Yichang's transportation, originally based on inland waterway shipping and railways, has now formed a three-dimensional transportation network of water, road, rail and air, with one golden waterway (Yangtze River), three railways (Jiaoliu, Yichang-Wanzhou, and Hanchang-Yichang), five highways (Shanghai-Chongqing, Jingyi, Three Gorges Dam, Yichang-Baoji, and Baoyi) and one regional airport (Three Gorges Airport) converging in Yichang.
Yichang Sanxia International Airport (IATA: YIH, ICAO: ZHYC) is located at the junction of Yunchi Subdistrict, Xiaoting District, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, Yaqueling Town, Yiling District, and Anfusi Town, Zhijiang City. It is approximately 22 kilometers northwest of Yichang City Center and is a 4D-rated international tourist feeder airport.
As of August 31, 2024, Sanxia Airport handled a total of 4,573 takeoffs and landings during the summer, including 128 international flights. It handled 550,000 passengers and 15,968 inbound and outbound passengers. It also handled 2,669.1 tons of cargo and mail, a year-on-year increase of 229.3%, with an average daily throughput of 43 tons and a peak daily throughput of 81.1 tons. On December 12, Sanxia Airport launched its first direct international route to Hanoi, Vietnam.
Yichang Port is one of China's 28 major inland ports. The mighty Yangtze River, after being accumulated into a high gorge and flat lake before the Three Gorges Dam, pours down, passes through the Gezhouba Dam, and exits the Xiling Gorge before flowing slowly through Yichang Port. Located at the dividing point between the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Yichang Port is situated between the central and western economic zones of China and is known as the "throat of Sichuan and Hubei."
On April 25, 2020, the "Yichang Port Master Plan (2035)" was officially approved by the Ministry of Transport and the People's Government of Hubei Province. The port area is divided into six main areas: the main city port area, the Zigui port area, the Xingshan port area, the Yidu port area, the Zhijiang port area, and the Changyang port area.
Yichang East Railway Station, located in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, is a first-class station under the jurisdiction of the Yichang Train Management Section of the Wuhan Railway Bureau Group Co., Ltd.
Huayan Station was built in 1976. In 2009, Huayan Station was renovated and renamed Yichang East Station. On December 20, 2010, Yichang East Station officially opened. Capacity expansion and renovations are planned for the station at the end of 2018 and again in 2024.