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Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

Xiamen, CN

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Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

Xiamen, China · Asia-Pacific

China’s busiest single-runway international: a daily T3 Gate 17 Priority Pass pin, a flagship 白鹭, and a 24-hour skip-immigration zone — paid for with two halls 3 km apart, a metro station that is not at the airport, leftover Xiang'an-as-live pages, and unpublished annual on-time stats.

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7.1/ 10

Solid

Ease of use6.8
Comfort & amenities7.2
Food & retail7.2
Ground access7.6
Reliability6.6
Lounges7.8

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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Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

Xiamen, China · Asia-Pacific

China’s busiest single-runway international: a daily T3 Gate 17 Priority Pass pin, a flagship 白鹭, and a 24-hour skip-immigration zone — paid for with two halls 3 km apart, a metro station that is not at the airport, leftover Xiang'an-as-live pages, and unpublished annual on-time stats.

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7.1/ 10

Solid

Ease of use6.8
Comfort & amenities7.2
Food & retail7.2
Ground access7.6
Reliability6.6
Lounges7.8

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
30 min
before international flights
Typical security
15 min
editorial average, not live
Fastest to city
About 20–40 min to 中山路 / 轮渡, traffic dependent
Official taxi ranks
Cheapest to city
Xiamen BRT (T4 候机楼站)
BRT fare leftover the city scale; T4 station leftover 300 m walk · About 30–50 min to the island core on a published BRT cell, plus the T3 shuttle if needed
Lounges
5
4 rated worth it
Terminals
T3 and T4 live, ~3 km apart. T1 demolished 2012. T2 is the T3 far-gate wing, not a separate check-in hall. Xiang'an leftover 2026-年底 is not a passenger hall on 18 Sep 2026.

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KNHKinmen Airport
Kinmen
26 km
JJNQuanzhou Jinjiang International Airport
Quanzhou
7.355 km

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

Published alerts

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 XMN security SLA; 15 minutes is a working figure, not an airport promise.

One live runway (05/23, 3,400 m). Operator leftover still titles it China’s busiest single-runway airport.

English leftover Xiang'an-as-live / zh-wiki leftover 24 Dec 2026 close, leftover FAQ “T4 except MF/CZ/NS”, leftover Metro Gaoqi-as-GTC, leftover T1/T2-as-check-in.

Do not merge leftover Fuzhou Changle (FOC), leftover Quanzhou Jinjiang (JJN), leftover ZSAM as a public slug, or leftover T2 COVID arrivals (stopped 8 Jan 2023). Hotline leftover 96363.

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

Typical departure delays0 min · 0%

Typical arrival delays0 min · 0%

Typical cancellations0 min · 0%

Live operations

Live operational signals from Flighty or FAA, plus checkpoint waits where airports publish them.

Security wait times

Current security wait information is not available for this airport. Check the airport's official website or app before travel.

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Operational status

Normal operations

No Flighty-reported operational issues for this airport.

Source: Flighty Airports

Status response Sep 21, 23:12 UTC · Confirm live conditions with official sources before travel.

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