An airway type rice transplanter solves the problems that in the prior art, the requirement on uniformity of rice seedling growing is strict, rice seedling transplanting claws are prone to damaging seedlings, the seedling recovering time is long after seedling transplanting, the flatness requirement on a rice seedling bed is high, the structure is complex, the failure rate is high, and the price is high. The airway type rice transplanter comprises a transplanter body, washing wheels and an air pump. The airway type rice transplanter is technically characterized in that a conveying mechanism is arranged on the upper portion of the transplanter body, one end of the conveying mechanism is matched with the extending end of a push-and-pull air cylinder through a ratchet wheel, the conveying mechanism is provided with a combined type seedling disk, an air outlet of an air spraying nozzle is located above the seedling disk, a seedling conveying airway arranged on the upper portion of the transplanter body is located below the seedling disk, the seedling conveying airway and the air spraying nozzle are correspondingly arranged in pairs, and an outlet of the rice seedling conveying airway is arranged on the lower portion of the transplanter body. The airway type rice transplanter is reasonable in design, compact in structure, low in manufacturing cost and low in weight and cannot cause any mechanical damage on the rice seedlings, the rice seedlings are stable and firm when buried, seedling recovering is not needed, the flatness requirement on the rice seedling bed is low, the operation efficiency is high, and the application range is wide.