Choose your flight
Airports, arrival timing and search links for all 12 cities
You book your own ticket — CathayMedGuide is not a travel agency and takes no commission from airlines. What we do is tell you which airport to fly into, when to land, and which hotel district keeps you closest to your hospital. Then we drive you from arrivals onwards.
Your hospital decides the city. Start there, not with the cheapest fare.
Aim to arrive in the morning or early afternoon of Day 1, never after 21:00.
Add one spare night if your appointment date is not yet confirmed.
Put the flight number into the airport transfer form — we track it.
Timing rules that matter when you are also seeing a doctor
- Leave at least one clear day between landing and your first consultation. Blood tests often need fasting and are done before 10:00.
- Do not fly out on the same day as a procedure or a contrast scan. Ask the department to confirm in writing whether same-day travel is safe.
- Book refundable or changeable fares where the difference is small. Appointment dates in Chinese hospitals can move by one or two days.
- If you are connecting internationally, allow three hours: immigration, baggage and the transfer to your hotel usually take longer than the timetable suggests.
Airports by city
Beijing
Beijing Capital International PEK · Beijing Daxing International PKX — National referral centres plus six imperial sights inside one metro map
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Shanghai
Shanghai Pudong International PVG · Shanghai Hongqiao International SHA — The easiest logistics in China, with specialists a metro ride apart
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Guangzhou
Guangzhou Baiyun International CAN — Southern China’s medical capital, one hour from Hong Kong
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Chengdu
Chengdu Tianfu International TFU · Chengdu Shuangliu International CTU — The strongest hub in western China, with pandas on the recovery-day list
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Hangzhou
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International HGH — An hour from Shanghai, with flat lakeside walking that suits recovery days
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Nanjing
Nanjing Lukou International NKG — A former capital with mature university hospitals and far smaller crowds than Shanghai
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Wuhan
Wuhan Tianhe International WUH — A Yangtze crossroads with two teaching hospitals and the biggest urban lake in China
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Changsha
Changsha Huanghua International CSX — Two Xiangya teaching hospitals on one campus road, with the Xiangjiang skyline after dark
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Xi'an
Xi'an Xianyang International XIY — Everything inside one walled rectangle, plus the Terracotta Army a short drive out
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Tianjin
Tianjin Binhai International TSN — Thirty minutes by train from Beijing, with European riverside streets and lower hotel costs
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Chongqing
Chongqing Jiangbei International CKG — A mountain city of layered decks and cable cars, with two of China’s best children’s and specialist hospitals
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Wenzhou
Wenzhou Longwan International WNZ — China’s eye hospital of reference, beside rivers, islands and a UNESCO-level mountain range
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