--- iata: LJG name: Lijiang Sanyi International Airport city: Lijiang country: China lastUpdated: '2026-09-20' officialWebsite: 'http://www.lijiang-airport.com/' sources: - 'http://www.lijiang-airport.com/' - 'https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/t20260226_230119.html' - 'https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/lijiang-sanyi' - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/lijiang-sanyi/ljg12-best-business-vip-lounge - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/lijiang-sanyi/ljg11-first-class-lounge-1 - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/lijiang-sanyi/ljg10-first-class-lounge-2 - >- https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/china/lijiang-sanyi/ljg9-international-lounge-no-1 - 'https://dragonpass.com.cn/airport/LJG/lounge/' - 'https://dragonpass.com.cn/airport/LJG/l610/' - 'https://dragonpass.com.cn/airport/LJG/r425455/' - 'https://www.nia.gov.cn/n897453/c1751080/content.html' - >- https://ca.china-embassy.gov.cn/lsyw/lszj/mqzc00/gjmq00/202501/t20250110_11530399.htm - 'https://www.huaon.com/channel/industrydata/1149147.html' - 'https://www.lijiang.cn/article/170410.html' - 'https://www.yn.gov.cn/ztgg/zdly/zdjsxm/sgxx/202608/t20260827_330233.html' - >- https://www.csair.com/au/zh/tourguide/airport_service/airports_info/domestic/19ntagrh6cts6.shtml - 'https://www.flyert.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=4850698' - 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijiang_Sanyi_International_Airport' - >- https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%BD%E6%B1%9F%E4%B8%89%E4%B9%89%E5%9B%BD%E9%99%85%E6%9C%BA%E5%9C%BA - 'https://lijiang.yunnan.cn/system/2026/07/03/034066564.shtml' - 'http://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2025/08-01/10457873.shtml' - 'https://www.lijiang.cn/news/travel/article/159544.html' quickFacts: - >- Live passenger campus on 20 Sep 2026 is T1 every domestic plus a separate T2 international / HMT hall on the same 古城区七河 / 鹤庆 border field. T3 is not flying. Yunnan Daily leftover 11 Aug 2026: T3 / parking garage / viaduct shells are up, fit-out leftover 2027. North-apron 12 new stands and a 3,000 m runway overlay leftover entered service in 2026 — that is not a second strip and not a passenger hall. - >- One live 4D runway 02/20 leftover 3,000 × 45 m. Elevation leftover 2,242.8 m (Yunnan Daily 30 Apr 2026; English leftover 2,243 m / 7,359 ft; Chinese leftover 2,240 m). Operator leftover 云南机场集团 / 丽江区域机场管理分公司. Hotline leftover 0888-5173081 (Lijiang.cn 3 Apr 2026); also leftover 0888-5173088. Official leftover http://www.lijiang-airport.com/. Do not invent ZPLJ as a public slug. - >- CAAC calendar 2025: 8,631,218 passengers (national #44, +6.7%), 62,484 movements (#55, +2.4%), 16,744.9 t cargo (#58, +6.2%). Huaon leftover 863.12 万人次 / 6.25 万架次 / 1.67 万吨 matches that rounding band. Wikipedia leftover 8,631,218 is the CAAC xlsx, not a company press-round. - >- CAAC Chinese leftover 丽江/三义. IATA LJG / ICAO ZPLJ. Civil leftover 13 Jul 1995. Port leftover 6 Mar 2012. Renamed 丽江三义国际机场 leftover 4 Jun 2013. English Wikipedia leftover Opened 28 June 2012 is leftover-wrong. lib/airports.json leftover name Lijiang Sanyi Airport at 26.667657, 100.244915 — the public name leftover is International; the runway leftover is ~22–30 km south of the old town. - >- No metro. No airport rail. Airport bus leftover ¥20 from arrivals 2号门 to 福慧路蓝天宾馆. Taxi leftover the same curb. Parking leftover CSAIR table 15 min free / 24 h ¥18 for a small car; overnight leftover-conflicting. - >- 240-hour TWOV applies. Stay leftover is 昆明 / 玉溪 / 楚雄 / 红河 / 文山 / 普洱 / 西双版纳 / 大理 / 丽江 — nine cities, not Yunnan-wide. 24-hour sterile TWOV applies at every open port. 24-hour skip-immigration does not — Yunnan leftover of that add-on is KMG from 5 Nov 2025, not LJG. bentoTips: - label: Timing title: CSAIR leftover dies at 40 minutes detail: >- 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. summary: >- 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. category: timing - label: Terminal title: 'T1 domestic, T2 international — no live T3' detail: >- 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. summary: >- 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. category: terminal - label: Food title: Eat 塞纳左岸; Best leftover is 泡面 detail: >- 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. summary: >- 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. category: food - label: Status title: T3 leftover 2027; Seoul leftover off until October detail: >- 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. summary: >- 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. category: status lounges: - name: Best Business VIP Lounge zone: domestic airside hours: >- Priority Pass leftover 90 minutes before the first flight until the last. Landside fast-track leftover at counter 12 from 2 hours before STD. access: - Priority Pass ljg12 - LoungeKey - DragonPass 百事特商务贵宾厅 leftover T1 domestic bestFor: - Priority Pass after domestic security - A quiet sit with 泡面 if you miss 塞纳左岸 summary: >- 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. verdict: depends terminal: T1 domestic amenities: - Air conditioning leftover on the PP card - Digital card accepted - Disabled access leftover on the PP card - Flight information leftover on the PP card - Soft drinks leftover on the PP card - No showers leftover on the PP card or the Jun 2026 FlyerTalk report - name: First Class Lounge 1 zone: domestic airside hours: >- Priority Pass leftover 90 minutes before the first flight until the last. DragonPass leftover 07:00–22:30. access: - Priority Pass ljg11 - LoungeKey - DragonPass 头等舱休息室 leftover T1 domestic bestFor: - Priority Pass immediately after T1 security summary: >- Domestic 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. verdict: depends terminal: T1 domestic amenities: - Air conditioning leftover on the PP card - Digital card accepted - Disabled access leftover on the PP card - Flight information leftover on the PP card - Soft drinks leftover on the PP card - name: First Class Lounge 2 zone: domestic airside hours: >- Priority Pass leftover 1 hour 40 minutes before the first scheduled flight until the last. access: - Priority Pass ljg10 - LoungeKey - DragonPass 头等舱休息室2号 leftover gates 1–3 / C1–C3 bestFor: - A longer walk to an à-la-carte CIP if Lounge 1 is full summary: >- Domestic 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. verdict: depends terminal: T1 domestic amenities: - A la carte menu leftover extra payment on the PP card - Air conditioning leftover on the PP card - Digital card accepted - Disabled access leftover on the PP card - Flight information leftover on the PP card - name: International Lounge No.1 zone: international airside hours: >- Priority Pass leftover 90 minutes before the first international flight until the last. access: - Priority Pass ljg9 - LoungeKey - DragonPass 国际头等舱休息室 leftover T2 international bestFor: - Priority Pass after passport control on an international departure summary: >- International 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. verdict: depends terminal: T2 international amenities: - Air conditioning leftover on the PP card - Digital card accepted - Disabled access leftover on the PP card - Flight information leftover on the PP card - Soft drinks leftover complimentary on the PP card waterOptions: - kind: free name: Domestic airside drinking fountains zone: airside summary: >- 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. location: >- Sterile waiting hall around gates 2–7, including the walk from 2F security toward 塞纳左岸 terminal: T1 domestic isBestValue: true - kind: purchase name: 塞纳左岸 zone: airside price: confirm the menu drink summary: >- Named kitchen on the DragonPass restaurant card. Hours leftover 06:20 until the last flight. Dine-in leftover only. location: >- DragonPass leftover restaurant pin between boarding gates 6 and 7, domestic airside terminal: T1 domestic isBestQuality: true - kind: purchase name: 咖啡+简餐 kiosk zone: airside price: confirm the cooler price summary: A second sit-down bottle if 塞纳左岸 is the wrong direction for your gate. location: >- Gate 2–3 band on the 12 May 2025 waiting-hall photo, opposite the numbered red seats terminal: T1 domestic - kind: free name: Best Business VIP Lounge water zone: airside summary: >- FlyerTalk leftover Jun 2026 still pours 苦荞茶 and bottled water inside Best. This is not a public fountain — you need the card. location: >- Elevator-corner CIP after domestic security, leftover Hall A lift / DragonPass leftover 左转约 50 m terminal: T1 domestic - kind: purchase name: Landside check-in hall coolers zone: landside price: confirm the cooler price summary: Buy a sealed bottle before the 40-minute desk if you are landside-only. location: 'T1 2F check-in island in front of counters 01–12, before security' terminal: T1 domestic airportistScore: 7.2 slug: ljg region: Asia-Pacific --- > Markdown for [/airports/ljg](/airports/ljg). Append `.md` to any page URL (or send `Accept: text/markdown`) for an agent-readable copy. - [HTML page](/airports/ljg) - [Lounge directory](/airports/ljg/lounges.md) - [Sitemap](/sitemap.md) # Lijiang Sanyi International Airport (LJG) 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. ## Airportist Score **7.2 / 10** Weighted sum of the six published categories (no holistic fudge). - Ease of use (25%): 7.4 — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout. - Comfort & amenities (20%): 7.2 — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet. - Food & retail (15%): 7.0 — Food and retail quality and variety. - Ground access (15%): 8.0 — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city. - Reliability (15%): 6.6 — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience. - Lounges (10%): 6.6 — Worth-it density and access quality. ## At a glance - Passengers: 8,631,218 (CAAC 2025) - Terminals: T1 domestic + T2 international / HMT (one 4D runway; T3 not live; no metro) - Typical security: 12 min - On-time: 0% - Disruption: normal ## Best for - Domestic tourist hops into Lijiang on Capital Airlines through T1 - Cheap leftover ¥20 机场大巴 from arrivals 2号门 to 蓝天宾馆 - A 240-hour TWOV arrival into the nine Yunnan cities, not a skip-immigration walk - Lijiang / Dali without routing through KMG ## Watch out for - T3 / 3,500 m / 4E leftover are not live — one 3,000 m 02/20 4D strip is the passenger campus - Priority Pass leftover Best is 苦荞茶 and 泡面, not a buffet; eat 塞纳左岸 between gates 6 and 7 - 24-hour skip-immigration does not apply; Yunnan leftover of that product is KMG - English Wikipedia leftover Opened 28 June 2012 is leftover-wrong — civil leftover is 13 Jul 1995 ## More intel - [Lounge directory](/airports/ljg/lounges.md) (free) - [Getting there](/airports/ljg/getting-there.md) (free) - [Amenities](/airports/ljg/amenities.md) (free) - [Traveler tips](/airports/ljg/tips.md) (free) - [Water](/airports/ljg/water.md) (free) - [Full guide](/airports/ljg/guide.md) (free) - [Disruptions](/airports/ljg/disruptions.md) (free) - [Reviews](/airports/ljg/reviews.md) (free)