Nanjing to Chengdu flight

Flights from Nanjing to Chengdu start at €138.20 and take 5h 24m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Nanjing to Chengdu starts at €138.20 and takes 5h 24m door to door, run by 5 operators over 1,446 km, with around 40 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 24mDoor to door
  • 2h 14mMoving
  • €138.20From
  • 355.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€118.14
  1. Sichuan Airlines SA512114:062h 24m16:30Nanjing NKGChengdu TFU

Door to door 5h 34mCO2 355.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€142.92
  1. Air China AC446720:382h 14m22:52Nanjing NKGChengdu TFU

Door to door 5h 24mCO2 355.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Sichuan Airlines€118.14
Air China€126.99
Juneyao Airlines€119.32
China Eastern Airlines€124.04
Shenzhen Airlines€121.68

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Rooms within reach of Chengdu railway station

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Booking window

When to book Nanjing to Chengdu

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

  1. €139.9790 days
  2. €95.1360 days
  3. €94.5445 days
  4. €97.4930 days
  5. €137.0221 days
  6. €178.3214 days
  7. €217.267 days
  8. €219.033 days
  9. €287.471 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €94.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 204 percent. The most expensive point is €287.47, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €165.34Sun
  2. €146.46Mon
  3. €138.20Tue
  4. €151.77Wed
  5. €187.76Thu
  6. €174.19Fri
  7. €178.32Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Nanjing

Air
  • NKG

Chengdu

Air
  • TFU
  • CTU
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,446 km against 1,404 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Nanjing at 06:03 and the last at 20:52, across 40 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Nanjing 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 Nanjing to Chengdu take?

The Flight from Nanjing to Chengdu takes 5h 24m door to door, of which 2h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 1,446 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 Nanjing to Chengdu cost?

The Flight from Nanjing to Chengdu starts at €138.20 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €139.68. 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 Nanjing to Chengdu?

5 operators run the Flight from Nanjing to Chengdu: Sichuan Airlines, Air China, Juneyao Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines. Between them they file around 40 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 Nanjing to Chengdu use?

The Flight from Nanjing to Chengdu leaves from Nanjing NKG and arrives at Chengdu TFU. 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 Nanjing to Chengdu?

Fares for the Flight from Nanjing to Chengdu bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €94.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 204 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Nanjing to Chengdu produce?

The Flight from Nanjing to Chengdu produces about 355.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1446 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Nanjing to Chengdu on September 12, 2026: 1446 km of route against 1404 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €138.20, and 5h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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