There are 3 ways to get from Kuching Airport (KCH) to Chiang Mai by plane or bus
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Fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
best- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)KCH - CNX
5h 25m฿3,500–13,000Fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)KCH - CEI
- Take the bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
11h 7m฿3,561–12,039Fly to Lampang, bus
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Lampang (LPT)KCH - LPT
- Take the bus from Lampang to Chiang Mai
11h 8m฿5,408–17,261
Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kuching Airport (KCH) to Chiang Mai is to fly which costs ฿3500 - ฿13000 and takes 5h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Kuching Airport (KCH) to Chiang Mai is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs ฿3500 - ฿13000.
The distance between Kuching Airport (KCH) and Chiang Mai is 2287 km.
It takes approximately 5h 25m to fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from Kuching International Airport Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 5h 30m and has one stopover.
Chiang Mai is 1h behind Kuching Airport (KCH). It is currently 1:01 PM in Kuching Airport (KCH) and 12:01 PM in Chiang Mai.
Malindo Airways, Scoot Tigerair, Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia offer flights from Kuching International Airport Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport Airport.
There are 3254+ hotels available in Chiang Mai.
What companies run services between Kuching Airport (KCH), Malaysia and Chiang Mai, Thailand?
AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,500–12,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–15,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Senai, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,100–13,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Penang, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,500–12,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,500–17,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Lampang via Kuala Lumpur, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–17,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Lampang via Senai, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–18,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Lampang via Singapore Changi, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–19,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–18,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,500–18,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,900–13,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,500–13,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,200–12,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,500–17,000
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,500–12,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–18,000
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿200–600
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
- Phone
- +66 56 720 720
- info@phetprasert.com
- Website
- phetprasert.com
Bus from Lampang to Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿100–200
- Schedules at
- phetprasert.com
- 13
- ฿100–120
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