Official taxi ranks (T1 door 3 / T2 door 2) · About 45–70 min to 新街口, traffic dependent
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
CZX7.6+0.1
NKG7.5
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
CZX7.2
NKG7.4+0.2
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
CZX7.0
NKG7.2+0.2
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
CZX8.2
NKG8.6+0.4
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
CZX6.6
NKG6.8+0.2
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
CZX6.8
NKG7.2+0.4
Best for
CZX
Domestic hops into Changzhou / Zhenjiang / southern Jiangsu on a single 2011 hall 18 km from downtownA leftover ¥19.9 便民快巴 or a 30–40 min meter taxi if you are not hunting a metroA Gate 1–2 meal-window CIP when you already hold Priority Pass, DragonPass, or a listed bank cardA thin Hong Kong / Macau / Vientiane / Nha Trang bank with a 240-hour TWOV stamp, not skip-immigration
NKG
Metro S1 into Nanjing South (leftover ¥7 / about 35 minutes) with both halls on one stationPriority Pass on an international T2 departure (V7, 4-hour stay)240-hour TWOV into Jiangsu, or 24-hour airside direct transit from 5 Nov 2025China Eastern / Shenzhen T2 banks plus DragonPass Nanjing snack credits
Watch out for
CZX
T2 / metro / skip-immigration leftover are not live — one 3,400 m 4E strip and the 2011 hall are the passenger productPP leftover czx international pin says Gate 1; operator / DragonPass leftover say Gate 9 — sit Gate 9. Domestic leftover Gate 1 vs Gate 2 is the same clusterFLYERT leftover Apr 2026: five gates overflow on delays; CIP leftover is small and PP/DragonPass-crowded off the tray2016 leftover VIP prices, Ctrip leftover ¥1.8/km, leftover ¥15 buses, leftover Eastern Airport Group, leftover Wikipedia destination table as a September bank
NKG
English Wikipedia leftover HO-as-T2-only, and wanderinchina leftover CZ/CA-on-T2 — live is T2 = MU/ZH + internationals, T1 = the other domesticsPP leftover “after passport control” on V3 and the T1 Southern rooms is leftover-wrong for domestic hallsV3 is MU/FM/KN domestic only; ZH 尊鹏阁 (V2) is Star Gold, not PPAnnual Cirium OTP unpublished; S1 is not 24 hours (last city-bound leftover 22:42)
Amenities and tips
CZX
Domestic First Class Lounge (Gates 1–2)便民快巴 ¥19.9 / 云公交 door 2闲吉 tea + 便利 平价500 free charging seats / Wi-Fi百岁坊 / 江南牛角梳智趣童行 / 一路童行
Domestic leftover dies at 30; international leftover at 33
Official leftover service promise still cuts domestic check-in 30 minutes before STD and the gate 15 minutes before. International / HMT leftover shortened to 33 minutes from 6 Jul 2026 — 省内唯一.
One 2011 hall — the west-side expansion is not flying
Every live domestic and international leftover uses the 28 Apr 2011 building. The 3.6万 m² west-side expansion leftover is fit-out, not a passenger door.
Sit Gate 1–2 at the meal window; landside leftover is 闲吉 plus 便利
FLYERT leftover Apr 2026 still gets a 热食 tray in the domestic CIP at meal hours. Off-window leftover is snacks. Landside leftover 闲吉 tea shop opened 31 Aug 2026.
NKG
Metro S1 in the GTCInternational Priority Pass V7 in T2Nanjing snack street after securityPullman Hotel in the GTCT2 east-pier duty freeT1 夫子庙 multimedia hall
T2 is MU/ZH plus every international — T1 is the other domestics
Landside is two halls and a GTC, not three. Internationals cannot walk from a T1 domestic gate without exiting.
Domestic check-in leftover-prints closes 40 minutes before STD
T2’s 2014 leftover still reprints a 40-minute domestic close. Metro S1 is not 24 hours — last city-bound leftover 22:42.
Eat 鸭得堡 / 陇兴楼 / 富春 — PP V6 is not a food hall
DragonPass leftover-prints Nanjing snack credits Priority Pass does not share. V6/V9 are soft-drink CIP rooms.
CZX · Changzhou's compact 2011 hall is an easy 18 km hop with a ¥19.9 bus, a real meal-window CIP, and 240-hour TWOV — the tradeoff is five gates, an 82% 放行 year, joint-use weather, and a west-side expansion that is still fit-out.
NKG · Two connected halls, Metro S1 in the GTC, and a real international Priority Pass room in T2 — paid for with a split airline map leftover English pages still get backwards, and unpublished annual on-time stats.
