Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (IATA: SHA, ICAO: ZSSS) is a major airport that offers mainly domestic flights and a limited range of international flights. It is located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) west of downtown near the town of Hongqiao in Changning District.

Shanghai has two international airports servicing the city, on its eastern side is the city’s main airport Pudong International Airport (PVG) and on its western side is Hongqiao International Airport (SHA). Hongqiao Airport is substantially closer to the city center than Pudong Airport.

 

Shanghai Airports location map

 

Getting to/From Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)

You can choose metro, bus, taxi to leave the airport and reach the urban area. Or take long-distance buses or high-speed rail to other cities and provinces in China.

Chinese/EN Name: 上海虹桥国际机场 / Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
Chinese/EN Address: 上海市闵行区虹桥路2550号 / 2550 Hongqiao Road, Minhang District, Shanghai

Taxi

Taxi Stands are located outside the Arrival Hall on 1F of T1 and outside Gate 4 on 1F of T2.

  • To/From Downtown/CBD/People’s Square: 45 minutes and costs 75 RMB.
  • To/From the Bund: 40 minutes and costs 75 RMB.
  • To/From Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street: 38 minutes and costs 75 RMB.
  • To/From Shanghai Railway Station: 40 minutes and costs 70 RMB.
  • To/From Pudong Airport (PVG): 70 minutes and costs about 230 RMB.
  • To/From Oriental Pearl TV Tower/Shanghai Tower/Luizhui area: 45 minutes and costs 105 RMB.

 

Shanghai Metro

The airport is serviced by two metro lines and two stations. Also see Metro Map and Guide.

Terminal 1 is connected to metro line 10 at Hongqiao Terminal 1 station (虹桥1号航站楼)
Terminal 2 is connected to metro line 2 and 10 via Hongqiao Terminal 2 station (虹桥2号航站楼)

  • To/From Downtown/CBD/People’s Square: 30 minutes and costs 5 RMB.
  • To/From the Bund: 45 minutes and costs 5 RMB plus short walk.
  • To/From Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street: 35 minutes and costs 5 RMB.
  • To/From Shanghai Railway Station: 49 minutes and costs 5 RMB.
  • To/From Pudong Airport (PVG): 110 minutes and costs about 9 RMB.
  • To/From Oriental Pearl TV Tower/Shanghai Tower/Luizhui area: 50 minutes and costs 5 RMB plus short walk.

 

Public Bus

There are two main stations for buses

  • Hongqiao Hub West Traffic Center (虹桥枢纽西交通中心)
  • Hongqiao Hub East Traffic Center (虹桥枢纽东交通中心)
Bus Line Destination Station
Hongqiao Hub 1 Road (虹桥枢纽1路) Shanghai South Railway Station Hongqiao Hub Interlayer
Minhang 23 Road (闵行23路) Ninghong Road Shenbin Road [passing the car] Yang Hong Road Shen Gui Road
320 road night line (320路夜宵线) Zhongshan East Road, Yan’an East Road
Hongqiao Hub 5 Road (虹桥枢纽5路) Nanqiao Bus Station Hongqiao Hub West Traffic Center
Hongqiao Hub 6 Road (虹桥枢纽6路) Qingpu Bus Station
Hongqiao Hub 7 Road (虹桥枢纽7路) Petrochemical bus station
Hongqiao Hub 8 Road (虹桥枢纽8路) Zhu Xi Bus Station
Hongqiao Hub 10 Road (虹桥枢纽10路) Songjiang East Railway Station
Airport line 1 (机场1线) Pudong Airport Terminal 1—>Pudong Airport Terminal 2 Hongqiao Hub East Traffic Center
Hongqiao Hub 4 Road (虹桥枢纽4路) Minhang District Zizhu Science Park
Hongqiao Hub 9 Road (虹桥枢纽9路) Jiading West Railway Station
941 Road (941路) Shanghai Railway Station South Square

 

Long-distance Bus

From Hongqiao Hub West Traffic Center (虹桥枢纽西交通中心) you can take buses to Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Anhui Province, Shandong Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, Guangdong Province, Fujian Province, and Chongqing.

 

High Speed Rail

Shanghai Hongqiao Railway is adjacent to Terminal 2 of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and is a major station that operates fast G and D series trains to a large number of major Chinese cities. The station mainly operates the Beijing–Shanghai High Speed Rail, the Shanghai–Hangzhou High Speed Rail and the Shanghai–Nanjing Intercity High Speed Rail.

To Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport from the railway

  • to/from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway take metro line 2 or 10 to/from Hongqiao Terminal 2 (虹桥2号航站楼) – 10 mins – 3 RMB
  • to/from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway take metro line 10 to/from Hongqiao Terminal 1 (虹桥1号航站楼) – 15 mins – 3 RMB

See here for more detailed info on Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station

 

Transport between PVG and SHA

You can transfer between the airports via

  • Metro line 2 would take over an hour and cost 8RMB
  • Airport Line 1 bus which takes around 1hr and costs 30RMB
  • Taxi between Pudong and Hongqiao would take around 70 mins and cost between 230-290RMB.

 

Transport between Terminals 1 & 2

  • Free Shuttle bus: outside the Arrival Hall on 1F of T1; near Gate 1 of Arrival Hall on 1F of T2
    Travel Time: 15 min. Hours: 06:00 to 22:30 Frequency: 5-15 min.
  • Metro Line 10: 6 mins and 3 RMB.

 

Hotels near Hongqiao Airport

The nicest, nearest and most convenient hotels are

See here for our hand-picked list of hotels near Hongqiao International Airport

 

Airlines and Destinations from Hongqiao Airport

Airlines Destinations
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Taipei–Songshan, Tianjin
Air Macau Macau
All Nippon Airways Tokyo–Haneda
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Gimpo
Cathay Dragon Hong Kong
Chengdu Airlines Changsha, Chengdu
China Airlines Taipei–Songshan
China Eastern Airlines Anqing, Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dali, Daqing, Diqing, Dunhuang, Enshi, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Harbin, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Jiayuguan, Jieyang, Jinan, Kashgar, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lijiang, Lincang, Linyi, Liuzhou, Luoyang, Macau, Mangshi, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanning, Pu’er, Qingdao, Seoul–Gimpo, Shenzhen, Taipei–Songshan, Taiyuan, Tengchong, Tianjin, Tokyo–Haneda, Ulanhot, Urumqi, Weihai, Wenshan, Wuhai, Wuhan, Wuyishan, Xiamen, Xi’an, Xining, Yancheng, Yanji, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yulin, Zhaotong, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Capital, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Kashgar, Korla, Nanning, Ordos, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Zhengzhou
China United Airlines Beijing–Nanyuan, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin
EVA Air Taipei–Songshan
Hainan Airlines Beijing–Capital, Guangzhou, Urumqi
Hebei Airlines Shijiazhuang
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong
Japan Airlines Tokyo–Haneda
Juneyao Airlines Beijing–Capital, Bijie, Changsha, Chengdu, Chizhou, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanning, Qingdao, Sanya, Seoul–Gimpo, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tokyo–Haneda, Urumqi, Xi’an, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Maotai
Korean Air Seoul–Gimpo
Lucky Air Kunming
Shandong Airlines Chongqing, Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai
Shanghai Airlines Beijing–Capital, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuyang, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hong Kong, Hailar, Hohhot, Hotan, Huangshan, Jiamusi, Jieyang, Jinggangshan, Jixi, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Macau, Nanchang, Nanning, Ordos, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Sanya, Seoul–Gimpo, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei–Songshan, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo–Haneda, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi’an, Xishuangbanna, Yantai, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai
Shenzhen Airlines Jingdezhen, Shenzhen
Spring Airlines Changde, Chengde, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dongying, Enshi, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hohhot, Huaihua, Jieyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Qianjiang, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Urumqi, Xi’an, Xiamen, Zhangjiakou, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai, Zunyi–Xinzhou
Tianjin Airlines Tianjin
Tibet Airlines Chengdu, Lhasa
XiamenAir Beijing–Capital, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen

 

Airport website: http://en.shairport.com/hongqiaoair.html