When you arrive at the airport and exit immigration you will enter an arrival hall.  This is immediately before you exit the terminal building.  For those with pre-arranged transfers this is where you will find your pick up person. (You will also see lots of touts who will approach you).

To get a cab from the airport you need to go to the taxi coupon booth.  At the taxi coupon booth you will be required to give the name of your hotel/B&B and to pay 50B.  This 50B is an airport tax/charge.  A driver will tell you to wait outside while they go and get their cab to pick you up.  This takes about 3 or 4 minutes.  The driver will then charge you the price on the meter.  This is usually around 70B.  So, the total airport transfer is approx 120B.

It is only a short distance (15 mins max) to most hotels in and around Chiang Mai.

One tip is to make sure you get the card from your cab driver with the driver’s phone number.  Cabs generally do not cruise the streets in Chiang Mai.  Most transport around town is by Tuk Tuk and Songthaew (the long red ute/trucks) with bench seats.  If you need an air conditioned cab you can then just call your driver by phone and organize a pick up.  You might also like to ask their half day and full day rates to drive you in and around Chiang Mai.

To get back to the airport either call your cab driver or get a songthaew to take you.  This is easy to organize. 

You have two kind of taxi's at the airport.

1. Chiang Mai Airport Taxi

2. Taxi Meter

For both taxi's there is a booth in the arrival hall at CNX Airport.