Route · CTU → KMG
Flights from Chengdu to Kunming
Connecting two of southwest China's busiest aviation hubs, the Chengdu Tianfu (or Shuangliu) to Kunming Changshui corridor covers roughly 618 kilometres and typically blocks out at just over an hour, making it one of the denser short-haul routes in the region. Sichuan Airlines and Lucky Air together account for the bulk of frequencies, with Air China, China Southern, and Chengdu Airlines filling out a schedule that can run a dozen or more daily departures; narrowbodies such as the Airbus A319 and A320 family dominate, though Lucky Air operates some 737s. Practically speaking, both cities sit firmly within China Standard Time, so there is no clock adjustment to manage, but travellers connecting onward from Kunming toward Southeast Asia should confirm whether their ticket requires clearing domestic-to-international transfer, which at Changshui can take longer than the flight itself. Fares on this competitive route tend to soften noticeably outside Golden Week and Chinese New Year, with midweek departures often yielding the best availability.
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Cheapest dates to fly
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Airlines on this route
8 carriersThe 8 carriers we currently track on the Chengdu–Kunming 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 Chengdu to Kunming
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Chengdu to Kunming — 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 CTU and… KMG, 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.