Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) has four terminals — check which one your flight uses before you plan (see below). From the airport, four transport options branch off: metro, taxi, ride-hailing and the airport bus. Below is each option with its real fares, times and the signs to follow — including the one trip-up almost every visitor makes: the Line 19 Airport Express does not go straight to West Lake.
Plan before you land
Which way into Hangzhou?
Pick by your arrival time, luggage, budget and destination.
Metro — Line 1, Line 7 or the Line 19 Airport Express
Daytime arrival, light luggage, a hotel near West Lake or downtown, cheapest ride
Fare
¥7–8
Runs
05:50–00:27
地铁 · Metro机场站 · Airport Station1号线 · Line 119号线机场快线 · Line 19 Airport Express
Line 19 Airport Express platform at 萧山机场站 — ride toward 龙翔桥 for the city. · Photo: Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fare & cautions
Fare to downtown is about ¥7–8 by distance; a one-way ticket from 火车西站 back to the airport is ¥10.
The airport station (机场站) operates about 05:50–00:27; Line 19’s last train is around 23:59 — confirm the exact first/last train for your line on the platform display.
Pay with an Alipay/WeChat transit QR code, a Hangzhou transit (市民卡) card, or cash at the ticket machine.
Sources
Line 1/7/19 routes and fares per Hangzhou Metro (2022–2026).
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请问机场站怎么走？地铁1号线还是19号线？Which way to 机场站 — Line 1 or Line 19?
出租
Official taxi
Late or night arrival, heavy luggage, family, a hotel far from the metro
Fare
¥70–120
出租车 · Taxi打表 · meteredT3 14号门 · Gate 14T4 GTC · Ground Transport Center
Fare & cautions
Metered: ¥13 flagfall (first 3 km), then ¥2.5/km (3–10 km), ¥3.75/km beyond 10 km.
A night surcharge (23:00–05:00) adds about 30% to the metered fare. Travel guides report roughly ¥120 to 武林广场 (Wulin Square), ¥100–110 to 城站 (Hangzhou Railway Station), and ¥70–80 to 南站 (Hangzhou South Railway Station) — the airport is about 30 km from West Lake, so watch the meter and expect variation by destination.
Pay by meter; have Alipay / WeChat Pay ready plus a little cash as backup.
Sources
City meter tariff; destination fares are travel-guide estimates (2026).
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请带我去这个地址，麻烦打表，谢谢。Please take me to this address and use the meter.
请问正规出租车排队在哪里？Where is the official taxi rank?
网约
Ride-hailing (DiDi / Amap)
Working data and a saved Chinese address; roughly taxi-level cost
网约车 · Ride-hailingGTC B2层 · GTC Level B2Didi K4区 · Zone K4其它平台K3区 · Other platforms Zone K3
Fare & cautions
No fixed airport fare — the app quotes before you confirm.
In-app payment; the quote, driver and plate appear after you land.
Sources
Pickup zones per current airport ground-transport signage (2026).
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我在到达层，请告诉我具体上车点，滴滴还是其它平台？I am at arrivals — is it Zone K4 for Didi or Zone K3 for another platform?
巴士
Airport bus — Wulinmen night line
A late-night arrival or a pre-dawn departure, after the metro has stopped running for the day
The airport bus boarding area at Terminal 3 — numbered gates; check the counter board for your line. · Photo: MNXANL, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kids
One child aged 6 or under (or under 1.2m tall) rides free without a seat per adult ticket; a child aged 6–14 (or 1.2–1.5m) pays half fare and gets a seat.
Bags
A full-fare ticket includes 10kg of free luggage; a child ticket includes 5kg. Each item is capped at 0.02m³ and 1.8m in length under the airport bus operator’s published rule.
Sources
Local transit listings (2024–2026).
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请问去武林门的机场大巴在哪里买票？Where do I buy a ticket for the airport bus to Wulinmen?
Open the airport in your map app, then set your hotel as the destination. Amap and Baidu are the reliable maps inside China; Google Maps is limited on the mainland.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
From Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport (HGH) you have four options: the metro (Line 1 direct to 龙翔桥 near West Lake, ¥7–8) for daytime arrivals, an official metered taxi (¥13+¥2.5/km, roughly ¥70–120 depending on destination), Didi ride-hailing, or the ¥20 武林门专线 night bus (23:30–01:30 into the city) for very late arrivals after the metro stops. Pick by your arrival time, luggage and destination.
Yes — board Metro Line 1 directly at 机场站 toward 龙翔桥 (Longxiangqiao), about 59 minutes and a 5-minute walk from West Lake. The Line 19 Airport Express is faster but goes to 火车西站 (Railway West Station), not West Lake — you'd have to transfer at 西湖文化广场 onto Line 1.
Metered at ¥13 flagfall (first 3 km), then ¥2.5/km (3–10 km) and ¥3.75/km beyond 10 km, with a roughly 30% night surcharge (23:00–05:00). Travel guides report about ¥120 to 武林广场, ¥100–110 to 城站, and ¥70–80 to 南站 — confirm on the meter since these are estimates, not a published tariff.
HGH has four terminals — T1 and T3 for domestic flights, and T4 (opened September 2022, about 800m southwest of the other three) for international flights plus some domestic ones; T2 is largely inactive today. Confirm which one your flight uses before you plan your route.
The metro. Line 1 costs about ¥7–8 to downtown and runs directly to 龙翔桥 near West Lake — the best option for a daytime arrival with light luggage.
Yes. Set your destination in Didi (it has an English app that works with a foreign card — use the separate AMap Global edition for English) before you walk out, then follow 网约车 signs to the Ground Transport Center level B2 — Didi pickups use Zone K4, other platforms use Zone K3. There is no fixed airport fare; the app quotes before you confirm.
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