Yichang to Chongqing runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:00 and the last around 06:32. One passenger pays between €46.75 and €55.60, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 12m over 486 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€46.75 to €55.60
- 148%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Yichang
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:00First departure
- 06:32Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €114.60Mon14
- about €82.74Tue15
- about €82.74Wed16
- about €89.82Thu17
- about €85.10Fri18
- about €86.87Sat19
- about €78.61Sun20
- about €55.60Mon21
- about €62.09Tue22
- about €56.78Wed23
- about €88.05Thu24
- about €65.63Fri25
- about €79.79Sat26
- about €85.10Sun27
- about €46.75Mon28
- about €49.70Tue29
- about €58.55Wed30
- about €58.55Thu1
- about €53.83Fri2
- about €64.45Sat3
- about €58.55Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Chongqing. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Chongqing for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Yichang to Chongqing
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €58.5590 days
- €53.2460 days
- €49.8445 days
- €46.1630 days
- €58.5521 days
- €85.1014 days
- €78.617 days
- €82.743 days
- €114.601 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €46.16.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 148 percent. The most expensive point is €114.60, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Yichang to Chongqing and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
486 km
472 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,350,150 → 22,000,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 486 km against 472 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 Changde, Jingzhou, Dazhou, Wanzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Chongqing railway station
Most of the points near Chongqing railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Yichang to Chongqing
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 it take to get from Yichang to Chongqing?
The fastest journey from Yichang to Chongqing takes 4h 12m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 14m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Yichang to Chongqing?
The cheapest fare from Yichang to Chongqing is €46.75, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €72.12. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Yichang to Chongqing?
The cheapest way from Yichang to Chongqing is by flight, at €55.60 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 12m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Yichang to Chongqing?
Fares from Yichang to Chongqing bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €46.16. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 148 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Yichang to Chongqing?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Yichang to Chongqing, at €55.60. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Yichang to Chongqing?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Yichang to Chongqing, at €42.03 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Yichang to Chongqing?
2 operators sell services from Yichang to Chongqing across 1 mode: Sichuan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Yichang to Chongqing?
33 percent of the services we sell from Yichang to Chongqing are direct. The rest connect at Changde, Jingzhou, Dazhou, Wanzhou, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Yichang to Chongqing use?
Services from Yichang to Chongqing by flight leave from Yichang YIH and arrive at Chongqing CKG. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Yichang to Chongqing?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Yichang to Chongqing allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Yichang to Chongqing on September 13, 2026: 486 km of route against 472 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €46.75, and 4h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Yichang reaches 51 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 2,537 km. Chongqing reaches 149 places in 24 countries, from 60 to 9,430 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Yichang
- 51Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 17Operators
Arriving in Chongqing
Leaving Chongqing
- 149Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 50Operators