Route · CAN → NRT
Flights from Guangzhou to Tokyo
The roughly 2,945-kilometre hop between Guangzhou Baiyun and Tokyo Narita runs about three hours and fifty minutes block time, making it one of the shorter long-haul corridors connecting mainland China to Japan and a practical alternative to the busier Shanghai–Tokyo axis. China Southern dominates frequency on this pairing and typically operates narrowbody Airbus A320-family jets alongside the occasional widebody on peak rotations, while Air China, All Nippon Airways, and Shenzhen Airlines collectively round out the schedule and provide useful connecting options for onward travel. A practical note worth flagging: Narita sits roughly 60 kilometres from central Tokyo, so factor in at least 90 minutes for the Narita Express or limousine bus when planning onward connections. On fares, shoulder periods in late January after Chinese New Year and again in October typically yield the softest pricing, while business-class redemptions on ANA's metal often surface at better availability midweek.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Guangzhou (CAN) → Tokyo (NRT). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
4 carriersThe 4 carriers we currently track on the Guangzhou–Tokyo 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 Tokyo
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Guangzhou to Tokyo — 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… NRT, 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.