Cheapest€103.98
- China Eastern Airlines CE279516:542h 1m18:55Jinan TNALanzhou LHW
Door to door 5h 11mCO2 298.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Jinan to Lanzhou flight
Flights from Jinan to Lanzhou start at €117.55 and take 5h 6m at their fastest.
The Flights from Jinan to Lanzhou starts at €117.55 and takes 5h 6m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,215 km, with around 13 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 6mDoor to door
- 1h 56mMoving
- €117.55From
- 298.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€126.99
- Shandong Airlines SA706216:571h 56m18:53Jinan TNALanzhou LHW
Door to door 5h 6mCO2 298.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€164.16
- China Eastern Airlines CE357107:301h 52m09:22Jinan TNAYinchuan INC
- China Railway CR349510:582h 58m13:56Yinchuan Railway StationLanzhou railway station
Changes at Yinchuan, with 96 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 8h 23mCO2 257.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Spring Airlines | €106.93 |
| China Eastern Airlines | €103.98 |
| Shandong Airlines | €108.70 |
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Where to stay in Lanzhou
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Jinan to Lanzhou
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €128.1790 days
- €81.5660 days
- €84.5145 days
- €96.3130 days
- €116.9621 days
- €125.2214 days
- €146.467 days
- €153.543 days
- €274.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €81.56.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 237 percent. The most expensive point is €274.49, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €151.18Sun
- €122.27Mon
- €117.55Tue
- €132.89Wed
- €157.08Thu
- €125.22Fri
- €151.77Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Jinan
Air
- TNA
Lanzhou
Air
- LHW
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
- 69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,215 km against 1,179 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 Taiyuan, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Yinchuan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Jinan at 06:40 and the last at 16:57, across 13 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Jinan to Lanzhou
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 Jinan to Lanzhou take?
The Flight from Jinan to Lanzhou takes 5h 6m door to door, of which 1h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 1,215 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 Jinan to Lanzhou cost?
The Flight from Jinan to Lanzhou starts at €117.55 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €132.30. 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 Jinan to Lanzhou?
3 operators run the Flight from Jinan to Lanzhou: Spring Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Shandong Airlines. Between them they file around 13 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 Jinan to Lanzhou use?
The Flight from Jinan to Lanzhou leaves from Jinan TNA and arrives at Lanzhou LHW. 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 Jinan to Lanzhou?
Fares for the Flight from Jinan to Lanzhou bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €81.56. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 237 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Jinan to Lanzhou produce?
The Flight from Jinan to Lanzhou produces about 298.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1215 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
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 modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Jinan to Lanzhou on September 11, 2026: 1215 km of route against 1179 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €117.55, and 5h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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