Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur flight

Flights from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur start at €168.88 and take 7h 34m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur starts at €168.88 and takes 7h 34m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,932 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 34mDoor to door
  • 3h 16mMoving
  • €233.19 to €575.98From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 403.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€233.19 to €575.98 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €575.98Thu24
  2. about €425.53Fri25
  3. about €401.34Sat26
  4. about €368.89Sun27
  5. about €303.99Mon28
  6. about €297.50Tue29
  7. about €301.63Wed30
  8. about €249.12Thu1
  9. about €244.99Fri2
  10. about €266.82Sat3
  11. about €246.17Sun4
  12. about €235.55Mon5
  13. about €233.19Tue6
  14. about €247.94Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 12 October 2026

Cheapest€168.88
  1. Nok Air NA148107:301h 18m08:48Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport CEISuvarnabhumi Airport BKK
  2. AirAsia AA943909:561h 58m12:54Suvarnabhumi Airport BKKKuala Lumpur International Airport KUL

Changes at Bangkok, with 68 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 34mCO2 403.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

  • Nok Air
  • AirAsia

The flight gets you into Kuala Lumpur. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Kuala Lumpur for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €185.9990 days
  2. €157.6760 days
  3. €186.5845 days
  4. €195.4330 days
  5. €209.0021 days
  6. €247.9414 days
  7. €301.637 days
  8. €401.343 days
  9. €575.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €157.67.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 265 percent. The dearest point is €575.98, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €246.17Sun
  2. €235.55Mon
  3. €233.19Tue
  4. €247.94Wed
  5. €249.12Thu
  6. €244.99Fri
  7. €266.82Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chiang Rai

Air
  • CEI

Kuala Lumpur

Air
  • KUL
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,932 km against 1,875 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Chiang Rai at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur take?

The Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur takes 7h 34m door to door, of which 3h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 1,932 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur cost?

The Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur starts at €168.88 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €168.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur?

2 operators run the Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur: Nok Air, AirAsia. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur use?

The Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur leaves from Mae Fah Luang - Chiang Rai International Airport CEI and arrives at Kuala Lumpur International Airport KUL. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur?

Fares for the Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €157.67. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 265 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur produce?

The Flight from Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur produces about 403.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1932 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Chiang Rai to Kuala Lumpur on 23 September 2026: 1932 km of route against 1875 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €168.88, and 7h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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