Route · CTU → SZX
Flights from Chengdu to Shenzhen
Linking Chengdu's Tianfu International Airport with Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport across roughly 1,317 kilometres, this busy domestic corridor clocks in at just over two hours block time and sits among the higher-frequency city pairs connecting southwest China to the Pearl River Delta. Sichuan Airlines, Air China, China Southern, Chengdu Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines all operate the route, typically deploying Airbus A320-family narrowbodies given the stage length. A practical note worth flagging: Chengdu now splits services between the newer Tianfu Airport and the older Shuangliu Airport, so confirm which terminal your itinerary uses before booking ground transport. On the fare side, departures midweek tend to run cheaper than Friday and Sunday peaks, and the post-Golden Week lull in late October through November often yields noticeably softer pricing across the board.
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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) → Shenzhen (SZX). 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
5 carriersThe 5 carriers we currently track on the Chengdu–Shenzhen 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 Shenzhen
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Chengdu to Shenzhen — 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… SZX, 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.