Official taxi curb (arrivals) · ~40–60 min to central Zhanjiang, traffic depending (~35 km)
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.
HAK7.2
ZHA7.6+0.4
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
HAK7.4
ZHA7.4
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
HAK7.0
ZHA7.0
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
HAK8.2+0.8
ZHA7.4
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
HAK7.6+1.0
ZHA6.6
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
HAK7.2+0.2
ZHA7.0
Best for
HAK
Hainan Airlines and China Southern passengers using T2Visa-free leisure arrivals into HainanRail connections toward Haikou East or SanyaInternational Priority Pass after passport control
ZHA
Domestic hops into western Guangdong on one 2022 check-in island ~35 km from downtownA leftover ¥35 机场快线 to 赤坎 / 霞山, or a metered taxi if you are not hunting metro or airport HSRA meal-window 盒饭 / shower sit when you already hold DragonPass or a listed F/J cardA thin VTE bank on Tue/Thu/Sat, not a 240-hour TWOV walk
Watch out for
HAK
T1 vs T2 is a 1 km curb shuttle with no sterile walkMeilan Station sits under T1, not T2Domestic desks close 35 minutes before STDHainan 30-day visa-free is not the same product as 240-hour TWOV
ZHA
T2 / metro / airport-HSR / 240-hour TWOV / skip-immigration leftover are not live — one 3,200 m 4E strip and one 2022 hall are the passenger productPP leftover Seasons Prestige is Gate 19 snacks, not the floating-island 两舱 CIP; DragonPass leftover T1 / Potou naming is leftover-stalelib/airports.json leftover 21.214574, 110.359978 and leftover Wikipedia airport-rail copy drop you on closed Xiashan or a 13 km 吴川站 hopLive international leftover is QV VTE three-weekly — do not copy leftover Hong Kong / Bangkok or leftover 2026 Vietnam / Malaysia / Singapore / Cambodia as a September bank
HAK · Hainan’s busiest airport is a clean two-hall split with a high-speed station under T1 and a 93.6% OTP — paid for with a 1 km curb shuttle and leftover T3 / metro maps.
ZHA · Zhanjiang's 2022 4E hall is an easy single-island hop with a meal-window CIP and showers — the tradeoff is a ¥35 / 35 km bus, snack-only Priority Pass, and a 240-hour TWOV stamp that this port does not issue.
