Kunming to Zhaotong runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 14:20. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 56m over 280 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€31.41
- 92%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kunming
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.
- 06:33First departure
- 14:20Last departure
- 4Services 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 €60.32Wed16
- about €70.35Thu17
- about €60.32Fri18
- about €59.73Sat19
- about €56.78Sun20
- about €56.78Mon21
- about €36.13Tue22
- about €37.31Wed23
- about €50.29Thu24
- about €43.21Fri25
- about €47.34Sat26
- about €42.03Sun27
- about €34.95Mon28
- about €31.41Tue29
- about €40.26Wed30
- about €40.26Thu1
- about €35.54Fri2
- about €34.36Sat3
- about €37.90Sun4
- about €34.95Mon5
- about €31.41Tue6
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 Zhaotong. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Zhaotong for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Kunming to Zhaotong
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.5490 days
- €31.4160 days
- €32.5945 days
- €36.1330 days
- €31.4121 days
- €31.4114 days
- €36.137 days
- €60.323 days
- €60.321 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 92 percent. The dearest point is €60.32, 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 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kunming to Zhaotong 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
280 km
272 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
5,950,578 → 787,845
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
- 40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 280 km against 272 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 Bijie, Yibin, Qujing. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 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.
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 Zhaotong Railway Station
Most of the points near Zhaotong Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Kunming to Zhaotong
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 Kunming to Zhaotong?
The fastest journey from Kunming to Zhaotong takes 3h 56m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 58m, 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 Kunming to Zhaotong?
The cheapest fare from Kunming to Zhaotong is €31.41, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €42.62. 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 Kunming to Zhaotong?
The cheapest way from Kunming to Zhaotong is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 56m 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 Kunming to Zhaotong?
Fares from Kunming to Zhaotong bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 92 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kunming to Zhaotong?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kunming to Zhaotong, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kunming to Zhaotong?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kunming to Zhaotong, at €31.41 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 Kunming to Zhaotong?
1 operators sell services from Kunming to Zhaotong across 1 mode: China Eastern 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 Kunming to Zhaotong?
40 percent of the services we sell from Kunming to Zhaotong are direct. The rest connect at Bijie, Yibin, Qujing, 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 Kunming to Zhaotong use?
Services from Kunming to Zhaotong by flight leave from Kunming KMG and arrive at Zhaotong ZAT. 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 Kunming to Zhaotong?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Kunming to Zhaotong 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 Kunming to Zhaotong on 15 September 2026: 280 km of route against 272 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 56m 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 Zhaotong is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Zhaotong and across China
Day trips that leave Zhaotong in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kunming reaches 110 places in 17 countries on services we hold, over distances from 67 to 4,750 km. Zhaotong reaches 27 places in 1 countries, from 123 to 374 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kunming
- 110Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 38Operators
Arriving in Zhaotong
Leaving Zhaotong
- 27Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators