Cat Ba Island to Noi Bai Airport
A private car from Cat Ba Island to Noi Bai Airport covers about 180 km in about 5 to 6 hours, including the car ferry. Your driver collects you at your hotel on Cat Ba and takes you to the terminal, with your bags in the car the whole way. Prices start at 2,300,000 VND (about 88 USD) for the whole car.
Quick facts
| Distance | ~180 km |
|---|---|
| Drive time | ~5–6 h |
| Price | From 2,300,000 VND (about 88 USD) for the whole car |
| Pickup | Your hotel door, or any address you send us |
| Included | Car, driver, fuel and tolls. VAT included |
| Booking | One way, whole car, hotel to airport. Ferry tickets are not included |
| Cars | 5 to 29 seats |
Choose your car
Included with every car
- Free drinking waterBottled water in the car for the whole trip
- Free change of carA similar car keeps the same price. If you choose a different class, you pay the price of that class
About this route
Your last leg before the flight, in one car from the island to the airport. Plan it around the ferry or cable car timetable and your flight time.
Timing it for your flight
- Work back from your flight: about 5 to 6 hours for the trip, the time your airline asks you to be at the airport, and a margin for the ferry.
- With the car ferry, you stay in the car from your hotel to the airport. You pay the ferry for the car and driver both ways, because the car has to cross to fetch you and come back, plus your own tickets, at the pier price on the day.
- With the cable car, your driver drops you at Phu Long station, crosses on the ferry and meets you at Cat Hai station on the Hai Phong side. You then pay only the car and driver's ferry, both ways, plus your own cable car tickets.
- The cable car stops in the afternoon, and storms in the summer months can stop boats and ferries. With a morning flight, a last night in Hanoi or near the airport is the safer plan.
Before you leave the island
- Ferry tickets are paid at the pier price on the day. They are not part of the car price.
- Keep passports and flight details with you during the crossing.
- If the weather looks uncertain, message us the evening before, and we can move the pickup or change the plan with you.
- Tell us how many suitcases you have, so we send a car with enough room.
What’s included
- Private car and driver, door to door.
- Tolls included in the fixed price.
- Driver name, phone and vehicle plate sent before pickup.
- VAT included: 8% for trips to 31 December 2026, 10% from 1 January 2027. Invoice on request.
Not included: ferry tickets (the car and driver both ways, plus your own), cable car tickets, hotels and your meals.
Good to know
- Prices and payment are in Vietnamese dong (VND). We explain how to pay once your booking is confirmed.
- One fixed price for the whole car. Tolls are included.
- Stops under 30 minutes are free. A stop of 30–60 minutes costs 50,000 VND, then 50,000 VND for each further 30 minutes.
Read our full prices and policies or see how booking works.
Frequently asked questions
From 2,300,000 VND (about 88 USD) for the whole car, from your Cat Ba hotel to the airport. Ferry tickets are not included: at the pier price, you pay the ferry for the car and driver both ways, which is a fixed cost because the car has to come back, plus your own tickets.
About 5 to 6 hours for about 180 km, including the ferry. Allow extra time for waiting at the ferry in busy periods.
It is tight, because the first ferries of the day set the timing. For a morning flight, many travellers spend the last night in Hanoi or near the airport.
Not the car price. If you all go on the ferry, you pay for the car, the driver and yourselves. If you take the cable car, you pay only for the car and driver, both ways.
Expect to pay the pier about 400,000 to 524,000 VND for the car and driver, crossing over to fetch you and back again, if the car has up to 16 seats; with a 29-seat minibus, about 500,000 to 824,000 VND. Riding the ferry yourselves adds about 10,000 to 12,000 VND each. Prefer the cable car? Then you buy cable car tickets, about 70,000 VND a person, instead of your own ferry tickets. Treat these figures as a guide: the fare charged at the pier on the day, in cash, is what counts.
Yes. Your driver drops you at Phu Long station, takes the car across on the ferry and meets you at Cat Hai station for the drive to Noi Bai. Check the cable car timetable and the luggage rule first.
Short stops under 30 minutes are free. If your flight time is close, your driver goes straight to the airport.
Cat Bi Airport in Hai Phong is closer, but most international flights use Noi Bai in Hanoi, and this route goes to Noi Bai.
No. The price covers the car, the driver, fuel and tolls, and tipping is not expected in Vietnam. If you want to thank your driver, that is up to you.
Yes. Tết, the Lunar New Year, falls on 6 February 2027. Ferries and roads are busy in the days around the holiday, so leave extra time before your flight. Book as early as you can.
Related routes
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- Flying out from Hanoi instead?Hanoi to Noi Bai Airport
- Coming back from Halong Bay?Halong Bay to Hanoi
Written by Alotrips, with AI assistant Huyen My. Reviewed by Pham Ngoc Chien, Director, on 9 November 2026.
Updated 9 November 2026. Distances and times are estimates and depend on traffic. Check opening hours and rules with each site before you travel. Sources: Sun World Cat Ba: cable car tickets and schedule (17 October 2026) · Bao Hai Phong: Cat Ba cable car runs every day (9 April 2026).