Route · CAN → NKG
Flights from Guangzhou to Nanjing
The 1,078-kilometre hop from Guangzhou Baiyun International to Nanjing Lukou International covers one of southern China's busiest domestic corridors, with a typical block time of around one hour and forty-four minutes — short enough to make the flight a genuine alternative to the roughly four-hour high-speed rail journey on the Jingguang and Ninghan lines. China Southern dominates here, as you would expect on its home-turf southern routes, with Air China, Shanghai Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines adding meaningful frequency; narrow-body Airbus A320-family jets handle the bulk of departures. Practically speaking, both airports are large hub facilities, so arriving passengers should allow at least ninety minutes for domestic connections, particularly at Baiyun where terminal distances can be deceptive. On the fare side, midweek departures — especially Tuesday and Wednesday — tend to offer the most availability and softer pricing, while Golden Week and Chinese New Year windows tighten capacity sharply across the board.
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Cheapest dates to fly
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Airlines on this route
4 carriersThe 4 carriers we currently track on the Guangzhou–Nanjing route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Guangzhou to Nanjing
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Guangzhou to Nanjing — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at CAN and… NKG, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.