Cheapest€74.48
- Korean Air KA247506:121h 28m07:40Qingdao TAOBusan PUS
Door to door 4h 38mCO2 200.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Qingdao to Busan flight
Flights from Qingdao to Busan start at €101.62 and take 4h 38m at their fastest.
The Flights from Qingdao to Busan starts at €101.62 and takes 4h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 813 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 38mDoor to door
- 1h 28mMoving
- €101.62From
- 200.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€124.63
- Jeju Air JA792807:301h 19m08:49Qingdao TAOSeoul GMP
- Korea Railroad KR684110:192h 23m12:42Seoul StationBusan station
Changes at Seoul, with 90 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 9mCO2 165.6 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 | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Korean Air | €74.48 | 4h 37m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The trip ends at Busan station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to stay in Busan
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 Qingdao to Busan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €87.4690 days
- €68.5860 days
- €59.1445 days
- €89.2330 days
- €101.0321 days
- €118.7314 days
- €140.567 days
- €147.643 days
- €200.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €59.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €200.74, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €121.68Sun
- €103.98Mon
- €101.62Tue
- €102.21Wed
- €131.12Thu
- €118.73Fri
- €119.91Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Qingdao
Air
- TAO
Busan
Air
- PUS
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 813 km against 789 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 Daegu, Shanghai, Seoul, Fukuoka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Qingdao at 06:12 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Qingdao to Busan
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 Qingdao to Busan take?
The Flight from Qingdao to Busan takes 4h 38m door to door, of which 1h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 813 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 Qingdao to Busan cost?
The Flight from Qingdao to Busan starts at €101.62 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €102.80. 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 Qingdao to Busan?
1 operators run the Flight from Qingdao to Busan: Korean Air. Between them they file around 4 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 Qingdao to Busan use?
The Flight from Qingdao to Busan leaves from Qingdao TAO and arrives at Busan PUS. 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 Qingdao to Busan?
Fares for the Flight from Qingdao to Busan bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €59.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 239 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Qingdao to Busan produce?
The Flight from Qingdao to Busan produces about 200.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 813 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 Qingdao to Busan on September 11, 2026: 813 km of route against 789 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €101.62, and 4h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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