Cheapest€186.58
- Spring Airlines SA312306:493h 16m10:05Gujangbagh HTNLanzhou LHW
Door to door 6h 26mCO2 540.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Travelling from Hotan to Lanzhou costs €186.58 at the cheapest and takes 6h 21m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 2,196 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 2,196 km
- Fastest
- 6h 21m
- Average
- 6h 33m
- Services per day
- 4
- Cheapest
- €186.58
- CO2 per passenger
- 540.2 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 30 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 6h 26m | 3h 16m | 3h 10m | €205.46 | 540.2 kg | 4 |
- 6h 26mFastest, by Flight
- €205.46Cheapest, by Flight
- 540.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 2,196 kmDistance travelled
The cheapest and the fastest on 30 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this journey yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Hotan to Lanzhou | Sat12 Sept | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept | Thu24 Sept | Fri25 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €567.13 | €429.07 | €396.62 | €322.28 | €315.20 | €374.79 | €416.68 | €289.24 | €319.92 | €270.95 | €205.46 | €278.62 | €381.28 | €345.29 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €186.58
Lanzhou sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
Where to sleep in Lanzhou
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When to book Hotan to Lanzhou
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €325.2390 days
- €166.5260 days
- €149.4145 days
- €216.6730 days
- €204.2821 days
- €345.2914 days
- €416.687 days
- €396.623 days
- €567.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €149.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 280 percent. The dearest point is €567.13, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €319.92Sun
- €270.95Mon
- €232.60Tue
- €278.62Wed
- €374.79Thu
- €345.29Fri
- €291.60Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €322.28Sept
- €233.78Oct
- €239.68Nov
- €174.19Dec
- €211.36Jan
- €184.22Feb
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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,196 km against 2,132 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 Xi’an, Chengdu, Ürümqi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Hotan at 06:49 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Gujangbagh
Rail
- Hetian Railway Station
Coach
- 肖尔巴格乡客运站
- Hotan Dongjiao Bus Terminal
Air
- HTN
Lanzhou
Rail
- Lanzhou railway station
- Lanzhou East railway station
- Lanzhou West railway station
Coach
- Lanzhou South Bus Station
- Lanzhou West Railway Station
Air
- LHW
Ferry
- 兰州港码头
- 十里店桥北
Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spring Airlines | €186.58 | 6h 21m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €150.50 | 81% |
| Taxes | €27.09 | 15% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 4% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 1% |
| Total you pay | €186.58 | 100% |
We cannot promise Lanzhou railway station still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Left luggage near Lanzhou railway station
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Hotan to Lanzhou
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 Hotan to Lanzhou?
The fastest journey from Hotan to Lanzhou takes 6h 21m door to door, of which 3h 16m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 6h 33m, 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?
The cheapest fare from Hotan to Lanzhou is €186.58, checked on 30 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €311.07. 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?
The cheapest way from Hotan to Lanzhou is by Flight, at €205.46 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 26m 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?
Fares from Hotan to Lanzhou bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €149.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 280 percent, measured on 30 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Hotan to Lanzhou?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hotan to Lanzhou, at €232.60. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 30 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Hotan to Lanzhou?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Hotan to Lanzhou, at €174.19 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?
1 operators sell services from Hotan to Lanzhou across 1 modes: Spring 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?
25 percent of the services we sell from Hotan to Lanzhou are direct. The rest connect at Xi’an, Chengdu, Ürümqi, with about 46 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 Hotan to Lanzhou use?
Services from Hotan to Lanzhou by Flight leave from Gujangbagh HTN and arrive at Lanzhou LHW. 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Hotan to Lanzhou 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
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Hotan to Lanzhou on 11 September 2026: 2196 km of route against 2132 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €186.58, and 6h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Lanzhou and elsewhere in China. None of it is ours to sell.
Things to do in Lanzhou
Day trips that leave Lanzhou in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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Other ways to make this journey
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