Zhengzhou to Qingdao flight

Flights from Zhengzhou to Qingdao start at €55.01 and take 4h 24m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Zhengzhou to Qingdao starts at €55.01 and takes 4h 24m door to door, run by 4 operators over 646 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 24mDoor to door
  • 1h 14mMoving
  • €62.68 to €157.08From
  • 06:18 to 14:53First and last departure
  • 12Per day
  • 135.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 13 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€62.68 to €157.08 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 €157.08Thu24
  2. about €125.22Fri25
  3. about €124.63Sat26
  4. about €96.90Sun27
  5. about €85.10Mon28
  6. about €83.33Tue29
  7. about €89.23Wed30
  8. about €88.05Thu1
  9. about €76.84Fri2
  10. about €80.97Sat3
  11. about €72.71Sun4
  12. about €63.86Mon5
  13. about €62.68Tue6
  14. about €66.22Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 13 October 2026

Cheapest€55.01
  1. Shandong Airlines SA213306:221h 16m07:38Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport CGOQingdao Jiaodong International Airport TAO

Door to door 4h 26mCO2 135.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€73.89
  1. China Southern Airlines CS997514:281h 14m15:42Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport CGOQingdao Jiaodong International Airport TAO

Door to door 4h 24mCO2 135.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€71.53
  1. Shandong Airlines SA604207:3054m08:24Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport CGOJinan Yaoqiang International Airport TNA
  2. China Railway CR172109:192h 19m11:38Jinan railway stationQingdao railway station

Changes at Jinan, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 5mCO2 89.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, 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
China Southern Airlines€57.37
West Air China€62.68
Qingdao Airlines€56.78
Shandong Airlines€55.01

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A room in Qingdao for the night the flight gets in

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When to book Zhengzhou to Qingdao

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

  1. €62.0990 days
  2. €52.0660 days
  3. €57.9645 days
  4. €57.3730 days
  5. €56.7821 days
  6. €66.2214 days
  7. €89.237 days
  8. €124.633 days
  9. €157.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.06.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 202 percent. The dearest point is €157.08, 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. €72.71Sun
  2. €63.86Mon
  3. €62.68Tue
  4. €66.22Wed
  5. €88.05Thu
  6. €76.84Fri
  7. €80.97Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Zhengzhou

Air
  • CGO

Qingdao

Air
  • TAO
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 646 km against 627 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 Jinan, Yantai, Hefei, Yangzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Zhengzhou at 06:18 and the last at 14:53, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Zhengzhou to Qingdao

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 Zhengzhou to Qingdao take?

The Flight from Zhengzhou to Qingdao takes 4h 24m door to door, of which 1h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 646 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 Zhengzhou to Qingdao cost?

The Flight from Zhengzhou to Qingdao starts at €55.01 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €73.30. 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 Zhengzhou to Qingdao?

4 operators run the Flight from Zhengzhou to Qingdao: China Southern Airlines, West Air China, Qingdao Airlines, Shandong Airlines. Between them they file around 12 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 Zhengzhou to Qingdao use?

The Flight from Zhengzhou to Qingdao leaves from Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport CGO and arrives at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport TAO. 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 Zhengzhou to Qingdao?

Fares for the Flight from Zhengzhou to Qingdao bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.06. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 202 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Zhengzhou to Qingdao produce?

The Flight from Zhengzhou to Qingdao produces about 135.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 646 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 Zhengzhou to Qingdao on 23 September 2026: 646 km of route against 627 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €55.01, and 4h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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