There are 6 ways to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Chengdu by plane, subway, bus, or train
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)LHR - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
14h 9m¥2,031–6,045Fly London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)LHR - CTU
16h 23m¥2,924–9,035Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)LGW - CTU
17h 45m¥2,381–8,692Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)LGW - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
18h 41m¥2,088–7,202Fly London Heathrow Airport to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG)LHR - CKG
- Take the train from Chongqing North to Chengdu East
16h 11m¥2,735–7,277Fly London Heathrow Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG)LHR - MIG
- Take the train from Mianyang to Chengdu East Station
19h 48m¥2,681–8,140
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Chengdu is to fly and train which costs ¥2700 - ¥7500 and takes 16h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Chengdu is to fly and subway which takes 14h 9m and costs ¥2000 - ¥6500.
The distance between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Chengdu is 8430 km.
It takes approximately 14h 9m to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Chengdu, including transfers.
Chengdu is 8h ahead of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is currently 8:49 PM in Heathrow Terminal 5 and 4:49 AM in Chengdu.
There are 501+ hotels available in Chengdu.
What companies run services between Heathrow Terminal 5, England and Chengdu, China?
Air China, China Southern Airlines, and three other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–11,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–12,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–11,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–11,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–11,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–6,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Train from Chongqing North to Chengdu East
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥140–160
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥230–260
- Business Class Seat
- ¥340–490
Train from Mianyang to Chengdu East Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥53–58
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥85–95
- Business Class Seat
- ¥120–180
Train from Chongqing North to Chengdu East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥110–240
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥110–160
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥170–240
Train from Mianyang to Chengdu East Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥55–100
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥55–80
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥70–100
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥130–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥110–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥75–100
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
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