By Air

Located between Fengyi Town and Haidong Town, the Dali Airport (DLU) is 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) east of downtown Dali. There are scheduled flights from Dali to Kunming and Xishuangbanna daily respectively taking thirty and fifty minutes. The Dali-Guangzhou flight leaves once a day and takes about three hours. There are also flights to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou with a forty-minute stop-over in Kunming.

Bus No.7 makes a round-trip from Xiaguan to Dali Airport. A ticket costs CNY1. In addition, airport buses go to downtown Dali. Taxis are also available to the airport for about CNY 80. Besides the ticket booking office of the CAAC on Yunling Street, most hotels and travel agencies in Jianshe Road offer ticket booking services.

Dali Airport Consultation: (0872) 2168388 (Central)

Tips: We recommend leaving for the airport from downtown two hours ahead of departure time. Airport check-in services will close 30 minutes before a flight departs.

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