Route · HKG → NKG
Flights from Hong Kong to Nanjing
The roughly 1,155-kilometre hop from Hong Kong International to Nanjing Lukou International typically blocks out at around an hour and fifty minutes, placing it firmly in the short-haul domestic-regional category despite crossing an international border. Shanghai Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines are the tracked carriers on this pairing, with both operators typically deploying narrowbody equipment — expect an Airbus A320-family aircraft on most rotations. A practical note worth flagging: passengers travelling on mainland Chinese documents clear Hong Kong immigration at the departure end without issue, but holders of foreign passports should confirm current visa arrangements for Jiangsu Province before booking, as the broader China visa landscape has shifted in recent years. On the fare side, departures midweek — particularly Tuesday and Wednesday — tend to surface lower base fares, and the shoulder periods around late January and late August often offer the most comfortable pricing outside of Golden Week and Lunar New Year blackouts.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Hong Kong (HKG) → 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
2 carriersThe 2 carriers we currently track on the Hong Kong–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 Hong Kong to Nanjing
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Hong Kong 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 HKG 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.