There are 5 ways to get from Kunming to Sydney by plane, train, or taxi
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Fly Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport
best- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane KMG - SYD
15h 49m$379–1,126Train to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Kunming to Xingyitrain
- Fly from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport (ACX) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane ACX - SYD
23h 40m$407–1,260Train, train to Dali Huangcaoba, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Kunming Station to Lufeng Southtrain
- Take the train from Lufeng South to Dalitrain
- Fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane DLU - SYD
20h 33m$491–1,585Train, taxi to Wenshan Puzhehei Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- Take the train from Kunming South to Puzheheitrain
- Take the taxi from Puzhehei to Wenshan Puzhehei Airport (WNH)taxi
- Fly from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport (WNH) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane WNH - SYD
18h 43m$441–1,308Fly Kunming Changshui International Airport to Newcastle Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Newcastle Airport (NTL)plane KMG - NTL
- Take the train from Hamilton Station to Central Stationtrain
23h 56m$454–1,522
Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kunming to Sydney is to fly which costs $370 - $1,200 and takes 15h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Kunming to Sydney is to fly which takes 15h 49m and costs $370 - $1,200.
The distance between Kunming and Sydney is 8342 km.
It takes approximately 15h 49m to get from Kunming to Sydney, including transfers.
Sydney is 3h ahead of Kunming. It is currently 8:35 AM in Kunming and 11:35 AM in Sydney.
There are 4680+ hotels available in Sydney.
What companies run services between Kunming, China and Sydney, NSW, Australia?
China Southern Airlines, Scoot Tigerair, and four other airlines fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Sydney International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- flypelican.com.au
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Noi Bai International, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–3,100
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Sydney International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,200
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Sydney International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Newcastle Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Train from Kunming to Xingyi
- Hard Seat
- $9–13
- Hard sleeper
- $18–25
- Soft sleeper
- $29–40
Train from Kunming Station to Lufeng South
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–14
- Adult - 1st Class
- $11–16
Train from Lufeng South to Dali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $18–26
- Adult - 1st Class
- $26–40
Train from Kunming South to Puzhehei
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $17–24
- Adult - 1st Class
- $23–35
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Hamilton Station to Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Estimated price
- $30–40
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