Luang Prabang to Kunming flight

Flights from Luang Prabang to Kunming start at €62.09 and take 6h 6m at their fastest.

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A beautiful urban skyline with a traditional bridge spanning across a lake.

The Flights from Luang Prabang to Kunming starts at €62.09 and takes 6h 6m door to door, run by 3 operators over 684 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 6mDoor to door
  • 1h 44mMoving
  • €71.53 to €178.32From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 174.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 14 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€71.53 to €178.32 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 €178.32Thu24
  2. about €151.77Fri25
  3. about €163.57Sat26
  4. about €120.50Sun27
  5. about €93.36Mon28
  6. about €118.14Tue29
  7. about €108.70Wed30
  8. about €111.65Thu1
  9. about €88.64Fri2
  10. about €99.85Sat3
  11. about €107.52Sun4
  12. about €93.36Mon5
  13. about €71.53Tue6
  14. about €82.74Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 14 October 2026

Cheapest€62.09
  1. Lao Airlines LA366807:3049m09:19Luang Phabang International Airport LPQXishuangbanna Gasa International Airport JHG
  2. Sichuan Airlines SA321610:3155m11:26Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport JHGKunming Changshui International Airport KMG

Changes at Yunjinghong, with 72 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 6mCO2 143.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

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

A hotel room

A room in Kunming for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Luang Prabang to Kunming

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

  1. €75.6690 days
  2. €69.1760 days
  3. €67.4045 days
  4. €77.4330 days
  5. €62.0921 days
  6. €82.7414 days
  7. €108.707 days
  8. €163.573 days
  9. €178.321 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €62.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 187 percent. The dearest point is €178.32, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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. €107.52Sun
  2. €93.36Mon
  3. €71.53Tue
  4. €82.74Wed
  5. €111.65Thu
  6. €88.64Fri
  7. €99.85Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Luang Prabang

Air
  • LPQ

Kunming

Air
  • KMG
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 684 km against 575 km in a straight line, a detour of 45 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Yunjinghong, Hanoi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Luang Prabang at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Luang Prabang to Kunming

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 Luang Prabang to Kunming take?

The Flight from Luang Prabang to Kunming takes 6h 6m door to door, of which 1h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 684 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 Luang Prabang to Kunming cost?

The Flight from Luang Prabang to Kunming starts at €62.09 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €74.19. 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 Luang Prabang to Kunming?

3 operators run the Flight from Luang Prabang to Kunming: Lao Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, China Eastern Airlines. Between them they file around 2 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 Luang Prabang to Kunming use?

The Flight from Luang Prabang to Kunming leaves from Luang Phabang International Airport LPQ and arrives at Kunming Changshui International Airport KMG. 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 Luang Prabang to Kunming?

Fares for the Flight from Luang Prabang to Kunming bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €62.09. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 187 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Luang Prabang to Kunming produce?

The Flight from Luang Prabang to Kunming produces about 174.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 684 km, which works out at roughly 254 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 Luang Prabang to Kunming on 23 September 2026: 684 km of route against 575 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €62.09, and 6h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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