Airport Check-in Guide

① Check-in Documents


Valid forms of ID for air travel include: For residents of Mainland China: Resident Identity Card, Temporary Resident Identity Card, passport, military officer ID, civilian cadre ID, conscript ID, non-commissioned officer ID, civilian personnel ID, military employee ID, People's Armed Police ID, armed police forces ID, or Seafarer's Passport; Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macau Residents, Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents; For foreign travelers: passport, certificate of diplomatic staff stationed in China as issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreigner's Permanent Residence Card (or a previous version of the Foreigner's Permanent Residence Card still within the period of validity); other valid forms of ID for air travel as stipulated by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.


For residents of Mainland China under the age of 16, further acceptable forms of ID include Medical Certificate of Birth, Household Register, student ID or proof of ID issued by the Public Security Bureau in the location of the individual's household register


To ensure your smooth travel, please pay attention to the validity of travel documents during your trip. For international flights, please make sure that the license is valid for at least 6 months after the departure date of the last flight.


② Check-in Procedure


Travelers arrive at the airport→obtain boarding pass and complete baggage check-in at check-in counters (or get boarding pass from self-service kiosk)→go through the security checkpoint→proceed to the boarding gate and wait for boarding→start boarding through the boarding gate


③ Flight check-in deadline of each airport (for reference only)



 Departure Airport Check-in Deadline (minute)
Domestic Flights International and regional flights
1 Aksu 30 ----
2 Anqing 40 ----
3 Baise 30 ----
4 Baotou 30 ----
5 Beijing 45 60(Berlin, Manchester, Toronto), 50(Brussels, Bangkok, St. Petersburg, Taipei, Osaka, Tokyo Narita), 40(Belgrade, Moscow)
6 Boao 40 ----
7 Changbaishan 30 ----
8 Changchun 40 ----
9 Chengdu 45 60
10 Chengde 30 ----
11 Changsha 40 60
12 chongqing 45 60(Madrid , Rome ),  45(Phuket)
13 Changzhi 30 ----
14 Dalian 40 45(Tokyo ),  60(Seoul)
15 Datong 40 ----
16 Dongying 30 ----
17 Dunhuang 45 ----
18 Fuzhou 30 ----
19 Fuyang 30 ----
20 Guangzhou 45 60
21 Guiyang 45 45
22 Guiyang 40 ----
23 Harbin 45 60(Khabarovsk )
24 Haikou 45 45
25 Hailar 30 ----
26 Hanzhong 30 ----
27 Hangzhou 45 60(Lisbon )
28 Hefei 30 ----
29 Heze 40 ----
30 Hengyang 30 ----
31 Hohhot 35 ----
32 Jinan 40 ----
33 Jining 30 ----
34 Jiamusi 30 ----
35 Jinzhou 30 ----
36 Jinjiang/Quanzhou 30 ----
37 Jingzhou 40 ----
38 Kashgar 30 ----
39 Kuqa 40 ----
40 Kunming 45  40(Bangkok)
41 Lanzhou 40 ----
42 Liancheng 30 ----
43 Linfen 30 ----
44 Linyi 30 ----
45 Liuzhou 30 ----
46 Liupanshui 30 ----
47 Manzhouli 30 ----
48 Mianyang 30 ----
49 Mudanjiang 30 ----
50 Nanchang 40 ----
51 Nanjing 40 ----
52 Nanning 40 ----
53 Nanyang 30 ----
54 Ningbo 40 ----
55 Qianjiang 30 ----
56 Qinhuangdao 30 ----
57 Qingdao 45 60(London )
58 Qingyang 30 ----
59 Sanming 30 ----
60 Sansha 30 ----
61 Sanya 45 ----
62 Shanghai Hongqiao 45 ----
63 Sahnghai Pudong 45 ----
64 Shenzhen 45 60（Tel Aviv ）, 45（Vancouver, Paris, Phnom Penh）
65 Shiyan 30 ----
66 Shijiazhuang 35 ----
67 Shenyang 45 ----
68 Taiyuan 40 50
69 Tangshan 30 ----
70 Tianjin 40  60(Osaka)
71 Tongliao 30 ----
72 Tongren 30 ----
73 Weifang 30 ----
74 Wenzhou 40 ----
75 Wuhai 30 ----
76 Urumqi 40 ----
77 Wuhu 40 ----
78 Wuhan 40 ----
79 Xi'an 40 40(Hong Kong、Tokyo Narita),  50(Toronto),60( Brussels )
80 Xiamen 30 ----
81 Xining 40 ----
82 Xiangyang 40 ----
83 Xinzhou 30 ----
84 Xuzhou 40 ----
85 Yantai 30 ----
86 Yanan 30 ----
87 Yangzhou 40 ----
88 Yichang 40 ----
89 Yinchuan 40 ----
90 Yingkou 30 ----
91 Yulin 30 ----
92 Yulin 30 ----
93 Yueyang 30 ----
94 Zhanjiang 30 ----
95 Zhangjiakou 30 ----
96 Zhengzhou 45  45(Hong Kong)
97 Zhuhai 40 ----



Departure Airport

Check-in Deadline (minutes)
1Macao, China60
2Chinese Taipei40
3Chinese Hongkong45

Route Departure Airport/City Check-in Deadline (minute)
North American routes Boston 60
Calgary 60
Chicago 60
Los Angeles 60
Las Vegas 60
New York 60
San jose 60
Seattle 60
Toronto 60
Vancouver 60
European routes Belgrade 45
Berlin 60
Brussels 60
Budapest 60
Dublin 60
Edinburgh 60
Lisbon 60
London 60
Madrid 60
Manchester 60
Oslo 60
Paris 60
Prague Beijing 60, Belgrade 45
Vienna 60
Zurich 60
Australia and New Zealand routes Auckland (New Zealand) 60
Brisbane 45
Cairns 45
Melbourne 45
Sydney 60
Russia route Moscow 40
St. Petersburg 40
Irkutsk 40
Khabarovsk 40
Asian routes Almaty 40
Bangkok Narrow-body aircraft: 45, wide-body aircraft: 60
Chiang Mai 45
Chiang Rai 45
Danang 40
Luang Prabang 40
Nha Trang 50
Phnom Penh 40
Phuket 45
Rayong 40
Sapporo 40
Seoul 60
Siem Reap 40
Sihanoukville 40
Singapore 50
Tel Aviv 60
Tokyo Narita Narrow-body aircraft: 45, wide-body aircraft: 60
Tokyo Haneda Narrow-body aircraft: 45, wide-body aircraft: 60
Osaka 60
Vientiane 40
Yangon 40