Route · PEK → CTU
Flights from Beijing to Chengdu
Beijing Capital (PEK) to Chengdu Tianfu (TFU) or Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) is one of China's busiest domestic trunk routes, covering roughly 1,555 km with a typical block time of just over two hours, making it a natural choice for same-day business travel between the capital and Sichuan's commercial hub. Sichuan Airlines is the dominant carrier and leans on Airbus A320-family jets for most departures, while Air China and China Southern add significant frequency; All Nippon Airways and Shenzhen Airlines round out the tracked operators. A practical note worth flagging: Chengdu now splits traffic between two airports, so confirm whether your ticket lands at Shuangliu (CTU, closer to the city centre) or the newer Tianfu International (TFU), as ground transfer times differ substantially. Fares typically soften during mid-winter outside the Lunar New Year window, and mid-week departures tend to offer more availability than Friday or Sunday flights, which fill quickly with business travellers.
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Cheapest dates to fly
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Airlines on this route
5 carriersThe 5 carriers we currently track on the Beijing–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 Beijing to Chengdu
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Beijing 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 PEK 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.