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Lianyungang Baitabu Airport

Lianyungang, CN

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Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport

Lianyungang, China · Asia-Pacific

A single 2021 civil terminal that replaced the old joint-use field, with a ¥20 city bus, a cheap capped car park, and one DragonPass snack lounge. The international zone is real, but this is not a 240-hour visa-free transit airport and a foreign departure still has to be confirmed on a live ticket.

Airportist Score

6.0/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use6.6
Comfort & amenities6.2
Food & retail5.4
Ground access6.0
Reliability6.2
Lounges4.6

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport

Lianyungang, China · Asia-Pacific

A single 2021 civil terminal that replaced the old joint-use field, with a ¥20 city bus, a cheap capped car park, and one DragonPass snack lounge. The international zone is real, but this is not a 240-hour visa-free transit airport and a foreign departure still has to be confirmed on a live ticket.

Airportist Score

6.0/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use6.6
Comfort & amenities6.2
Food & retail5.4
Ground access6.0
Reliability6.2
Lounges4.6

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Fastest to city
About 21.5 km to the city center; minutes depend on traffic
Taxi
Cheapest to city
Airport bus
¥20 · Not published on the fare page
Lounge
1
Terminals
1
Passengers / year
1,746,839 (2025)

The lounge at LYG
LYG security wait times

LYGGuide

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A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.

Cutoff

Domestic close is 30 minutes

Since 27 October 2024 the airport closes domestic check-in and bag drop 30 minutes before scheduled departure. The gate still closes 15 minutes before.

One hall

Do not navigate to Baitabu

Passengers use the single Huaguoshan terminal in Guanyun County. The old Baitabu coordinates and the Baitabu name are the former joint-use field.

Food

Wonton and coffee

DragonPass names Lucky Wonton and Dio Coffee in the main terminal. This is not a large food hall.

Transit

No 240-hour visa-free entry

Huaguoshan can handle international flights, but it is not one of the 240-hour visa-free transit ports. Confirm a live international ticket before you travel.

Live conditions

Right now at LYG

Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

Domestic trips within northern Jiangsu
Drivers using the capped parking rate
DragonPass holders who only need a short airside wait

Watch out for

Old Baitabu coordinates and the Baitabu name
Assuming 240-hour visa-free transit applies
Treating the 2024 Bangkok inaugural as a current timetable

Airportist Score

Why this score

Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.

Ease of use · 25%

Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.

6.6

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

6.2

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

5.4

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

6.0

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

6.2

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

4.6

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

1,746,839 (2025)

Terminals

1 terminal

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for LYG.

Updated Oct 17, 2026

IATA LYG, ICAO ZSLG. One civil runway, 03/21, 2,800 by 45 meters, code 4D.
Civil operations moved here at 00:00 on 2 December 2021. The old joint-use Baitabu field closed to airline passengers the same day.
CAAC 2025: 1,746,839 passengers, national rank 85, up 11.9% from 1,561,569. Movements 16,764, rank 106. Cargo 3,086.4 tonnes, rank 88.
Ministry of Civil Affairs announced the international name on 23 December 2024, after CAAC approval.
Not a 240-hour visa-free transit airport. In Jiangsu that policy covers Nanjing Lukou, Sunan Shuofang, Yangzhou Taizhou, and the Lianyungang seaport.

15 official sources

https://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TJSJ/202602/t20260226_230119.html
http://caacnews.com.cn/1/2/202112/t20211206_1335635.html
http://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/5/202405/t20240520_1378373.html
https://www.mca.gov.cn/n152/n165/c1662004999980002905/content.html
https://www.jiangsu.gov.cn/art/2024/12/18/art_60096_11448922.html
https://www.zgjssw.gov.cn/shixianchuanzhen/lianyungang/202412/t20241204_8433451.shtml
https://sharenew.lyg1.com/folder17/folder18/folder29/2024-10-26/hpsXZTtYIs7aAbMM.html
https://www.ceair.com/global/static/Announcement/TravelTips/AirportInformation/checkinandaport/
https://lyg.bendibao.com/traffic/2023828/16224.shtm
http://lyg.bendibao.com/traffic/2023828/16223.shtm
https://network.dragonpass.com.cn/icbc/airport/lounge/431300/
https://www.dragonpass.com.cn/airport/LYG/
https://ourairports.com/airports/ZSLG/
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%80%A3%E9%9B%B2%E6%B8%AF%E8%8A%B1%E6%9E%9C%E5%B1%B1%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E6%A9%9F%E5%A0%B4
https://www.easternairports.com/web/about/51.html

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Map
Lianyungang Baitabu Airport and the Lianyungang city center
City center
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Getting There
4 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
Fastest: TaxiCheapest: Airport bus
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Lounges
1 lounge with access rules, hours, and verdicts.
First Class Lounge
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Traveler Tips
Domestic check-in and bag drop close 30 minutes before scheduled departure, and the boarding gate closes 15 minutes before. That airport-wide domestic change took effect on 27 October 2024, moving the counter cutoff back from 35 minutes. China Eastern’s current airport table still shows its counters opening 120 minutes before departure with the same 30- and 15-minute cutoffs.
9 tips & hacks
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Amenities
4 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
First Class Lounge
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Editorial and traveler reviews — what people actually complain about.
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Lianyungang Baitabu Airport and the Lianyungang city center

This airport LYG
City center Lianyungang

Terminal navigation guide

Terminal-change and gate-area notes pulled from the markdown guide.

From Terminals & Navigation

One passenger terminal of about 30,000 square meters, with 16 apron stands, opened when civil flights moved here at 00:00 on 2 December 2021. The runway is 03/21, 2,800 by 45 meters, code 4D.
The international inspection area inside that terminal is about 8,000 square meters and was designed for 300,000 passengers a year. National acceptance for opening the airport to foreign aircraft was on 17 May 2024.
The terminal is in Xiaoyi Town, Guanyun County, about 21.5 km from the city center. The public aerodrome position is 34.41406 N, 119.17899 E. A pin near 34.57 N, 118.88 E is the old Baitabu field, and local datasets that still say “Lianyungang Baitabu Airport” are pointing at that closed civil site.
Ticket counters are on level 3. The customer line published with the October 2024 check-in change is 0518-80566666.
Opening design targets were 2.5 million passengers and 20,000 tonnes of cargo a year. CAAC’s 2025 count was 1,746,839 passengers and 3,086.4 tonnes of cargo. The operator site www.lygairport.com does not resolve.

Ground transport guide

City-transfer, rideshare, train, and parking guidance from the markdown guide.

From Ground Transport & Parking

There is no airport railway and no metro.
The airport-bus fare on the 28 August 2023 city guide is ¥20 per person. That page’s line 1 runs between Suxin coach station and the airport, and passengers are told to ask and buy at the first-floor desk, then exit domestic arrivals door 5.
A city page that once described a high-speed-rail express and a longer downtown line returned 404 on 17 October 2026, so those extra routes are not treated as current.
Parking, republished on 26 December 2024: about 780 passenger spaces, about 15 coach spaces, and about 140 taxi spaces. The first 30 minutes are free. Blue plates are ¥5 per 2 hours with a ¥30 cap per 24 hours. Yellow plates are ¥10 per 2 hours with a ¥50 cap. Motorcycles are ¥2 per 2 hours with a ¥10 cap. New-energy vehicles pay half. Chargers are in the underground passenger garage. Payment is WeChat, Alipay, China Construction Bank, the exit QR code, ETC, or CCB plate binding. The parking hotline is 15951252227.
No published airport taxi flat fare was found. Ride-hail prices are the in-app quote.

Ride to Lianyungang

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To city center

Lianyungang

~0.4 km

Typical fare

¥20

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Cheapest

Airport bus

City guide line between Suxin coach station and the terminal. Buy at the first-floor desk and board outside domestic arrivals door 5.

Time to city

Not published on the fare page

Cost

¥20

Tip: The ¥20 fare is from the 28 August 2023 city guide. A 2026 page for extra rail-station lines no longer resolves, so do not count on those.

Passenger garage

About 780 passenger spaces plus small coach and taxi lots. Underground chargers for new-energy cars.

Time to city

On site

Cost

Blue plate ¥5 per 2 hours, cap ¥30 per 24 hours; first 30 minutes free

Tip: New-energy vehicles are half price. Yellow plates cap at ¥50 and motorcycles at ¥10.

FastestBest for luggage

Taxi

Taxi spaces are marked at the terminal. No airport flat fare was published.

Time to city

About 21.5 km to the city center; minutes depend on traffic

Cost

Metered; no published airport flat fare

Tip: The old Baitabu field is a different site. Give the driver Huaguoshan or the Guanyun Xiaoyi address.

Ride-hail

Use a city ride-hail app and follow its airport pin rather than a Baitabu search result.

Time to city

Quoted in the app

Cost

In-app quote

Tip: Search the current Huaguoshan name. Older map pins still sit on the closed civil field.

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Depends

First Class Lounge

Main terminalDomestic airside

The only named lounge at Huaguoshan. DragonPass lists it opposite gate 4, from the first flight to the last, with snacks and soft drinks. Showers are not on the facility list. The page header still says Baitabu, which is the old field.

Access: DragonPass

Hours: First departure to last departure

Amenities: Snacks · Non-alcoholic drinks · Flight information · Staff boarding reminder · Air conditioning

Best for: DragonPass holders with a short domestic wait

Full access guide

Lounge & amenity notes

Lounge, food, and quiet-spot picks pulled from the markdown guide.

From Lounges, Food & Amenities

The only named lounge is the First Class Lounge (头等舱候机室), on domestic departures after security, about 10 meters after a left turn, opposite gate 4. DragonPass lists the hours as first flight to last flight.
Its published facilities are a staff boarding reminder, snacks, non-alcoholic drinks, air conditioning, and flight information. Showers are not listed. The standard stay is 2 hours, children under 2 are free, and there is no escorted walk to the gate.
DragonPass’s airport header still says “Baitabu Airport” and counts three lounges, but only this room is named. Ignore the Baitabu label and do not assume two further lounges.
The same page names two places to eat in the main terminal: Lucky Wonton (吉祥馄饨) and Dio Coffee (迪欧咖啡). No walk-up price was published.
A 2022 promotion that let some travelers into the second-floor lounge for free was a calendar-year offer and is not a current access rule.

basic

First Class Lounge

Has Lounge

Domestic airside, opposite gate 4. DragonPass, snacks and soft drinks, first flight to last flight. Showers are not listed.

basic

Lucky Wonton and Dio Coffee

Food

The two outlets DragonPass names in the main terminal. No published walk-up price.

basic

Airport bus

Easy Transport

Flat ¥20 on the 28 August 2023 city guide, from the first-floor desk out of domestic arrivals door 5 toward Suxin coach station.

good

Passenger parking

Easy Transport

About 780 passenger spaces. First 30 minutes free, then ¥5 per 2 hours for a blue plate, capped at ¥30 per 24 hours. New-energy vehicles pay half.

Editorial guide tricks

The markdown guide's highest-signal tactics before the data-backed tips below.

From Best Airport Tricks & Hacks

Domestic check-in and bag drop close 30 minutes before scheduled departure, and the boarding gate closes 15 minutes before. That airport-wide domestic change took effect on 27 October 2024, moving the counter cutoff back from 35 minutes. China Eastern’s current airport table still shows its counters opening 120 minutes before departure with the same 30- and 15-minute cutoffs.
Buy the airport bus at the first-floor service desk and leave from domestic arrivals door 5. The city guide published on 28 August 2023 lists a flat fare of ¥20.
The first 30 minutes of parking are free. After that a blue plate is ¥5 per 2 hours, capped at ¥30 in 24 hours.
Do not plan a 240-hour visa-free transit arrival here. Jiangsu’s airport ports for that policy are Nanjing Lukou, Sunan Shuofang, and Yangzhou Taizhou. Lianyungang’s listed port is the seaport passenger terminal, not Huaguoshan.
Confirm any international ticket in the airline system. The first passenger international flight after the 2021 move was 9 Air AQ1230 from Bangkok, which landed at 12:44 on 3 December 2024. A public mid-October 2026 9 Air timetable to Bangkok did not list Lianyungang.

01

SecurityTraveler Tips & Hacks

Thirty-minute domestic cutoff

Counters close 30 minutes before departure and the gate closes 15 minutes before.

The airport announced the change for all domestic flights from 27 October 2024. China Eastern’s published table still matches it and adds a 120-minute counter opening. No separate international cutoff was verified.

02

NavigationTraveler Tips & Hacks

Use the Huaguoshan pin

The passenger terminal is in Guanyun County, not at the old Baitabu airfield.

Public position 34.41406 N, 119.17899 E, about 21.5 km from the city center. Coordinates near 34.57 N, 118.88 E belong to the former joint-use field.

03

TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

Bus is ¥20, rail is not an option

Budget the city bus or a car. There is no airport rail.

The 2023 city guide fare is ¥20 via Suxin. A later page for a high-speed-rail express now 404s. Parking is capped and the first 30 minutes are free. No airport taxi flat fare was published.

04

LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

One snack lounge

DragonPass is the verified access path, opposite gate 4.

Snacks and non-alcoholic drinks, two-hour standard stay, no showers on the facility list. The directory count of three lounges is not backed by three named rooms.

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Disruptions

No current alerts on file

No editorial alerts are on file for this airport. We do not invent them.

Editorial file dated Oct 17, 2026. Typical delay percentages are omitted — they are not live news.

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