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Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

Xi'an, CN

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Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

Xi'an, China · Asia-Pacific

A brand-new T5 plus Metro Line 14 and a 24-hour international Priority Pass room, paid for with a three-hall airline map, leftover PP pins that still send CZ to T3, and unpublished annual on-time stats.

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7.4/ 10

Solid

Ease of use7.0
Comfort & amenities7.5
Food & retail7.6
Ground access8.1
Reliability6.8
Lounges7.4

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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Xi'an Xianyang International Airport

Xi'an, China · Asia-Pacific

A brand-new T5 plus Metro Line 14 and a 24-hour international Priority Pass room, paid for with a three-hall airline map, leftover PP pins that still send CZ to T3, and unpublished annual on-time stats.

Airportist Score

7.4/ 10

Solid

Ease of use7.0
Comfort & amenities7.5
Food & retail7.6
Ground access8.1
Reliability6.8
Lounges7.4

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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Arrive
3 h
before departure
Typical security
15 min
editorial average, not live
Fastest to city
About 40–60 min to Bell Tower, traffic dependent
Official taxi ranks (T5 door 501 / T3 GTC 03 / T2 door 213)
Cheapest to city
Xi'an Metro Line 14 (机场 / 机场西)
Leftover ¥7 Airport West → North Square (was ¥16 on the old 机场城际); Bell Tower leftover ~¥11 with Line 2 · About 31 min riding to 北客站; ~60–80 min to Bell Tower with Line 2
Lounges
6
2 rated worth it
Terminals
T2, T3, T5 live. T1 landside is not a check-in hall. T5 opened 20 Feb 2025

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Editorial profile notes — not a live alert feed. Live operations are on Overview and in the panel below.

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Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Sep 18, 2026.

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Annual Cirium OTP unpublished. Profile on-time stored as 0. No published XIY security SLA; 15 minutes is a working figure, not an airport promise.Live three runways: north-2 from 26 Dec 2024, south-2 from 25 Dec 2025 (CZ8822 at 08:11, 3,000 m × 45 m, 4F). North-1 leftover-prints still under construction. Wikipedia leftover four live runways is false. Official 机场概况 leftover two runways is stale.CZ/MF/3U/RY/NS/OQ/9C domestic leftover-printed T5 from 24 Dec 2025 22:00. Live Priority Pass still leftover-prints a China Southern lounge at T3 Gate 40 and English leftover “Eastern No.39”.Do not merge leftover Xiguan, T1-as-live, T3 international pier-as-live, or ZLXY as a public slug. xxia.com English leftover T2/T3-only; the Chinese site is the operator page (SSL leftover-expired on this research pass).

Typical delay mix from the same editorial snapshot — not a live feed. Current operations are on Overview.

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Operational status

Normal operations

No Flighty-reported operational issues for this airport.

Source: Flighty Airports

Status response Sep 21, 23:35 UTC · Confirm live conditions with official sources before travel.

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