There are 8 ways to get from Tucson to Kunming by plane, taxi, shuttle, or train
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Fly Tucson to Kunming Changshui International Airport
best- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)TUS - KMG
25h 43m¥4,504–16,014Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)PHX - KMG
27h 14m¥4,261–10,471Fly Tucson to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)TUS - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Kunming
29h 43m¥5,050–13,700Shuttle, shuttle to Prescott, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to Prescott, AZ
- Fly from Prescott (PRC) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)PRC - KMG
38h 21m¥4,855–10,605Fly Tucson to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport, train
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport (ACX)TUS - ACX
- Take the train from Xingyi to Kunming
41h 27mFly Tucson to Dali Huangcaoba, train
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)TUS - DLU
- Take the train from Dali to Lufeng South
- Take the train from Lufeng South to Kunming Station
29h 4m¥5,158–18,290Fly Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport, train
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE)TUS - KWE
- Take the train from Longdongbao to Qianxi
- Take the train from Qianxi to Kunming
31h 3m¥4,605–13,360Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)PHX - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Kunming
30h¥4,707–10,657
Tucson (TUS) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tucson to Kunming is to shuttle and fly which costs ¥4200 - ¥11000 and takes 27h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Tucson to Kunming is to fly which takes 25h 43m and costs ¥4500 - ¥16000.
The distance between Tucson and Kunming is 12749 km.
It takes approximately 25h 43m to get from Tucson to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 15h ahead of Tucson. It is currently 2:01 PM in Tucson and 5:01 AM in Kunming.
There are 219+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Tucson, AZ, USA and Kunming, China?
United Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Tucson (TUS) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) twice daily.
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- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Tucson to Kunming Changshui International Airport via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–18,000
Flights from Tucson to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Los Angeles, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–20,000
Flights from Tucson to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via San Francisco, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–20,000
Flights from Phoenix to Kunming Changshui International Airport via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–13,000
Flights from Phoenix to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–11,000
Flights from Phoenix to Kunming Changshui International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–14,000
Flights from Phoenix to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–11,000
Flights from Prescott to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Denver, Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 51m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
Flights from Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Los Angeles, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 33m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–19,000
Flights from Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–17,000
Flights from Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–13,000
Flights from Phoenix to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via San Francisco, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–14,000
Flights from Phoenix to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Los Angeles, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–14,000
Flights from Phoenix to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Vancouver, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–14,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Tucson to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Los Angeles, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–16,000
Flights from Phoenix to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–11,000
Flights from Phoenix to Kunming Changshui International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–14,000
Flights from Prescott to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Los Angeles, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
Flights from Prescott to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Los Angeles, Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 52m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,500
Flights from Prescott to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Denver, Vancouver, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 51m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
Flights from Tucson to Dali Huangcaoba via Los Angeles, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–18,000
Flights from Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Los Angeles, Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–15,000
Flights from Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Los Angeles, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 33m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–19,000
Flights from Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–13,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Tucson to Kunming Changshui International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–20,000
Flights from Phoenix to Kunming Changshui International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–14,000
Flights from Phoenix to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Seattle, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–13,000
Flights from Prescott to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Los Angeles, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,500
Flights from Tucson to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥11,000–42,000
Flights from Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via Los Angeles, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–13,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Tucson to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Los Angeles, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–13,000
Flights from Prescott to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Los Angeles, Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 7m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,000
Flights from Tucson to Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport via San Francisco, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–19,000
Flights from Phoenix to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Los Angeles, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Tucson to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–18,000
- Website
- cgzair.com
Flights from Tucson to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via Los Angeles, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–34,000
- Website
- okair.net
Flights from Tucson to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport via Seattle, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–34,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Tucson to Dali Huangcaoba via Los Angeles, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–18,000
Train from Xingyi to Kunming
Train from Dali to Lufeng South
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥85–180
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥85–130
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥120–180
Train from Lufeng South to Kunming Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥45–75
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥45–70
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥50–75
Train from Longdongbao to Qianxi
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥55–90
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥55–75
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥60–90
Train from Qianxi to Kunming
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥250–270
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥410–450
- Business Class Seat
- ¥600–900
Shuttle from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ¥957
- Website
- https://airportshuttleofphoenix.com
Shuttle from Sky Harbor International Airport to Prescott, AZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ¥924
- Website
- https://airportshuttleofphoenix.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Estimated price
- ¥550–700
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