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Nanyang to Lanzhou

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Nanyang to Lanzhou. From €72.71, fastest 4h 43m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Nanyang to Lanzhou runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:35 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €72.71 and €88.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 43m over 892 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

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

€72.71 to €88.64

  • 116%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Nanyang

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.

  • 06:35First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €154.72Wed16
  2. about €192.48Thu17
  3. about €157.08Fri18
  4. about €151.18Sat19
  5. about €157.67Sun20
  6. about €134.07Mon21
  7. about €88.64Tue22
  8. about €114.60Wed23
  9. about €135.09Thu24
  10. about €127.58Fri25
  11. about €148.23Sat26
  12. about €112.83Sun27
  13. about €105.75Mon28
  14. about €91.64Tue29
  15. about €80.97Wed30
  16. about €98.67Thu1
  17. about €88.64Fri2
  18. about €91.59Sat3
  19. about €83.92Sun4
  20. about €75.14Mon5
  21. about €72.71Tue6

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 Lanzhou. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Lanzhou for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Lanzhou railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Nanyang to Lanzhou

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

  1. €85.1090 days
  2. €89.8260 days
  3. €96.9045 days
  4. €94.5430 days
  5. €72.7121 days
  6. €91.6414 days
  7. €88.647 days
  8. €157.083 days
  9. €154.721 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €72.71.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 116 percent. The dearest point is €157.08, 3 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.
€157.08€72.711371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Nanyang to Lanzhou 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

892 km

866 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

1,811,8124,359,446

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

NanyangNanyangLanzhouLanzhou
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 892 km against 866 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 Xiangyang, Xi’an, Yichang, Zhengzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 lockers

Left luggage near Lanzhou railway station

Most of the points near Lanzhou railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Nanyang 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

The fastest journey from Nanyang to Lanzhou takes 4h 43m door to door, of which 1h 36m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 48m, 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

The cheapest fare from Nanyang to Lanzhou is €72.71, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €131.12. 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

The cheapest way from Nanyang to Lanzhou is by flight, at €88.64 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 46m 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

Fares from Nanyang to Lanzhou bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €72.71. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 116 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Nanyang to Lanzhou, at €88.64. 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nanyang to Lanzhou, at €75.07 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

1 operators sell services from Nanyang to Lanzhou across 1 mode: 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

20 percent of the services we sell from Nanyang to Lanzhou are direct. The rest connect at Xiangyang, Xi’an, Yichang, Zhengzhou, with about 51 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou use?

Services from Nanyang to Lanzhou by flight leave from Nanyang NNY 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 Nanyang to Lanzhou?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Nanyang 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

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 Nanyang to Lanzhou on 15 September 2026: 892 km of route against 866 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €72.71, and 4h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Lanzhou a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Lanzhou and across China

Day trips that leave Lanzhou in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Nanyang reaches 29 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 108 to 1,668 km. Lanzhou reaches 93 places in 2 countries, from 62 to 2,468 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Nanyang

  • 29Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 8Operators

Arriving in Lanzhou

Leaving Lanzhou

  • 93Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 27Operators

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