Cheapest€112.24
- Lucky Air LA260714:022h 8m16:10Xining XNNKunming KMG
Door to door 5h 18mCO2 327.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Xining to Kunming flight
Flights from Xining to Kunming start at €137.02 and take 5h 18m at their fastest.
The Flights from Xining to Kunming starts at €137.02 and takes 5h 18m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,330 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 18mDoor to door
- 2h 8mMoving
- €137.02From
- 327.2 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€120.50
- Lucky Air LA812306:152h 8m08:23Xining XNNKunming KMG
Door to door 5h 18mCO2 327.2 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 |
|---|---|
| Lucky Air | €112.24 |
| China Eastern Airlines | €115.19 |
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When to book Xining to Kunming
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €115.1990 days
- €104.5760 days
- €109.8845 days
- €134.0730 days
- €112.2421 days
- €142.9214 days
- €181.867 days
- €265.643 days
- €259.151 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €104.57.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 154 percent. The most expensive point is €265.64, 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.
- €167.70Sun
- €137.02Mon
- €142.92Tue
- €160.03Wed
- €178.32Thu
- €174.19Fri
- €168.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Xining
Air
- XNN
Kunming
Air
- KMG
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,330 km against 1,292 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 Chongqing, Guiyang, Mianyang, Chengdu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Xining at 06:15 and the last at 14:20, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Xining to Kunming
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 Kunming take?
The Flight from Xining to Kunming takes 5h 18m door to door, of which 2h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 1,330 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 Kunming cost?
The Flight from Xining to Kunming starts at €137.02 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €141.74. 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 Kunming?
2 operators run the Flight from Xining to Kunming: Lucky Air, China Eastern Airlines. Between them they file around 8 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 Kunming use?
The Flight from Xining to Kunming leaves from Xining XNN and arrives at Kunming KMG. 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 Kunming?
Fares for the Flight from Xining to Kunming bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €104.57. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 154 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Xining to Kunming produce?
The Flight from Xining to Kunming produces about 327.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1330 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 Kunming on September 8, 2026: 1330 km of route against 1292 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €137.02, and 5h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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