By Air

Airport Code: CSX
 Location: Huanghua Town, 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) to the city center
 Brief Intro: The largest and best-equipped airport in Hunan Province, Changsha Huanghua International Airport is also famous as one of the top 20 busiest airports in China. Its terminal building, built in 1986 and enlarged in 2000 to cover an area of 34,000 sq m (8 acres), is capable of handling 4,600,000 passengers every year and 1,890 at peak hours. Apart from a 2,600-meter-long (1.6 miles) runway and a taxi track of the equal length, the airport is also equipped with such communication navigation systems as ILS, VOR/DME, NDB and advanced ground security facilities, which enable it to handle Boeing 737, 757, 767 and A320, etc. International flights to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong are available while over 60 air routes connect it to more than 40 domestic cities.

 Facilities:
Xinta Shopping Center: north end of the Departures Hall (Level 2)
Xinta Shopping Counters: Lounge 1-7, Lounge 10
Xinta Supermarkets: Lounge 10 (Level 2), north end of the Arrivals Hall (Level 1) Yinlu Tea House: south end of the Departures Hall
Jingui Restaurant: north end of the Departures Hall
Coffee Time: Lounge 4
Jingui Tea House: Lounge 6
Jinxiangge Restaurant: Lounge 7
Yixiangyuan Restaurant: south end of Level 1 Arrivals Hall
Commercial Lounges: Expedited boarding procedures and friendly service can be enjoyed in the commercial lounges, which are located at the south end of Level 2 Departures Hall.
Tel: 0731-84797606

 Services:
Airport Hotlines: 0731-84797255, 0731-84798777
Information Desks: The information desks situated in the center of the Departures Hall, Lounge 6 and the Arrivals Hall are available for flight information and boarding procedure, copying and faxing services as well as arranging the special needs of seniors, the disabled or unaccompanied children.
Lost&Found: the information desk in the center of the Departures Hall, 0731-84797255
Ticketing: south entrance of the Departures Hall, 0731-84798666, 0731-84799666
China Southern Airlines: north entrance of the Departures Hall, 0731-84787666

 Transportation:
 Huanghua Airport — downtown Changsha
By Shuttle Bus

By City-Bus 114:
Huanghua Airport→Changsha East Bus Station→Mawangdui Han Tombs→Changsha Railway Station (totally 43 stops)
Changsha Railway Station→Mawangdui Han Tombs→Changsha East Bus Station→Huanghua Airport (totally 39 stops)
Ticket fare: CNY3
Operating hours: 06:30~18:30
Duration: about one hour

 Huanghua Airport — nearby Cities (Changde, Yiyang, Yueyang, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Pingxiang)

By Train

 Changsha Railway Station
As an important hub of the national Jingguang Railway (Beijing-Guangzhou), Changsha benefits from rail connections to almost every major city in China. Everyday, there is a bullet train departing from Shanghai South Railway Station and arrive in Changsha in 8 hours. For passengers who would like to visit the charming Fenghuang Cheng (Phoenix Town), they could take trains here to Jishou and then transfer to Fenghuang by bus.
Address: Chezhan Road, close to Wuyi Dadao, Changsha City
City-buses: 114, 602, 139, 317, 401, 1, 7, 9, 12, 101, 104, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 117, 118, 121, 126, 127, 135, 136, 148, 158, 168, 202, 312, 803, 801, Tour Special Line 1, Tour Special Line 3, Li Shan Line
How to get to Changsha Huanghua Airport: At Changsha Railway station, passengers could take the city-bus 114 to arrive at Huanghua Airport directly in 1 hour.
Alternatively, passengers could go to the Civil Aviation Hotel, which is located in the walking-distance from Changsha Railway Station. Here, the airport shuttle bus could be caught, which could get to Changsha Airport in 40 minutes.

 Changsha South Railway Station
This railway station was built to serve the express trains running along the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway. Currently, there are over 50 high-speed trains departing and stopping at this railway station. The train only takes about 1.5 hours running between Changsha and Wuhan, and about 2~2.5 hours between Changsha and Guangzhou.
Address: Lituo Town, Yuhua District, Changsha (about 10 kilometers away from city center)
City-buses: 63, 503, 66, 159, 160, 348, 16, 124 (04:00~ the next 01:00), 135 (04:00~ the next 01:00)
To Changsha Railway Station: 159 (50 minutes)
To Changsha South Bus Station: 16
To Changsha North Bus Station: 159
To Changsha West Bus Station: 348, 63, 66
To Huanghua Airport: Please take a city-bus or cab to arrive at Changsha Railway Station or Changsha South Bus Station, both of where the airport shuttle bus could be caught.

Ticket: You can only book your tickets up to five days in advance of your travel date. However, it should be appreciated that sometimes this ticket pre-sell period may be adjusted when demand is heavy. The following table shows the locations of the various agencies so you can find the one nearest to where you intend to stay.

By Water

Dongting Lake, China's second largest freshwater lake is located in Hunan Province; the waterways connecting it to Changsha provide access to the great Yangtze. Ships leaving from Changsha carry passengers to Shanghai, Nanjing, Lianyungang and other ports of call along the Yangtze. The inland water navigation is highly developed and Changsha Passenger Port has regular shipping to many cities around the Dongting Lake in Hunan Province including Yueyang, Yiyang, Xiangtan, Jinshi, Shaping and Changde. The schedule below is for reference only:

Enquiry: 0731-82222307

By Long-Distance Bus

Changsha is the hub of three inter-province freeways including No.107 Freeway (Beijing–Shenzhen), No.391 Freeway (Chengdu–Xiamen) and No.106 Freeway. A well developed highway network connects Changsha with many major cities in China and buses leaving from the three Long-distance Bus Stations in Changsha serve most of the eastern part of the country. Although it is impossible to list all the destinations that can be reached from the three bus stations; we have listed a selection of the main and most popular ones for reference.

East Bus Station
Address: Shiyuanda Yi Road
Destinations: Hefei, Nanchang, Xiamen, Nanjing and neighboring cities in Hunan Province
Enquiry: 0731- 84611731
South Bus Station
Address: No.643, Shizhongyi Yi Road
Destinations: Guilin, Xiamen, Nanjing and neighboring cities in Hunan Province
Enquiry: 0731-85630505
West Bus Station
Address: Xiaoxiang Road (North)
Destinations: neighboring cities in Hubei and Hunan provinces
Enquiry: 0731-88816332

Intercity Commuters:
At the south of Friendship and Apollo Commercial Square, which is a busy shopping area in the northwestern corner of the railway station, there are regular buses that leave for Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, which are the cities where most travelers change trains from the north-south Jingguang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway to continue their journeys in either an easterly or westerly direction.