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Jieyang, China · Asia-Pacific
Guangdong's fourth million-pax airport is one 3F hall with 揭阳机场站 at the east curb — the tradeoff is a 35-minute CZ desk, a snack-grade Priority Pass CIP unless you are on CZ metal, and a single 3,200 m strip next to 外砂.
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Jieyang, China · Asia-Pacific
Guangdong's fourth million-pax airport is one 3F hall with 揭阳机场站 at the east curb — the tradeoff is a 35-minute CZ desk, a snack-grade Priority Pass CIP unless you are on CZ metal, and a single 3,200 m strip next to 外砂.
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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China Southern leftover still prints domestic check-in 35 minutes before STD and international / regional 40. Airport leftover asks you to arrive 90 minutes out.
The 35-minute desk is a last-chance cut, not a plan. Use 40 if you are checking a bag on CZ metal. Do not copy the domestic clock onto Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, or Nha Trang.
Domestic and international share the same 3F departures floor. International leftover is counters 43–51 plus a separate sterile corridor, not a second building.
Self-bag leftover 1–16, oversized 17, other domestics 18–29, CZ domestic 33–42. Taxi leftover is arrivals door 4. Airport bus leftover is door 6. CZ leftover still prints the bus desk at door 4 — leftover-wrong against the 25 Mar 2026 operator card.
Named kitchens leftover on the DragonPass restaurant card. Sit those, then walk to 明珠 only if you actually hold the CZ card.
天祈楼 leftover is the sit-down pin. 潮汕名小吃 leftover is the snack pin. 悦航佳便利店 leftover is the sealed-bottle pin. Priority Pass swa4 leftover lists alcohol and air-con, not a Chaoshan kitchen.
NIA leftover lists 揭阳潮汕机场 on the Guangdong TWOV port list. Stay is the whole province, not Jieyang-city-only.
Summer 2026 leftover still flies Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Nha Trang — this is not a cargo-only pin. The Nov 2025 skip-immigration ten leftover is CAN-adjacent fields such as HAK / NNG, not SWA.
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Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport and the Shantou city center
4 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
3 lounges with access rules, hours, and verdicts. 2 rated worth it.
Taxi leftover is arrivals door 4, three city lanes. 粤D leftover is Shantou. 粤V leftover is Jieyang (and anywhere outside the three cities). 粤U leftover is Chaozhou. Sit the meter. Do not bargain, and do not sit a blue-plate 黑车.
6 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
Where to refill for free, and where a bottle costs the least airside.
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Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport and the Shantou city center
Compare prepaid private transfers to Shantou — useful overnight, with luggage, or when you want a locked-in fare before you land.
Live since 11 Oct 2019 underground on the east curb. City leftover CR fare, no airport surcharge. Confirm on 12306 the morning you fly.
Tip: B1 leftover from 18 Jan 2024 walks the hall to the platforms. This is not 潮汕站 and not a metro. 粤东城际 leftover is construction.
1F arrivals door 4, three city lanes. Sit the meter. 粤D Shantou / 粤V Jieyang or outside the three cities / 粤U Chaozhou.
Tip: Do not bargain. Do not sit a blue-plate 黑车. Hotline leftover 0663-6192123. CZ leftover bus-at-door-4 is leftover-wrong.
Ticket desk leftover 6号门内. 汕头东/西 leftover ~70 min, last leftover as late as 02:00 on a late bank. 潮州 leftover ~60 min.
Tip: Buy at the counter, 0663-3828788. 本地宝 leftover ¥28 Shantou is leftover-stale against the 2026 operator card.
揭市发改 leftover from 8 Jan 2024. B1 leftover 786 extra bays from 18 Jan 2024, garage leftover ~2,400. Kiss-and-ride leftover is the 1F curb table, not the garage.
Tip: 15 minutes free once, then the hourly table. Taxi hold leftover ¥3. Large leftover doubles to ¥56 / 8–24 h.
Domestic airside, leftover after security then right, near boarding Gate A20 on the PP card. CZ leftover also prints this cluster as the 700 m² 两舱 / 金银卡 / 要客 rooms (108 seats). DragonPass leftover 南航明珠贵宾休息室 is the same meal room. PP leftover A20 is leftover-stale against DragonPass gates 107–109 — follow the 明珠 sign after domestic security rather than hunting a jetbridge numbered A20. 2-hour stay leftover. CZ-hours. Not the Gate 109 CIP.
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Add a photoSame domestic-airside cluster as the First/Business room, leftover after security then right near Gate A20 on the PP card. CZ leftover splits 两舱 44 seats / 金银卡 52 seats / 要客 12. PP leftover 2-hour stay, children under 2 free, space-constrained. Spring / 9 Air / other non-CZ boarding passes do not open it unless you actually hold the CZ card.
Full access guide
Add a photoDomestic airside, leftover near Gate 109 on the PP card / gates 107–108 on DragonPass. PP leftover also prints "after passport control" — that boilerplate is leftover-wrong for this domestic pin. 2-hour stay leftover, children under 2 free. No hot-meal claim on the PP facilities list. Eat 天祈楼 first if they only have snacks.
Full access guide
Add a photoLive since 11 Oct 2019, underground on the east curb. Leftover 二等座 ¥12 / ~11–15 min to 潮汕站. B1 walk leftover from 18 Jan 2024. This is not 潮汕站 and not a metro.
Domestic airside meal room on CZ metal. Alcohol leftover on the PP card. PP swa2 / swa3. CZ leftover 700 m² / 108 seats. Not the Gate 109 CIP.
Named DragonPass kitchen pins after domestic security. Sit those instead of the Gate 109 CIP for a soft drink.
Priority Pass swa4 leftover near Gate 109 / DragonPass 107–108. Alcohol leftover, no hot-meal claim on the PP facilities list.
揭市发改 leftover from 8 Jan 2024: 15 minutes free, then small-car ¥7/h then ¥3.5/h, 8–24 h leftover caps at ¥35. B1 leftover ~2,400 bays from 18 Jan 2024.
Operator leftover 25 Mar 2026: 汕头 ¥30 / 潮州 ¥22 / 揭阳 ¥22–25. Ticket desk leftover door 6, not the CZ leftover door 4.
Every domestic and international flight checks in on 3F. There is no live T2. International leftover is a separate sterile corridor, not a second building.
Self-bag leftover 1–16. CZ leftover 33–42. International leftover 43–51. The 28 Dec 2022 expansion is the live hall. English leftover Shantou is the IATA city, not a second code.
You will not get lost if you read the counter block on the boarding pass.
A CAN-style "follow the terminal letter" habit sends people hunting a T2 that does not exist.
揭阳机场站 is on the east curb. Leftover ¥12 / 11–15 min to 潮汕站. Airport bus leftover is door 6. Taxi leftover is door 4.
B1 leftover from 18 Jan 2024 walks hall / garage / CR. Last leftover trains are evening, not 24 hours. 粤东城际 leftover is construction.
The station is at the hall, not a shuttle to a remote CR platform.
Last trains leftover around 22:11. A late international arrival sits the taxi.
China Southern leftover 明珠 is the meal room. Priority Pass swa4 leftover is the snack CIP. DragonPass leftover 107–108 is that CIP, not a second meal room.
PP leftover also prints A20 on the two CZ pins — leftover-stale against DragonPass 107–109. PP leftover "after passport control" on the domestic pins is leftover-wrong.
A real meal room if you are on CZ metal.
Spring / 9 Air boarding passes do not open 明珠.
CZ leftover check-in dies 35 minutes before STD. International leftover is 40. 240-hour TWOV leftover is the international channel. Skip-immigration does not apply.
Airport leftover still asks 90 minutes. Summer 2026 leftover four international points. Window-shade leftover is not posted — do not invent a joint-use climb rule for this civilian strip.
3F security leftover is a 12-minute regional queue, not a CAN morning.
The 35-minute desk is a last-chance cut. Do not plan it. Skip-immigration leftover is not here.
DragonPass leftover main-hall airside restaurant pin after domestic security, named 天祈楼 on the SWA restaurant card
Named sit-down kitchen on the DragonPass restaurant card. Buy the sealed bottle with the bowl when your gate is in the 107–109 band.
DragonPass leftover main-hall airside snack pin after domestic security, named 潮汕名小吃 on the SWA restaurant card
Named Chaoshan snack pin on the DragonPass restaurant card. Cheapest regional bowl if 天祈楼 is the wrong direction.
DragonPass leftover main-hall airside convenience pin after domestic security, named 悦航佳便利店 on the SWA restaurant card
Named convenience pin on the DragonPass restaurant card. Cheapest sealed bottle if you are not sitting down.
Sterile waiting hall around domestic gates 107–109, including the walk from security toward the 明珠 / CIP cluster
Look for 直饮水 machines at the gates. Official leftover does not post a bottle map or a fountain count — fill here rather than inventing a branded refill wall.
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