Cheapest€63.27
- Sichuan Airlines SA605415:151h 27m16:42Xining XNNChengdu TFU
Door to door 4h 37mCO2 176.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Xining to Chengdu flight
Flights from Xining to Chengdu start at €73.30 and take 4h 29m at their fastest.
The Flights from Xining to Chengdu starts at €73.30 and takes 4h 29m door to door, run by 5 operators over 717 km, with around 35 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 29mDoor to door
- 1h 19mMoving
- €73.30From
- 176.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€73.89
- Air China AC517413:321h 19m14:51Xining XNNChengdu CTU
Door to door 4h 29mCO2 176.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Sichuan Airlines | €63.27 |
 Air China | €63.86 |
| Loong Air | €64.45 |
| China Eastern Airlines | €65.04 |
| Xizang Airlines | €64.45 |
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When to book Xining to Chengdu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.9190 days
- €57.9660 days
- €64.4545 days
- €62.0930 days
- €67.4021 days
- €78.0214 days
- €95.727 days
- €138.203 days
- €168.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €57.96.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 190 percent. The most expensive point is €168.29, 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.
- €86.87Sun
- €76.84Mon
- €73.30Tue
- €78.02Wed
- €98.08Thu
- €89.82Fri
- €92.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Xining
Air
- XNN
Chengdu
Air
- TFU
- CTU
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 717 km against 696 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 Xining at 06:03 and the last at 20:34, across 35 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Xining 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 Xining to Chengdu take?
The Flight from Xining to Chengdu takes 4h 29m door to door, of which 1h 19m is spent moving. The route runs 717 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 Xining to Chengdu cost?
The Flight from Xining to Chengdu starts at €73.30 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €73.89. 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 Xining to Chengdu?
5 operators run the Flight from Xining to Chengdu: Sichuan Airlines, Air China, Loong Air, China Eastern Airlines, Xizang Airlines. Between them they file around 35 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 Xining to Chengdu use?
The Flight from Xining to Chengdu leaves from Xining XNN and arrives at Chengdu CTU. 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 Xining to Chengdu?
Fares for the Flight from Xining to Chengdu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €57.96. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Xining to Chengdu produce?
The Flight from Xining to Chengdu produces about 176.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 717 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 Xining to Chengdu on September 9, 2026: 717 km of route against 696 km in a straight line, 35 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €73.30, and 4h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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