Chongqing to Tianshui runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €53.83 and €67.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 19m over 580 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€53.83 to €67.99
- 134%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chongqing
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:22First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €111.65Tue15
- about €121.68Wed16
- about €135.84Thu17
- about €116.96Fri18
- about €101.62Sat19
- about €105.75Sun20
- about €87.46Mon21
- about €80.97Tue22
- about €89.82Wed23
- about €83.33Thu24
- about €75.66Fri25
- about €101.62Sat26
- about €98.67Sun27
- about €67.99Mon28
- about €53.83Tue29
- about €59.14Wed30
- about €76.25Thu1
- about €66.22Fri2
- about €71.53Sat3
- about €72.12Sun4
- about €62.68Mon5
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.
The flight gets you into Tianshui. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Tianshui for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Tianshui South railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Chongqing to Tianshui
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €72.1290 days
- €57.9660 days
- €68.5845 days
- €62.6830 days
- €62.6821 days
- €67.9914 days
- €87.467 days
- €135.843 days
- €111.651 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €57.96.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 134 percent. The dearest point is €135.84, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chongqing to Tianshui and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
580 km
563 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
22,000,000 → 1,212,791
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 580 km against 563 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 Lanzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 14 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Tianshui South railway station
Most of the points near Tianshui South railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Chongqing to Tianshui
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 it take to get from Chongqing to Tianshui?
The fastest journey from Chongqing to Tianshui takes 4h 19m door to door, of which 1h 15m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 23m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Chongqing to Tianshui?
The cheapest fare from Chongqing to Tianshui is €53.83, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €83.33. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Chongqing to Tianshui?
The cheapest way from Chongqing to Tianshui is by flight, at €67.99 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 25m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Chongqing to Tianshui?
Fares from Chongqing to Tianshui bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €57.96. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 134 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chongqing to Tianshui?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Chongqing to Tianshui, at €67.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chongqing to Tianshui?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Chongqing to Tianshui, at €44.39 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Chongqing to Tianshui?
1 operators sell services from Chongqing to Tianshui across 1 mode: China Express Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Chongqing to Tianshui?
50 percent of the services we sell from Chongqing to Tianshui are direct. The rest connect at Lanzhou, with about 70 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Chongqing to Tianshui use?
Services from Chongqing to Tianshui by flight leave from Chongqing CKG and arrive at Tianshui THQ. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chongqing to Tianshui?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Chongqing to Tianshui allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chongqing to Tianshui on 14 September 2026: 580 km of route against 563 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €53.83, and 4h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Tianshui is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Tianshui and across China
Day trips that leave Tianshui in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chongqing reaches 149 places in 24 countries on services we hold, over distances from 60 to 9,430 km. Tianshui reaches 13 places in 1 countries, from 42 to 563 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chongqing
- 149Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 50Operators
Arriving in Tianshui
Leaving Tianshui
- 13Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators