There are 5 ways to get from London to Kunming by plane, train, or taxi
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane LHR - KMG
17h 25m¥2,998–7,305Fly London City Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport
cheapest- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane LCY - KMG
19h 54m¥2,327–12,047Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane LGW - KMG
17h 38m¥3,434–7,288Fly London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)plane LHR - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Kunmingtaxi
34h 8m¥4,341–8,492Fly London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane LHR - LJG
- Take the train from Lijiang to Kunmingtrain
23h 3m¥3,778–7,545
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Kunming is to fly and train which costs ¥3700 - ¥8000 and takes 23h 3m.
The fastest way to get from London to Kunming is to fly which takes 17h 25m and costs ¥3000 - ¥7500.
The distance between London and Kunming is 8766 km.
It takes approximately 17h 25m to get from London to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 7h ahead of London. It is currently 6:00 PM in London and 1:00 AM in Kunming.
There are 251+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between London, England and Kunming, China?
China Southern Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, and four other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–10,000
Flights from London City Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–14,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–11,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–12,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–11,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–12,000
Flights from London City Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Luxembourg, Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–15,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–13,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,000
Flights from London City Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–18,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–10,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,500
- Website
- airkunming.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–8,000
Flights from London City Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–15,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from London City Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–14,000
Flights from London City Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dublin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–15,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–12,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from London City Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–12,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,500
- Website
- westair.cn
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,500
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–260
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥170–280
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
Train from Lijiang to Kunming
- Adult - second class
- ¥140–200
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Estimated price
- ¥550–700
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