There are 8 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
28h 36m¥3,074–8,584Fly 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
29h 48m¥3,820–9,770Bus 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 43m¥4,719–18,152Fly 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
31h 43m¥3,657–9,823Fly Denver to Dali Huangcaoba, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane DEN - DLU
- Take the train from Dali to Lufeng Southtrain
- Take the train from Lufeng South to Kunming Stationtrain
29h¥4,128–11,360Fly 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
37h 33m¥6,160–17,250Fly Denver to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE)plane DEN - KWE
- Take the train from Longdongbao to Qianxitrain
- Take the train from Qianxi to Kunmingtrain
31h 19m¥3,275–10,430Fly Denver to Zhaotong, taxi
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Zhaotong (ZAT)plane DEN - ZAT
- Take the taxi from Zhaotong (ZAT) to Kunmingtaxi
28h 5m¥5,770–19,920
Denver (DEN) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Denver to Kunming is to fly which costs ¥3000 - ¥9000 and takes 28h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Denver to Kunming is to fly and taxi which takes 28h 5m and costs ¥5500 - ¥20000.
The distance between Denver and Kunming is 12311 km.
It takes approximately 28h 36m to get from Denver to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 15h ahead of Denver. It is currently 12:03 PM in Denver and 3:03 AM in Kunming.
There are 225+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Denver, CO, USA and Kunming, China?
Air Canada, Sichuan Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Denver (DEN) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) 4 times a week.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–8,500
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via San Francisco, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–11,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–9,500
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–11,000
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 21m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–20,000
Flights from Denver to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–10,000
Flights from Denver to Zhaotong via Vancouver, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 17m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–19,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Calgary, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–14,000
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Los Angeles, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 12m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–14,000
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 2m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–14,000
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Vancouver, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Salt Lake City, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 46m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–17,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–19,000
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–26,000
Flights from Denver to Zhaotong via Vancouver, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–23,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–8,500
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–19,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–9,500
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Los Angeles, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–10,000
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–11,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Seattle, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–9,500
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Los Angeles, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–10,000
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–11,000
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–13,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Denver to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via San Francisco, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 49m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–10,000
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–15,000
Flights from Denver to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–13,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Denver to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Calgary, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–14,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Salt Lake City, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 46m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–17,000
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–18,000
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Denver to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–15,000
- Website
- yzr.com.cn
Flights from Denver to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Vancouver, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–12,000
Flights from Denver to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Seattle, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–12,000
- Website
- westair.cn
Flights from Denver to Dali Huangcaoba via Seattle, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–12,000
- Website
- cgzair.com
Flights from Denver to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–17,000
Train from Lijiang to Kunming
- Adult - second class
- ¥140–200
Train from Dali to Lufeng South
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥85–180
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥85–130
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥120–180
Train from Lufeng South to Kunming Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥45–75
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥45–70
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥50–75
Train from Longdongbao to Qianxi
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥55–90
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥55–75
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥60–90
Train from Xingyi to Kunming
- Hard Seat
- ¥40–60
- Hard sleeper
- ¥85–120
- Soft sleeper
- ¥140–190
Train from Qianxi to Kunming
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥250–270
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥410–450
- Business Class Seat
- ¥600–900
- 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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