Hanoi to Muang Xay flight

Flights from Hanoi to Muang Xay start at €72.12 and take 6h 34m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Hanoi to Muang Xay starts at €72.12 and takes 6h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 814 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 34mDoor to door
  • 1h 59mMoving
  • €85.69 to €233.78From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 170.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€85.69 to €233.78 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 €233.78Thu24
  2. about €183.04Fri25
  3. about €203.69Sat26
  4. about €173.01Sun27
  5. about €109.29Mon28
  6. about €119.91Tue29
  7. about €151.18Wed30
  8. about €114.01Thu1
  9. about €105.75Fri2
  10. about €118.73Sat3
  11. about €115.19Sun4
  12. about €103.98Mon5
  13. about €85.69Tue6
  14. about €96.31Wed7

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 13, 2026

Cheapest€72.12
  1. Lao Airlines LA181307:301h 8m08:38Noi Bai International Airport HANWattay International Airport VTE
  2. Lao Airlines LA811110:0351m10:54Wattay International Airport VTEOudomsay Airport ODY

Changes at Vientiane, with 85 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 34mCO2 170.1 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Lao AirlinesNoneNone740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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A hotel room

A room in Muang Xay for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Hanoi to Muang Xay

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

  1. €83.3390 days
  2. €72.1260 days
  3. €74.4845 days
  4. €86.2830 days
  5. €82.7421 days
  6. €96.3114 days
  7. €151.187 days
  8. €203.693 days
  9. €233.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €72.12.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 224 percent. The most expensive point is €233.78, 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. €115.19Sun
  2. €103.98Mon
  3. €85.69Tue
  4. €96.31Wed
  5. €114.01Thu
  6. €105.75Fri
  7. €118.73Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Hanoi

Air
  • HAN

Muang Xay

Air
  • ODY
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 814 km against 403 km in a straight line, a detour of 102 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Vientiane. The gap between arriving and leaving is 85 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Hanoi at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Hanoi to Muang Xay

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 Hanoi to Muang Xay take?

The Flight from Hanoi to Muang Xay takes 6h 34m door to door, of which 1h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 814 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay cost?

The Flight from Hanoi to Muang Xay starts at €72.12 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €72.12. 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

1 operators run the Flight from Hanoi to Muang Xay: Lao Airlines. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay use?

The Flight from Hanoi to Muang Xay leaves from Noi Bai International Airport HAN and arrives at Oudomsay Airport ODY. 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

Fares for the Flight from Hanoi to Muang Xay bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €72.12. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 224 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Hanoi to Muang Xay produce?

The Flight from Hanoi to Muang Xay produces about 170.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 814 km, which works out at roughly 209 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay on September 23, 2026: 814 km of route against 403 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €72.12, and 6h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The fare from ODY into Muang Xay is set by whoever drives it.

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A car waiting when you land in Muang Xay

Settled in advance, so the ride into Muang Xay costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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