Located 33 kilometers northwest of the downtown area, Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB) is currently the second-largest airport in Northeast China. It is well equipped to handle 12.24 million passengers annually, with more than 50 air routes covering more than 40 domestic and overseas cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, Seoul, Osaka, Vladivostok and Los Angeles.
The airport has two terminals, domestic and international. The automatic check-in counter can be found at the information desk of China Southern Airlines, second floor, Terminal Building. Travellers may check-in and print boarding passes there.
Travel from the airport to the downtown area takes about an hour by shuttle bus and about half an hour by taxi. The bus costs 20 yuan ($3.02) a person, while the taxi costs about 100 yuan. Outbound travellers are advised to arrive at least two hours prior to flight departure.