Chiang Mai to Chengdu flight

Flights from Chiang Mai to Chengdu start at €126.99 and take 7h 23m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Chiang Mai to Chengdu starts at €126.99 and takes 7h 23m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,477 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 23mDoor to door
  • 2h 46mMoving
  • €147.05 to €432.61From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 336.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 12, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€147.05 to €432.61 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 €432.61Thu24
  2. about €329.36Fri25
  3. about €351.19Sat26
  4. about €241.45Sun27
  5. about €206.05Mon28
  6. about €250.30Tue29
  7. about €191.89Wed30
  8. about €247.94Thu1
  9. about €209.00Fri2
  10. about €197.79Sat3
  11. about €209.00Sun4
  12. about €162.39Mon5
  13. about €147.05Tue6
  14. about €167.11Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 12, 2026

Cheapest€126.99
  1. China Eastern Airlines CE860607:301h 27m09:57Chiang Mai International Airport CNXKunming Changshui International Airport KMG
  2. Sichuan Airlines SA674811:241h 19m12:43Kunming Changshui International Airport KMGChengdu Shuangliu International Airport CTU

Changes at Kunming, with 87 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 23mCO2 308.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

The flight gets you into Chengdu. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Chengdu for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Chiang Mai to Chengdu

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

  1. €142.3390 days
  2. €126.9960 days
  3. €133.4845 days
  4. €140.5630 days
  5. €139.9721 days
  6. €167.1114 days
  7. €191.897 days
  8. €351.193 days
  9. €432.611 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €126.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 241 percent. The most expensive point is €432.61, 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. €209.00Sun
  2. €162.39Mon
  3. €147.05Tue
  4. €167.11Wed
  5. €247.94Thu
  6. €209.00Fri
  7. €197.79Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chiang Mai

Air
  • CNX

Chengdu

Air
  • CTU
  • TFU
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,477 km against 1,416 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kunming, Chongqing. The gap between arriving and leaving is 87 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Chiang Mai at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Chiang Mai to Chengdu

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Chiang Mai to Chengdu take?

The Flight from Chiang Mai to Chengdu takes 7h 23m door to door, of which 2h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 1,477 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 Chiang Mai to Chengdu cost?

The Flight from Chiang Mai to Chengdu starts at €126.99 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €155.90. 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 Chiang Mai to Chengdu?

3 operators run the Flight from Chiang Mai to Chengdu: China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Shandong Airlines. Between them they file around 2 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 Chiang Mai to Chengdu use?

The Flight from Chiang Mai to Chengdu leaves from Chiang Mai International Airport CNX and arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport CTU. 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 Chiang Mai to Chengdu?

Fares for the Flight from Chiang Mai to Chengdu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €126.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 241 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Chiang Mai to Chengdu produce?

The Flight from Chiang Mai to Chengdu produces about 336.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1477 km, which works out at roughly 228 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Chiang Mai to Chengdu on September 23, 2026: 1477 km of route against 1416 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €126.99, and 7h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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