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Xiamen, CN
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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— paid for with two halls 3 km apart, a metro station that is not at the airport, leftover Xiang'an-as-live pages, and unpublished annual on-time stats.
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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— paid for with two halls 3 km apart, a metro station that is not at the airport, leftover Xiang'an-as-live pages, and unpublished annual on-time stats.
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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MF/CZ/NS/RY/OQ and every international leftover-print T3. SC/HU/MU/9C and the other domestics leftover-print T4. Free landside shuttle 05:15–22:00.
T3 arrivals east leftover former bus station; T4 arrivals lane 2. 15 minutes/bus until 20:00, then 30 minutes. Last leftover 22:00. There is no airside walk. Wikipedia leftover “T4 except MF/CZ/NS” is stale against the live RY/OQ T3 islands.
Operator FAQ: domestic desks all-day except Spring (opens 2 hours before); kiosks open 3 hours, close 40 minutes. International leftover opens 2 hours (KLM 3 hours), closes 40 minutes (PR 45, KLM 60).
T3 leftover opens 05:00, T4 04:30. After the last departure both departure decks clear — overnight leftover on the arrivals level, not airside. International leftover has no hall kiosks. Shuttle leftover last 22:00 is not 24 hours.
XiamenAir T3 Gate 2 leftover hot meals 06:10–10:30 / 11:00–14:00 / 17:30–20:00. International 白鹭 leftover Gates 12–15 has showers. DragonPass leftover-prints 途食汇 / 印象阿呆 / Tims that PP does not share.
Premier Lounge leftover Gate 6 and Guest Lounge leftover Gate 21 are unrestricted PP chairs. Guest leftover 3.0/5 from 110, beer only, 09:00–18:00 — skip unless you are already on the far-gate pier.
Live Priority Pass 18 Sep 2026 leftover-prints First Class Lounge 7 after T3 international security, escalator at Gate 17, 07:00–20:00 daily. A T3 or T4 domestic pass cannot walk there.
T4 leftover First/Business 06:30–20:30, 4.3/5 from 173, after domestic security on the left. Confirm the app. Xiang'an leftover 2026-年底 is not a live hall on 18 Sep 2026.
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Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and the Xiamen city center
4 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
5 lounges with access rules, hours, and verdicts. 4 rated worth it.
Read the terminal on the ticket before you leave the city. MF/CZ/NS/RY/OQ and every international leftover-print T3. SC/HU/MU/9C/CA/HO and the other domestics leftover-print T4. The halls are leftover 3 km apart. The free landside shuttle leftover last 22:00 will not save a 22:40 T4 domestic if you checked in at T3.
6 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
Where to refill for free, and where a bottle costs the least airside.
Editorial and traveler reviews — what people actually complain about.
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and the Xiamen city center
Compare prepaid private transfers to Xiamen — useful overnight, with luggage, or when you want a locked-in fare before you land.
T3 leftover 到达厅 7号自动门. Long-distance leftover 泉州/漳州 ranks ~120 m west of T3 arrivals.
Tip: Ignore touts. Fuel-surcharge leftover no longer collected. Traveler leftover 20–40 min to 中山路 / 轮渡. T4 leftover uses its own arrivals rank — do not walk 3 km for a T3 taxi.
快1 / 快2 / 快5 / 快6 plus 同安 / 集美区间 leftover stop at T4. T3 leftover needs the airport shuttle from there.
Tip: This is the closest rail that is actually at a hall. Do not confuse it with Metro Line 1 高崎站.
Line 1 高崎站 is not the airport. Leftover 25 minutes a bus, looping T3 and T4.
Tip: Not 24 hours. Do not budget this as a GTC metro. Last leftover shuttle between halls is 22:00.
Separate T3 and T4 lots. Second entry leftover bills immediately from 10 Jun 2025.
Tip: Do not kerb-park on the T4 2F departures deck. Dual-lot leftover is a trap if you parked at T3 for a T4 flight.
The only live international Priority Pass pin. After T3 international security, Gate 17 escalator. A T3 domestic or T4 pass cannot walk here. 3-hour stay, 4.1/5 from 861.
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Add a photoUnrestricted airside PP on T3 domestic next to Gate 6. No published PP star rating on this pass. 白鹭 leftover Gate 2 is the food room.
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Add a photoFlagship 白鹭 on T3 domestic at Gate 2. Not on live Priority Pass. Hot-meal windows leftover on the XiamenAir page. A T4 boarding pass cannot walk here.
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Add a photoThe international 白鹭. Gates 12–15, lift down one floor. Showers leftover on the carrier page. Not on live Priority Pass. First Class Lounge 7 above Gate 17 is the PP pin.
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Add a photoThe T4 domestic PP room the reviews leftover actually rank (4.3/5 from 173). After T4 security, left to the mezzanine. A T3 pass cannot walk here.
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Add a photoCarrier leftover hot meals 06:10–10:30 / 11:00–14:00 / 17:30–20:00. Not on live Priority Pass. FLYERT leftover MF/CZ two-cabin and elite.
First Class Lounge 7, after T3 international security, Gate 17 escalator. Live PP 07:00–20:00, 3-hour stay, 4.1/5 from 861.
Mezzanine left after T4 domestic security. Live PP 06:30–20:30, 4.3/5 from 173.
DragonPass leftover-prints 途食汇 (T4 Gate 80), 印象阿呆 (T3 international Gate 10), 贯口 (landside island E) and Tims — credits PP does not share.
BRT leftover T4 候机楼站 ~300 m from T4. Taxi leftover T3 arrivals door 7. Metro 高崎 is a ¥10 bus, not a GTC station.
Airside drinking fountains leftover after both security stacks. TWOV leftover still points arrivals at airport Wi-Fi to fill the NIA card. Confirm the live SSID.
Two live halls ~3 km apart on 南八路. The wrong one is a shuttle, not a walk.
MF/CZ/NS/RY/OQ and every international leftover-print T3. SC/HU/MU/9C and the other domestics leftover-print T4. Wikipedia leftover “T4 except MF/CZ/NS” is stale against the live RY/OQ islands.
Free landside bus 05:15–22:00, 15 minutes until 20:00.
Last free shuttle leftover 22:00. There is no airside walk.
First Class Lounge 7 after T3 international security. Not the Gate 2 白鹭.
Live leftover 07:00–20:00. MF international 白鹭 leftover is a different room — Gates 12–15, lift down, showers. Confirm the app.
Daily international room, 3-hour stay, 4.1 from 861.
A T3 domestic pass cannot walk to Gate 17.
There is no metro in the GTC. Line 1 高崎站 is not the airport.
zh-wiki leftover taxi ¥10 / 3 km then ¥2/km. Airport bus leftover ¥6. Shuttle leftover last 22:00. Confirm live fares.
BRT leftover dumps you 300 m from T4.
Metro 高崎 leftover is a ¥10 bus from exit 3, leftover 25 minutes a bus.
PP CIP leftover is a chair. 白鹭 leftover Gate 2 is the T3 domestic food room.
Gate 2 leftover breakfast 06:10–10:30. International 白鹭 leftover showers. DragonPass leftover meal credits PP does not share.
白鹭 leftover actually serves a hot meal.
Premier / Guest leftover are PP chairs; Guest leftover 3.0 from 110, beer only, 09:00–18:00.
Airside 24-hour skip-immigration leftover-prints a dedicated T3 sterile transfer zone. 240-hour TWOV leftover is the interview at arrivals.
Fujian stay leftover the whole province from 17 Dec 2024. XMN leftover 72 hours from 1 Apr 2015, 144 hours from 1 Jan 2019. Do not mix with CGO, which has TWOV but not skip-immigration.
XMN is one of the original nine 24-hour skip-immigration airports (11 Jan 2024).
240-hour TWOV is still a border interview. Clock leftover from 00:00 the next day.
After T3 domestic and international security, including the Gate 2 白鹭 neighbourhood and the Gate 17 international escalator
Chinese T3 leftover-prints 直饮水 at security mouths and gate clusters. No numbered XMN fountain map was published on this pass — do not copy a PEK/HGH Fotile count onto Gaoqi. Fill after security rather than buying landside.
After T4 domestic security, including the mezzanine First/Business lounge left of the security mouth
Same leftover 直饮水 pattern on the newer hall. No numbered T4 fountain map on this pass. Fill here if you are already in T4.
T3 international airside, opposite leftover Gate 16 (DragonPass leftover 逸臣便利店)
Airside bottle when the leftover fountain is dry or you already cleared international security empty-handed. DragonPass leftover meal credit — Priority Pass does not share it.
T4 domestic airside, DragonPass leftover 途食汇 at Gate 80 plus leftover Tims on the T4 concourse
T4 bottle or coffee when you are already in the non-MF hall. 途食汇 leftover is a DragonPass meal credit PP does not share.
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Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Sep 18, 2026.
Typical delay mix from the same editorial snapshot — not a live feed. Current operations are on Overview.
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