Route · NKG → CTU
Flights from Nanjing to Chengdu
Nanjing Lukou to Chengdu Tianfu (or occasionally Shuangliu) is a well-worn domestic trunk route of roughly 1,423 km, with block times typically sitting around two hours and five to ten minutes — short enough that premium cabins rarely feel justified yet long enough to make the frequency genuinely useful. Sichuan Airlines operates the heaviest schedule and commonly deploys A320-family narrowbodies, with Air China, Chengdu Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines rounding out a competitive four-carrier field that keeps seat counts healthy. A practical note worth flagging: Chengdu now splits traffic between the newer Tianfu International and the older Shuangliu airport, so confirm which terminal your itinerary uses before booking onward transport, as the two airports sit roughly an hour apart by road. Fare-wise, shoulder periods in late autumn and early spring tend to offer the softest pricing, while Golden Week windows in October and the Lunar New Year run reliably expensive; midweek departures often undercut weekend pricing noticeably.
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Cheapest dates to fly
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Airlines on this route
4 carriersThe 4 carriers we currently track on the Nanjing–Chengdu 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 Nanjing to Chengdu
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Nanjing to Chengdu — 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 NKG and… CTU, 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.