Lanzhou to Ürümqi flight

Flights from Lanzhou to Ürümqi start at €160.62 and take 5h 41m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Lanzhou to Ürümqi starts at €160.62 and takes 5h 41m door to door, run by 5 operators over 1,675 km, with around 30 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 41mDoor to door
  • 2h 31mMoving
  • €160.62 to €293.37From
  • 06:14 to 20:14First and last departure
  • 30Per day
  • 412.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€160.62 to €293.37 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €293.37Mon14
  2. about €243.22Tue15
  3. about €275.67Wed16
  4. about €263.87Thu17
  5. about €244.99Fri18
  6. about €253.84Sat19
  7. about €233.19Sun20
  8. about €163.57Mon21
  9. about €160.62Tue22
  10. about €171.24Wed23
  11. about €212.54Thu24
  12. about €197.79Fri25
  13. about €204.87Sat26
  14. about €188.94Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Cheapest€134.66
  1. China Southern Airlines CS491606:342h 42m09:16Lanzhou LHWÜrümqi URC

Door to door 5h 52mCO2 412.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€193.66
  1. Shandong Airlines SA313119:232h 31m21:54Lanzhou LHWÜrümqi URC

Door to door 5h 41mCO2 412.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Lucky Air€139.38
China Southern Airlines€134.66
Hainan Airlines€141.15
Shandong Airlines€137.61
Urumqi Air€142.92

The flight gets you into Ürümqi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Ürümqi for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Lanzhou to Ürümqi

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

  1. €162.9890 days
  2. €135.2560 days
  3. €119.3245 days
  4. €109.8830 days
  5. €149.4121 days
  6. €188.9414 days
  7. €233.197 days
  8. €275.673 days
  9. €293.371 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €109.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 167 percent. The dearest point is €293.37, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €188.94Sun
  2. €163.57Mon
  3. €160.62Tue
  4. €171.24Wed
  5. €212.54Thu
  6. €197.79Fri
  7. €204.87Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Lanzhou

Air
  • LHW

Ürümqi

Air
  • URC
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,675 km against 1,626 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Lanzhou at 06:14 and the last at 20:14, across 30 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Lanzhou to Ürümqi

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 Lanzhou to Ürümqi take?

The Flight from Lanzhou to Ürümqi takes 5h 41m door to door, of which 2h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 1,675 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 Lanzhou to Ürümqi cost?

The Flight from Lanzhou to Ürümqi starts at €160.62 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €167.41. 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 Lanzhou to Ürümqi?

5 operators run the Flight from Lanzhou to Ürümqi: Lucky Air, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Urumqi Air. Between them they file around 30 departures 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 Lanzhou to Ürümqi use?

The Flight from Lanzhou to Ürümqi leaves from Lanzhou LHW and arrives at Ürümqi URC. 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 Lanzhou to Ürümqi?

Fares for the Flight from Lanzhou to Ürümqi bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €109.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Lanzhou to Ürümqi produce?

The Flight from Lanzhou to Ürümqi produces about 412.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1675 km, which works out at roughly 246 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Lanzhou to Ürümqi on 13 September 2026: 1675 km of route against 1626 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €160.62, and 5h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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