By Airline

Usually tourists choose to first fly to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, and then fly or take a bus to Lijiang. While at present, tourists may have other choices than to take a straight airline from Shanghai or other cities to Lijiang

Lijiang airport is 28 km away from the city. It takes 50 minutes to fly from Kunming to Lijiang by airline, with the price of 740 yuan. Tickets can be bought in Tickets Book Center in Kuodong road of Kunming (opposite to the provincial tobacco building), or at Fuhui road in Lijiang.

The airport shuttle bus can take tourists between the airport and the city, and the terminal site is at the gate of the ticket office of Xincheng Yunnan Airline Co. It takes 30 minutes, and costs 15 yuan. It takes you seven yuan if taking a bus from the entrance of the old quarter to the center. Or you can take the No.1 bus at Xindajiang station to the airport.