Atlas of China
Xiamen to Haikou 厦门 – 海口
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 5 hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FlightXiamen Gaoqi (XMN) → Haikou Meilan (HAK) | 2 h 15 minin the air | 5 hours | about ¥600varies by day | 506:55–20:30 |
By train
No direct train runs between Xiamen and Haikou, and no single change makes a reasonable rail route: this is a trip to fly.
Xiamen: Gaoqi Airport (XMN) is due to be replaced by the new Xiang'an Airport around the end of 2026. Haikou: Hainan's ring high-speed line is not linked to the mainland network; trains to the mainland cross the strait by ferry.
By air
5 nonstop flights a day from Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN) to Haikou Meilan (HAK), 2 h 15 min in the air, 06:55 to 20:30, with XiamenAir, China Southern Airlines and Shandong Airlines. 6 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 5 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥600.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Xiamen and on to Haikou, so the trip can be broken there.
- Shenzhen 深圳 460 km from Xiamen · 2 h 40 min there, 14 h 46 min on
At the other end
Around Xiamen: Gulangyu Island.
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
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About Xiamen · About Haikou · Where Xiamen reaches in a day · Where Haikou reaches in a day · All routes
Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.