Route · CTU → NKG
Flights from Chengdu to Nanjing
Spanning roughly 1,423 kilometres between Sichuan's capital and Jiangsu's provincial seat, this southwest-to-east trunk route covers the distance in about two hours and eight minutes of block time, making it a comfortable same-day business corridor. Sichuan Airlines holds the largest presence here, typically operating Airbus A319 and A320 equipment, with Air China, Chengdu Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines each adding meaningful frequency on narrowbody jets. On the Nanjing end, nearly all domestic arrivals use Lukou International Airport's Terminal 2, which connects to the city centre via the S1 Airport Rail Line in roughly 40 minutes — far more reliable than road options during peak hours. Fares tend to soften noticeably in January and February outside the Spring Festival blackout window, and midweek departures often yield better availability than the heavily contested Friday and Sunday evening slots favoured by business travellers between the two cities.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Chengdu (CTU) → Nanjing (NKG). 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 Chengdu–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 Chengdu to Nanjing
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Chengdu 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 CTU 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.