Arriving at the Hong Kong Airport

Welcome to the Hong Kong International Airport

The Hong Kong Airport is four times bigger than the former Kai Tak Airport and is located just north of Lantau island on Chek Lap Kok island and reclaimed land, about 32km (20 miles) from Hong Kong Central.

This state-of-the-art airport is one of the world's most user-friendly. Two runways operate 24 hours a day, and a baggage-handling system delivers bags in approximately 10 minutes. The airport terminal building is designed by the award winning British architect Sir Norman Foster and is Hong Kong's largest single building. Its wing-like roof and glass walls have been hailed as a landmark in modern architecture. So impressive that the Mainland authorities asked the architect to design another one in Beijing.

Hong Kong Airport has 124 immigration desks for arriving passengers and 96 for departing passengers, operated by Hong Kong's Immigration Department, as well as 76 customs desks. In the arrivals hall after Customs the first thing you should do is stop by one of three Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) counters, where you can pick up a map of the city, sightseeing brochures, and a wealth of other information, as well as get directions to your hotel. They're open during peak hours, generally daily from 7am to 11pm.

Hotels and Accommodation

You can also find in the Hong Kong Airport arrivals hall the counter of the Hong Kong Hotels Association, where you can book a room in one of its 60-some member hotels without paying a service fee; open daily 6am to midnight. However, they do not have information on rock-bottom establishments, they can book rooms in several low-priced lodgings and the YMCAs.

Travelling to Macau?

If you plan on traveling to Macau some time during your stay in Hong Kong, stop by the Macau tourist information counter, also in the arrivals lobby at AO6; it's open daily from 9am to 1pm, 1:30 to 6pm, and 6:30 to 10pm.

However, if you are traveling directly to Macau from Hong Kong Airport via the new Ferry Transfer service, do not pass through immigration. Rather, purchase tickets at the Ferry Transfer desk near the transfer area E1 and proceed directly to the ferry pier.

Hong Kong Airport Facilities

• Three information centres (opening hours 0600-2400) provide extensive services, including hotel reservation and touch-screen passenger information kiosks.
• Several currency exchange counters, banks and ATMs (open 0600-2330); you can exchange money here, best to exchange only what you need to get into town - about US$50
• there is a luggage-storage counter on the departure floor if you need to leave luggage at the airport
• use the computer kiosks to access china-hongkong-travelguide.com :-)
• 25 food and beverage outlets in both arrivals and departure areas
• the Hong Kong Post office
• medical centre
• good physical accessibility for passengers with disabilities
• Hong Kong Sky Mall shopping centre with duty-free shopping available; opening hours 0600-2430; 144 shops; see our shopping guide
• Hong Kong Airport is also one of only a few airports to have an Automated People Mover (APM), a driverless train at basement level that transports passengers between terminals.
• Twelve baggage carousels give an estimated baggage reclaim time of as low as ten minutes.

Hong Kong Airport Information

• Tel. +852 2181 0000
• HongKongAirport.com
• DiscoverHongKong.com
• www.hkha.com.hk

Getting Into Town From Hong Kong Airport

After arriving via air travel to Hong Kong, you can choose among the rail, bus and taxi links from Hong Kong International Airport to get to Central HK Hong Kong.

These Airport fares or transportation links leave from the Ground Transportation Centre.

Hong Kong Airport facilities include tourist information desks and computer kiosks, several currency exchange counters, banks and ATMs, food and drink outlets, a post office and medical centre, good physical accessibility for passengers with disabilities and a large Hong Kong Sky Mall shopping centre with duty-free shopping available.