There are 4 ways to get from New York to Chiang Rai by plane or bus
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Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
best- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane EWR - CEI
25h 32m฿15,823–56,053Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
cheapest- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane JFK - CEI
26h 52m฿15,586–41,762Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane JFK - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Raibus
27h 57m฿17,796–33,202Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane EWR - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Raibus
31h 31m฿17,033–56,493
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from New York to Chiang Rai is to fly and bus which costs ฿17000 - ฿34000 and takes 27h 57m.
The fastest way to get from New York to Chiang Rai is to fly which takes 25h 32m and costs ฿15000 - ฿60000.
The distance between New York and Chiang Rai is 13276 km.
It takes approximately 25h 32m to get from New York to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 11h ahead of New York. It is currently 10:50 AM in New York and 9:50 PM in Chiang Rai.
There are 400+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between New York, NY, USA and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
Lufthansa, Thai Airways International, and five other airlines fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Brussels, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–70,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–48,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–65,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Brussels, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via London Gatwick, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–41,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–49,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–75,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Brussels, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–75,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–75,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–55,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–70,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–70,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–48,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via London Gatwick, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–41,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–49,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–55,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–80,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–75,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–85,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–55,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Hong Kong, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–55,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Hong Kong, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–55,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Tashkent, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–65,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–35,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–60,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–60,000
Bus operators
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿330–600
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
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