is KMG from 5 Nov 2025, not LJG. Summer-2026 international leftover is BKK / SGN / HAN / HPH / HKG; Seoul leftover off until after October.
2F security leftover is a 12-minute regional queue, not a KMG morning.
The 40-minute desk is a last-chance cut. Skip-immigration leftover is not here.
Sterile waiting hall around gates 2–7, including the walk from 2F security toward 塞纳左岸
Look for 直饮水 machines at the gate band. Official leftover does not post a bottle map or a fountain count — fill here rather than inventing a branded refill wall.
DragonPass leftover restaurant pin between boarding gates 6 and 7, domestic airside
Named kitchen on the DragonPass restaurant card. Hours leftover 06:20 until the last flight. Dine-in leftover only.
Gate 2–3 band on the 12 May 2025 waiting-hall photo, opposite the numbered red seats
A second sit-down bottle if 塞纳左岸 is the wrong direction for your gate.
Elevator-corner CIP after domestic security, leftover Hall A lift / DragonPass leftover 左转约 50 m
FlyerTalk leftover Jun 2026 still pours 苦荞茶 and bottled water inside Best. This is not a public fountain — you need the card.
T1 2F check-in island in front of counters 01–12, before security
Buy a sealed bottle before the 40-minute desk if you are landside-only.
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