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.
NTG7.6
SHA8.2+0.6
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
NTG7.4
SHA7.5+0.1
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
NTG7.2+0.4
SHA6.8
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
NTG8.2
SHA8.5+0.3
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
NTG6.6
SHA8.0+1.4
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
NTG6.8
SHA7.2+0.4
Best for
NTG
Domestic hops into Nantong / central Jiangsu on a single 2019 hallA leftover ¥2 D23 / city bus if you are not hunting a metro under T3A Gate 5 meal-window loft when you already hold Priority Pass, DragonPass, or a listed bank cardA thin Osaka bank with 24-hour sterile TWOV, not 240-hour entry
T2 / T1-as-check-in / 二甲新机场 / metro-as-open leftover are not live — one 3,400 m 4E strip and the 2019 T3 hall are the passenger product240-hour TWOV leftover does not enter at NTG; Jiangsu leftover of that product is NKG / WUX / YTYDomestic leftover desks die at 30 minutes; international leftover 40 — leftover 2025 Hong Kong / Macau metal is not a September promiseDo not copy leftover KFC CFDT-2, leftover ¥8 taxi, leftover 18 km as the operator distance, leftover ZSNT as a public slug, leftover 4D Wikipedia, or leftover NKG skip-immigration
SHA
Power bank certification checksLimited international diningT1-T2 transfersPeak hour crowds
Amenities and tips
NTG
VIP Lounge / Gate 5 loftD23 / city bus ¥2Landside 老娘舅International First Class Lounge (PP ntg1)T3 2F StarbucksLandside 招行 VIP building
T3 only — T2 leftover is paused, 二甲 leftover is not a door
Every live domestic and international leftover uses the 18 Aug 2019 T3 building. T2 leftover is not a passenger door on 20 Sep 2026. 南通新机场 leftover at 通州区二甲镇 is a 2027 start, not this IATA.
Official leftover dies at 30 / 40 minutes — sit 90–100
Operator leftover: arrive 2 hours early; domestic leftover stops 30 minutes before departure, international leftover 40. Sit the ticket — some metal leftover prints a different desk.
Sit the Gate 5 loft at the meal window; landside leftover is 老娘舅
FLYERT leftover Mar 2025 and a Q1 2026 PP walk still get 热食 / 泡面 / 如皋萝卜干 in the upstairs CIP. Off-window leftover is snacks. Landside leftover 老娘舅 is 值机口向左50米, DragonPass leftover 09:30–20:00.
SHA
Free WiFiCharging pointsCurrency exchangeMother & baby roomsLuggage storageMedical service
Wrong terminal costs a landside hop
Read the terminal letter on the boarding pass before you leave the curb or the metro.
T1 A = regional intl; T1 B = Spring/Xiamen/Hebei; T2 = most domestic
Two buildings, no sterile bridge. Line 10 or the free shuttle between them.
Do not invent airside menu prices
Eat when you see something open; do not budget from an unsourced yuan figure.
NTG · Nantong's compact 2019 T3 is a ¥2 bus, a Gate 5 meal-window loft, and Osaka metal — the tradeoff is no metro, no 240-hour TWOV, and a T2 shell that is still not a door.
SHA · SHA delivers efficient domestic operations and excellent rail integration but limited international facilities and basic food options.
