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Cheapest round-trip
$719
Overall average: $980
China Southern
Mon 11/10Wed 12/24
SFO - NKG • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$389
Typical prices: $488-$495
China Southern
Mon 1/12
SFO - NKG • 2 stops
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China Southern
Cheapest • from $719 (round-trip)
Asiana Airlines
Best reviews • 8.2 score
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When to book
2 weeks
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 2 weeks in advance save around 6% compared to booking last minute.
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September
Cheapest • 39% price drop
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Nanjing (SFO-NKG)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Nanjing that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from San Francisco to Nanjing

Mon, Nov 10 - Wed, Dec 24
China Southern Logo
11:35 pm - 4:45 pmSFO-NKG
25h 10m2 stops
China Southern Logo
8:10 pm - 7:40 pmNKG-SFO
39h 30m2 stops
$719China Southern
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Thu, Nov 13 - Thu, Dec 25
China Eastern Logo
12:00 pm - 12:10 amSFO-NKG
20h 10m1 stop
China Eastern Logo
9:30 am - 9:00 amNKG-SFO
15h 30m1 stop
$739China Eastern
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Thu, Nov 13 - Wed, Dec 24
China Eastern Logo
12:00 pm - 12:10 amSFO-NKG
20h 10m1 stop
China Eastern Logo
10:00 pm - 9:00 amNKG-SFO
27h 00m1 stop
$745China Eastern
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Mon, Nov 10 - Thu, Dec 25
China Southern Logo
11:35 pm - 11:35 pmSFO-NKG
32h 00m2 stops
China Southern Logo
11:40 am - 7:40 pmNKG-SFO
24h 00m2 stops
$753China Southern
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Wed, Nov 12 - Wed, Dec 24
Cathay Pacific Logo
9:45 pm - 1:00 pmSFO-NKG
23h 15m1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
2:15 pm - 9:00 pmNKG-SFO
22h 45m1 stop
$791Cathay Pacific
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Tue, Nov 11 - Thu, Dec 25
Cathay Pacific Logo
9:45 pm - 1:00 pmSFO-NKG
23h 15m1 stop
Cathay Pacific Logo
8:20 am - 9:30 amNKG-SFO
17h 10m1 stop
$801Cathay Pacific
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Sat, Dec 6 - Fri, Dec 26
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 1:50 pmSFO-NKG
22h 00m1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
2:50 pm - 2:00 pmNKG-SFO
15h 10m1 stop
$838Asiana Airlines
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Sun, Feb 15 - Fri, Feb 20
Asiana Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 1:50 pmSFO-NKG
22h 00m1 stop
Asiana Airlines Logo
2:50 pm - 2:00 pmNKG-SFO
15h 10m1 stop
$862Asiana Airlines
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Fri, Feb 13 - Sun, Mar 1
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:30 pm - 12:10 pmSFO-NKG
29h 40m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:20 am - 12:30 pmNKG-SFO
20h 10m2 stops
$880Multiple Airlines
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Mon, Nov 10 - Thu, Dec 25
Multiple Airlines Logo
3:30 pm - 4:00 pmSFO-NKG
32h 30m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:50 pm - 6:07 pmNKG-SFO
19h 17m2 stops
$908Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Nanjing flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Francisco to Nanjing to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Nanjing?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Nanjing clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Nanjing on a Sunday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Thursday is the most expensive day to fly from San Francisco to Nanjing. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Nanjing?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Nanjing, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from San Francisco to Nanjing is September, where tickets cost $704 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,018 and $1,560 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Nanjing?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Nanjing, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to Nanjing, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 6% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$389
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 21% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 32% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Nanjing

When to book flights from San Francisco to Nanjing

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Nanjing based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Nanjing

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Nanjing?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Nanjing was $389 for a one-way ticket and $719 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Francisco and Nanjing?

    A passport is required to fly from San Francisco to Nanjing.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Francisco to Nanjing?

    San Francisco airport is called San Francisco and the only airport in Nanjing is Nanjing Lukou Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Nanjing?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Nanjing?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Nanjing, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Nanjing, Asiana Airlines or Cathay Pacific?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Nanjing are Asiana Airlines and Cathay Pacific. With an average price for the route of $1,285 and an overall rating of 8.2, Asiana Airlines is the most popular choice. Cathay Pacific is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $884 and an overall rating of 7.6.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Nanjing?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Francisco to Nanjing.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Nanjing?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Nanjing from San Francisco is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Francisco to Nanjing?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Nanjing with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and NKG can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Nanjing?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Nanjing from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Nanjing

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Nanjing. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Nanjing? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.2
Asiana AirlinesOverall score based on 484 reviews
8.4Boarding
7.8Entertainment
8.6Crew
8.1Comfort
8.1Food
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Better screens, it would have been nice to have more comfortable seats.

8.0 ExcellentYony, Aug 2025JFK - MNL
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Better screens, it would have been nice to have more comfortable seats.

It was great, but my bag was not loaded onto the connecting flight. I'm currently getting it resolved. If this isn't a problem, everything else was excellent.

Very clean ,flight attendants very professional,nice , Boarding was very easy

The aircraft was massive (A-380) and became crowded with 400+ passengers on board.

The plane hasnt left im stuck in seatle still my flight has been grounded for almost 5 hours

My luggage didn’t arrive with my flight. Flight was delayed by nearly 2 hours while we sat on the plane and I almost missed my connecting flight and subsequently missed the last train from the airport so it took me another 2 hours to get to my destination after arriving, Crew skipped me several times when offering beverages, and I couldn’t get their attention at times because they wouldn’t even make eye contact with me. They didn’t give me a form for disembarking so I had to go to the back of the line after waiting an eternity for immigration. Paid for on flight wi- fi that didn’t work for most of the flight.

Love flying Asiana. Been using it for over a decade now.

Coming back to America was a peaceful flight everyone and everything was perfect

The beefsteak on the lunch menu was excellent! I usually do not eat airplane food. I loved it.

Flight was too cold. I wore a regular cotton tee and it wasn’t enough. It was a night time flight so I would have thought a blanket would be provided to passengers. A 4 hour flight and no options for a meal? I flew Asiana the next day from Seoul to Manilla. Same duration, 4 hours. They give everyone a pillow and blanket and serve a meal. Why is United so cheap and holding back meals and amenities? Also, they promote too much gay stuff and DEI in their advertisements. Please be mindful of other beliefs and don’t shove your gay ideology down my throat.

Leg room wasn't that great. Other than that it was a good flight

Issues: 1) the charging issue as described in my previous survey 2) when I requested diet coke during the breakfast time, it is not available. Why? I can't drink diet coke in the morning? 3) when I tried to transfer to this flight, its gate information was not available to me?

Seats in the absolute back row of the plane even though we booked ages ago :( Crew was awesome though

Overall pretty good experience. It would be nice to have caught the attendants even they were flying down the aisle with snacks, and if they could cater to multiple dietary restrictions (bland and no lactose. The customer service chat is a bad experience), but otherwise no complaints.

I was only given 2 meals, and my screen showed that there were 3 meals. Second meal was 1-2 hours late according to the screen.

The economy seats are incredibly tight. A large percent of the traveling public will not fit. I will not fly Cathay again because of this. You are literally squeezing passengers for profit. The CEO should fly some economy flights.

Check in process at the kiosk, crew in flight and overall comfort was good. Food selection could have been better. Flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles did not have any vegetarian main course option, it was either sea food or chicken. Being a vegetarian I could only eat yogurt and fruit. Most international flights have one vegetarian main course dish which I found missing in Cathay Pacific menu.

The only problem I had was not being able to download my boarding passes prior to arriving at the airport. Everything else was perfect.

They ran out of food and were offering random food to passengers.

Flight was delayed at the last minute for six hours. Instead of delaying it to a normal hour, they moved it to 10 pm to essentially make it a redeye. There was no compensation or benefit offered for this inconvenience. Once on the plane, Inpaid for WiFi twice with both times it not working because of a “weak WiFi signal”, according to the flight attendants. They also chose the farther possible gates in both airports from the entrance/exit, even though they were one of the few active flights left so late in the evening. Overall it was pretty horrible.

In my return flight they couldn’t identify my ticket or boarding pass, I had to go to 3 different counters until I was able to get my boarding pass. The food was on, it was the bear minimum. They didn’t even recognise that I was a Muslim and can’t eat meat, chicken or pork. In one of the trays I believe they served me pork. The staff were very pleasant, but they need to be aware of their surroundings more carefully, one of them stuck her lower belly right into my face! I was shocked and very uncomfortable.

Overall I had good experience with China Southern airline. Nothing to claim. I hoped they could improve the meal quality that is.

Wow very impressed by the quality and attentiveness of service of China Southern. Lived the blankets! Will definitely fly with them again. Despite language barriers, a few attendants know enough English to understand our rudimentary Mandarin and respond to basic questions. Although they don’t explain the beverage and meal service on the website or ticketing documents, they offered regular beverage cart and snacks during the beginning hours and end hours of the long, transoceanic flight. A full meal at the beginning and end of the flight as well, and a midflight small sandwich (dinner roll sized) but we weren’t hungry and didn’t try that one. The expectation is that every sleeps during the middle of the flight. We were on a “redeye” departure from LAX with a morning arrival in China, so I don’t know if this service pattern is the same for other flights. The domestic flight we took from Guangzhou to Harbin offered conventional refreshments and meals like a US flight service. Note that they didn’t offer diet sodas. If you like to stay hydrated, I recommend bringing plenty of your own. It is served in small cups like any other drink. You can ask for a bottle but they’re tiny - about 6 ounces.

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

The connection between LA and Atlanta was too much stress

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

The crew were kind, patient and responsive. The service was excellent, even though we travelled the cheapest economy class. We arrived at our destination 40 min early, which for a 15+ hour flight is a great bonus. The boarding seemed a bit "loose", but got us boarded on time, and the plane was off exactly @ 0:30 hrs.

The airport didn‘t give me the ticket. I called customer service to ask for a refund but they kept giving me a perfunctory response and refused to refund me.

The flight was delayed hours and most flights from CS are always delayed. Plane was efficient and got us home but not the best food and no entertainment system at all.

Not good - chair back could not move back for premium economy. Not worth the price

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

The only personel that smiled at all were the flights attendants. Desk agents, lounge people none of them had a smile or even a hello. They were like dealing with dead fish. Again flight attendants were good. All other personnel looked like they didn’t want to be there or help.

good flight. food is only so so. I actually did not eat the snack. it does not look too good on the passenger next to me.

Food no variations only beef of chicken no veggie meals

Super surprised with the entire experience. Business class is incredible. Flight attendants around the world could learn customer service from these people. Simply fabulous experience all the way around.

Pillow and blanket are dirty. My son got multiple bites during the flight

Flight was on time. My group paid for seat’s so that us four can be seated next to each other. We all got separated. We all got middle seats, which made it more difficult to be able to get up and stretch or use the restroom. We tried talking to the employees at China Eastern and they were of no help. We will not be taking this flight or recommend this route to others in the future. Also I will be contacting customer service on how I can get our money back for paying for assigned seats.

China eastern was fantastic. I had read so many bad reviews that had made me nervous. However, I found that the flight attendant’s, and customer service check in etc. etc. was excellent. I had no problems. I would fly with them again!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

cannot get seat information for LAX to IAH when check in in XI,AN

UA is ok. But check in was a very bad experience

I hate that you cannot check in online and when you are at the airport, there aren't any aisle seats left. Also, they could work a little on subtitles for their movies (not everyone is a native English speaker).

Nothing to complain of, the only reason I am not giving better marks is that I am used to flying with ANA and they are the top.

It's terrible that we can't do online check in because we didn't buy the tickets directly from Air china. It was not explained until I contacted Chatdeal and we could not sit together.

Communication between the captain/crew and the passengers needs to be improved.

Food and service are good. Bathroom was lack of lotions and cleaning. That should be improved.

Food & service very good next I will pick up again

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced. Also, a cabin bag allows only 5kg!

Everything was not satisfactory - the flight was delayed, staffs were ok but they didn't speak English well. I am from east Asia (not Chinese) and they didn't care enough to remember that I wasn't Chinese but persistently spoke chinese to me. The flight announcement in english wasn't clear to understand.

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