There are 7 ways to get from Washington to Chengdu by plane, subway, or train
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)plane DCA - CTU
23h 34m¥4,781–14,697Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
cheapest- Take the subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane IAD - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
23h 37m¥2,828–9,036Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane DCA - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
24h 44m¥4,474–11,481Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, train
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG)plane DCA - MIG
- Take the train from Mianyang to Chengdu East Stationtrain
26h 12m¥4,274–13,063Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
- Take the subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)plane IAD - CTU
26h 8m¥3,321–11,026Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane BWI - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
29h 23m¥3,725–15,658Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)plane JFK - CTU
26h 32m¥3,722–8,895
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Chengdu is to subway and fly which costs ¥2800 - ¥9500 and takes 23h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Chengdu is to fly which takes 23h 34m and costs ¥4700 - ¥15000.
The distance between Washington and Chengdu is 12311 km.
It takes approximately 23h 34m to get from Washington to Chengdu, including transfers.
Chengdu is 13h ahead of Washington. It is currently 6:19 AM in Washington and 7:19 PM in Chengdu.
There are 697+ hotels available in Chengdu.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Chengdu, China?
Delta, China Eastern Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Toronto, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,700–15,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Montreal, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–18,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Montreal, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–13,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–12,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–21,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Toronto, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–16,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Toronto, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–13,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Toronto, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–14,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 48m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–14,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–17,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Montreal, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–18,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–12,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–15,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–15,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 11m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–14,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–12,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,600–12,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–7,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Boston, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥7,000–23,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Boston, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–19,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Boston, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–16,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–12,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–21,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Toronto, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–13,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Boston, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 34m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–16,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–21,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–15,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–14,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–18,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–14,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–11,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–14,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–11,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Boston, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–15,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Montreal, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,900–18,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–15,000
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥16–18
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- ¥16–18
Subway from McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥16–18
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- ¥16–18
Train from Mianyang to Chengdu East Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥55–100
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥55–80
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥70–100
Train from Mianyang to Chengdu East Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥53–58
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥85–95
- Business Class Seat
- ¥110–170
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥100–170
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥800–1,300
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥13–60
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- ¥13–60
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥45–3,700
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- ¥45–3,000
- First Class
- ¥650–3,700
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥340–4,800
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- ¥340–3,300
- First Class
- ¥1,300–4,800
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