Vientiane to Chiang Mai flight
Flights from Vientiane to Chiang Mai start at €70.35 and take 5h 54m at their fastest.
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The Flights from Vientiane to Chiang Mai starts at €70.35 and takes 5h 54m door to door, run by 1 operator over 591 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 54mDoor to door
- 1h 38mMoving
- €62.68 to €181.27From
- 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 123.5 kgCO2
5h 54m
1h 38m
€62.68 to €181.27
07:30 to 07:30
1
123.5 kgFirst and last are taken from the services we sell on October 14, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€62.68 to €181.27 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.
We take the payment for this one, so the booking finishes here and you never leave.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €181.27Thu24
- about €131.12Fri25
- about €148.23Sat26
- about €127.58Sun27
- about €82.74Mon28
- about €85.10Tue29
- about €112.83Wed30
- about €83.33Thu1
- about €83.33Fri2
- about €84.51Sat3
- about €80.97Sun4
- about €75.66Mon5
- about €62.68Tue6
- about €79.79Wed7
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 14, 2026
No bookable itinerary for this date.
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lao Airlines | None | None | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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When to book Vientiane to Chiang Mai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €48.1990 days
- €41.0360 days
- €47.6345 days
- €47.0930 days
- €43.7821 days
- €58.6414 days
- €76.247 days
- €133.443 days
- €122.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 225 percent. The most expensive point is €133.44, 3 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.
- €67.99Sun
- €63.04Mon
- €55.89Tue
- €58.64Wed
- €80.64Thu
- €66.89Fri
- €60.29Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Vientiane
Air- VTE
Chiang Mai
- CNX
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 591 km against 392 km in a straight line, a detour of 41 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Udon Thani, Luang Prabang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Vientiane 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.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 40m | 1h 41m | 2h 59m | €43.78 | 95.0 kg | 1 |
| Flight | 5h 54m | 1h 38m | 4h 16m | €70.35 | 123.5 kg | 1 |
Questions about Vientiane to Chiang Mai
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 Vientiane to Chiang Mai take?
The Flight from Vientiane to Chiang Mai takes 5h 54m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 591 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 Vientiane to Chiang Mai cost?
The Flight from Vientiane to Chiang Mai starts at €70.35 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €70.35. 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 Vientiane to Chiang Mai?
1 operators run the Flight from Vientiane to Chiang Mai: 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 Vientiane to Chiang Mai use?
The Flight from Vientiane to Chiang Mai leaves from Wattay International Airport VTE and arrives at Chiang Mai International Airport CNX. 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.
Is the Flight the best way from Vientiane to Chiang Mai?
Traveling from Vientiane to Chiang Mai by Train costs €43.78 and takes 4h 40m door to door, against 5h 54m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Vientiane to Chiang Mai?
Fares for the Flight from Vientiane to Chiang Mai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 225 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Vientiane to Chiang Mai produce?
The Flight from Vientiane to Chiang Mai produces about 123.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 591 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 Vientiane to Chiang Mai on September 23, 2026: 591 km of route against 392 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €70.35, and 5h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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