There are 7 ways to get from Denver to Kunming by plane, taxi, bus, or train
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Fly Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport
best- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane DEN - KMG
26h 46m¥2,776–11,082Fly Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)plane DEN - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Kunmingtaxi
30h 13m¥3,319–11,769Bus to Colorado Springs Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the bus from Denver, CO to Colorado Springs, CObus
- Fly from Colorado Springs Airport (COS) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane COS - KMG
29h 52m¥2,921–12,150Fly Denver to Dali Huangcaoba, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane DEN - DLU
- Take the train from Dali to Kunmingtrain
27h 19m¥2,997–12,324Fly Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport (ACX)plane DEN - ACX
- Take the train from Xingyi to Kunmingtrain
45h 48m¥2,859–11,249Fly Denver to Zhaotong, taxi
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Zhaotong (ZAT)plane DEN - ZAT
- Take the taxi from Zhaotong (ZAT) to Kunmingtaxi
31h 36m¥3,869–13,919Fly Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane DEN - LJG
- Take the train from Lijiang to Kunmingtrain
30h 34m¥3,156–11,322
Denver (DEN) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Denver to Kunming is to fly and train which costs ¥2800 - ¥12000 and takes 45h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Denver to Kunming is to fly which takes 26h 46m and costs ¥2700 - ¥12000.
The distance between Denver and Kunming is 12311 km.
It takes approximately 26h 46m to get from Denver to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 14h ahead of Denver. It is currently 9:36 AM in Denver and 11:36 PM in Kunming.
There are 253+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Denver, CO, USA and Kunming, China?
United Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Denver (DEN) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) twice daily.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–13,000
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Calgary, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–13,000
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–13,000
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Los Angeles, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–11,000
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–13,000
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Vancouver, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–11,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–14,000
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–13,000
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via Vancouver, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–11,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–11,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 1m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–12,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Denver, Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 39m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
Flights from Denver to Zhaotong via Los Angeles, Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–13,000
Flights from Denver to Zhaotong via Tokyo Narita, Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–13,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 36m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Seattle, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–13,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 1m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–12,000
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–13,000
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via San Francisco, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–14,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Denver, Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 39m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via San Francisco, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–14,000
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via San Francisco, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–14,000
Flights from Denver to Zhaotong via Tokyo Narita, Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–13,000
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Tokyo Narita, Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–13,000
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Los Angeles, Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 16m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–13,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–13,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Salt Lake City, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–12,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Salt Lake City, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–13,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 33m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–15,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–13,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–14,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–14,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–14,000
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Tokyo Narita, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–13,000
- Website
- airkunming.com
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–14,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Vancouver, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–13,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 46m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
- Website
- cgzair.com
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–13,000
- Website
- okair.net
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via Seattle, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–13,000
Train from Dali to Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
Train from Xingyi to Kunming
- Hard Seat
- ¥40–60
- Hard sleeper
- ¥85–120
- Soft sleeper
- ¥140–190
Train from Lijiang to Kunming
- Adult - second class
- ¥140–200
- Phone
- +1 719-348-5562
- eccog@prairiedevelopment.com
- Website
- eccog.com
Bus from Denver, CO to Colorado Springs, CO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ¥85–120
- Schedules at
- eccog.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Estimated price
- ¥550–850
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