Route · TAO → CAN
Flights from Qingdao to Guangzhou
Spanning roughly 1,585 kilometres between China's eastern Shandong coast and the Pearl River Delta, the Qingdao Jiaodong to Guangzhou Baiyun corridor is a well-trafficked domestic trunk route with a typical block time of around two hours and nineteen minutes. China Southern dominates frequency here, reflecting its Guangzhou hub strength, while Air China, Shandong Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines together keep competition reasonably honest; narrow-body Airbus A320-family jets handle most departures, though wider A321s appear on busier morning and evening banks. Arriving at Baiyun, note that the airport operates two terminals some distance apart, so confirm your terminal before booking onward transport, as the inter-terminal transfer adds meaningful time if you have a connection. Fares tend to soften in the quieter shoulder months of November and March; midweek departures generally undercut weekend prices, and China Southern occasionally opens business-class redemptions on this route at relatively modest mileage rates compared with longer domestic segments.
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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 Qingdao–Guangzhou 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 Qingdao to Guangzhou
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Qingdao to Guangzhou — 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 TAO and… CAN, 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.