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Find cheap flights to Kunming from $527

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How much is the cheapest flight to Kunming?

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to Kunming 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.
10:20 am - 6:50 amLAX-KMG
32h 30m1 stop
11:25 am - 8:15 amKMG-LAX
20h 50m1 stop
$1,511Multiple Airlines
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Fri, Oct 20 - Sat, Oct 28
7:50 pm - 2:00 pmLAX-KMG
30h 10m2 stops
4:40 pm - 6:40 amKMG-LAX
62h 00m2 stops
$1,522China Southern
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Tue, Oct 17 - Wed, Oct 25
6:25 am - 3:25 amLAX-KMG
33h 00m2 stops
4:00 am - 3:05 amKMG-LAX
23h 05m1 stop
$1,526Multiple Airlines
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Tue, Oct 17 - Wed, Oct 25
10:20 am - 4:55 amLAX-KMG
30h 35m1 stop
3:10 am - 8:15 amKMG-LAX
29h 05m2 stops
$1,533Air China
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Fri, Oct 20 - Sat, Oct 28
10:25 am - 1:20 pmJFK-KMG
37h 55m1 stop
5:00 am - 9:25 pmKMG-JFK
40h 25m2 stops
$1,747China Eastern
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Mon, Jan 29 - Mon, Feb 12
8:15 pm - 3:50 amLAX-KMG
19h 35m1 stop
4:50 pm - 7:00 amKMG-LAX
38h 10m2 stops
$2,053XiamenAir
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Thu, Oct 19 - Sat, Oct 28
8:15 pm - 12:45 pmLAX-KMG
52h 30m2 stops
4:50 pm - 7:00 amKMG-LAX
38h 10m2 stops
$2,058XiamenAir
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Thu, Oct 19 - Sat, Oct 28
5:25 pm - 6:05 amLAX-KMG
23h 40m1 stop
1:30 am - 7:15 amKMG-LAX
29h 45m2 stops
$2,324Air China
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Fri, Dec 22 - Tue, Jan 2
2:00 am - 5:50 pmJFK-KMG
26h 50m2 stops
2:30 am - 3:48 amKMG-JFK
49h 18m2 stops
$2,905Delta
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Thu, Dec 7 - Wed, Dec 27
7:55 am - 5:50 pmJFK-KMG
44h 55m2 stops
2:30 am - 11:55 pmKMG-JFK
45h 25m2 stops
$2,915Delta
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Wed, Dec 6 - Wed, Dec 27

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When to book flights to Kunming

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Kunming based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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Flight prices as travel date approaches
To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Kunming, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Kunming

  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from United States is January.
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FAQs - booking Kunming flights

  • How far is Kunming from central Kunming?

    You’ll need to travel 15 miles to reach the Kunming city center from Kunming.

  • What is the name of Kunming’s airport?

    All flights to Kunming land at Kunming. The airport code is KMG,and it can also be referred to as Kunming or Kunming Changshui.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Kunming?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Kunming is Thursday. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday.

  • What is the cheapest month to fly to Kunming?

    The cheapest month for flights to Kunming is January. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and February.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Kunming?

    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 to Kunming.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Kunming?

    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 Kunming with an airline and back with another airline.

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

    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 Kunming up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top 4 airlines flying to Kunming

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Kunming. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to Kunming. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years.
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7.1
China SouthernOverall score based on 5521 reviews
68food
76crew
71comfort
69entertainment
73boarding
72overall
Airline reviews

Traveling with the Chinese airlines , their service superior to the US Airlines , they are much more friendly and the seats are comfortable , In the past I flew with United , now ,United Airline will become history for me .

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Traveling with the Chinese airlines , their service superior to the US Airlines , they are much more friendly and the seats are comfortable , In the past I flew with United , now ,United Airline will become history for me .

Pros: "Air hostesses Jean was excellent. Flew on time and no turbulence whatsoever..!"
Pros: "Wouldn’t know as this passenger was not on the flight as he was killed June 2 and the ticket was supposed to have been canceled."
Cons: "Passenger, Damon Barksdale was not on this flight as he was killed June 2, 2019"
Pros: "Missed flight due to incompetence in rechecking bag. Check in kiosks do not work. Whole operation totally understaffed. I did not like anything"
Pros: "Crew was very attentive."
Cons: "Timing, the connection timing was bad, I missed my connection to Calgary"
Pros: "Crew was good and seats were ok."
Cons: "More room but we all know space is limited. Food can be improved though"
Pros: "I do get what some other reviewers are saying. The food was just fine, better than some airlines but no worse for sure. The crew was excellent and attentive, and i'm saying these things not having had the benefit of the CHEAP flight noted by the previous reviewer. I'll be flying with these guys again."
Cons: "The same gripes everyone has about airline experiences, it's cramped, x 15 hours."
Pros: "I don’t really like anything about flying. They gave me an aisle seat that was nice."
Cons: "No vegetarian options so I couldn’t eat meal. I tried to call in advance but couldn’t get through. I don’t understand why all options contain meat. No on flight entertainment. No order when boarding."
Cons: "Our flight fr Mnl to China was delayed and missed out flight going to SFO. Have to stay ivernight didn’t get to the hotel untill 1am and flight is 10 am and the flight have a stop at a different China city and have to change plane again. Travel was so long and inconvenient."
Pros: "Service and crew were great, they made the 14 hr flight as enjoyable as possible for such a long trip"

Once on board, everything is perfect. The young and pretty flight attendants warmly welcome each passenger and demonstrate excellent service attitudes. As passengers board one after another, the flight attendants begin to inquire about our meal preferences. I requested to see a wine list and choose a suitable red wine. She replied that there were no menus or wine lists, but she would take a photo of the red wine options on her phone and show me later. After lunch, the flight attendants began to ask about dinner arrangements. It turns out that there were only three options for dinner: seafood, chicken, and beef, exactly the same as lunch.

Pros: "There was a good amount of leg room for an economy seat"
Cons: "I wish there was a bigger movie selection"
Cons: "Chinese airlines often require you to take a bus at boarding and then carry your suitcases up large flights of steps to enter the plane - this was the case in Xiamen. This flight often is delayed and this was the case. The food was below average. WiFi is free but it blocks google and gmail."
Pros: "The crew attention to the customer is top notch. I traveled with China Southern, Delta and Virgin Atlantic but by far Xiamen Air out performed them all."
Cons: "The occasion freezing of the entertainment system must be addressed. I did inform the crew and they did try their best to resolve the issue without success."
Pros: "The crew was great, and seat was comfy compare to other European airlines seats"
Cons: "Less salt in the food would’ve been better"
Pros: "Just good overall. Beats any American carrier (which is not saying too much!)."
Cons: "Was late. But they were very apologetic (not their fault). Seattle port entry is HORRIBLE. I thought China was bad!"
Pros: "Staff attentive but many with limited English skills. Plane well laid out with adequate storage in Business."
Cons: "Food was overcooked but plentiful Fruit selection excellent. More English fluent staff."
Pros: "yes crew were amazing"
Cons: "ticketing was terrible, id number is totally different from our passport.causing lots of ordeal in check in and security check"
Pros: "Upgraded to business class for free and service was amazing."
Pros: "Crew's Services"
Cons: "Snacks and water ran out during the last several hours of the flight. For shorter people, their feet would have difficulty touching the floor."
Pros: "The boarding was great! The flight was very comfortable. We had enough blankets and slept through the flight. I have an allergy to soy and the crew was nice enough to provide an alternative that was not on the menu."
Cons: "More food options for those with soy allergy."
Pros: "Nothing. It was a bad experience."
Cons: "They could have served food. They could have checked us in through to our final destination."
Cons: "There is no baggage transfer for international connecting flight. No hotel is provided from the airlines for international travelers, transit time is 12hours"
Cons: "The crew is always nice on China Eastern. They seem to be late a lot of the time. We arrived almost 1 hour late. The business lounge is TERRIBLE. Get something to eat in the airport, not in the lounge."
Cons: "I am stranded in Bangkok because the Flight you put me on violated China visa requirements. And I CANNOT get a hold of ANYONE to resolve issue."
Cons: "I can not able to check in from Yangon international airport to SFO due to transit hour is more than 24 hour in china.. I had to cancel flight with $116 cancellation fees which I wasn't satisfied. Without flying anywhere I have to pay for that fee. I will not buying anymore China eastern airline for future."
Pros: "The flight was fairly smooth. There was a good selection of movies."
Cons: "Coming off the plane in Nanjing was frustrating as they were totally unorganized and the plane was delayed because of this. We had to go through customs and recheck everything. We then went back on the same plane to the same seat. Kinda confusing but all in all it was okay."
Cons: "This was one leg of a 3 leg flight to Kathmandu. Whatever the rrason they substituted my contact number for my passport number and wouldn't issue my boarding pass, even showing documentation that the fault was theirs. After what seemed like forever they reluctantly issued the boarding pass after signing some waiver which I couldn't resd as it was in Chinese."
Cons: "Flight was delayed over one hour and gate was changed from one side of the airport to the furthest gate on the other side of the airport with no announcement made. Lack of English spoken or understood by flight attendants, gate agents , and check in counter agents."
Pros: "Cheap ticket fair Crew somewhat friendly despite extremely limited language skills So many empty seats( you will find why below) despite Chinese festival. Boarding to aircraft easy, especially child friendly at SFO. SFO staff quite friendly, at least ours."
Cons: "Overall comment: It’s supposed to be international flight but I and my family, all US CITIZENS had to check in at SFO in the beginning where the staff was very helpful n did her best n told me that I would have to claim baggage one time in China. We had to claim baggages at Qingdao n drag to find hotel with one security guard’s broken English helping me for directions to potential hotels- no help at all otherwise. In the morning, we checked in with all baggages at Qingdao but they refused to do it all the way to KTM. Very very rude n unfriendly staffs. At Kunming, we dragged all baggages with our tired kids n checked in for the third time in one outbound flight n almost had to go through baggage check for lithium battery with the fact that it was the same baggage passing security in SFO then Qingdao and having no lithium inside. It followed a very very painful scrutiny n security which involved my 10 year old, a lot part of which seemed inexperienced n unnecessary. They took my daughters portable charger simply because it was wrapped with fancy tape"
Pros: "Great crew and clean new plane"
Cons: "The food is a bit “unique” and entertainment options Movies are a bit outdated"
Pros: "Crew members, especially Cooper Pan, were excellent, friendly, thorough, accommodating. I felt like a special customer on this flight! Food was very good, and I appreciated the options of different meals. Also very little turbulence. Thank you, Air China!"
Pros: "the Japanese staff was friendly and nice"
Cons: "i am very sorry to say this but the food is simply disgusting"
Pros: "Plane didn't crash! :)"
Cons: "My issues were with the other passengers, not with anything the airline could've prevented. It's a budget airline, you get a budget experience, but I didn't have any huge problems with anything."
Pros: "The crew were very attentive. Lie down seat"
Cons: "A little outdated for Business class in comparison with other airlines however for the price i would say it's worth it."
Pros: "bad middle seat - no advance seat selection available even 4 days in advance from kayak app and just fly website said link is broken. airchina website cannot find ticket. empty exit row seats not allocated upon request - airlines wanted $100 more for it. allocated randomly to others mid flight."
Cons: "advance seat allocation at the time of booking."
Pros: "Price and journey time"
Cons: "1. Halt at Beijing (4.5hrs) was a bit too long 2. Boarding needs to be based on seat#/section#. Can't be single line for all passengers which creates chaos (people stand in 1 queue for almost an hour to board) 3. Meal option reserved/requested (hindu veg or indian veg) was not correctly honored."
Pros: "Ms. Liu/Chang is one of lovely cabin crew,bring me awesome smile and unforgettable nice experience"
Cons: "The Beijing-Mumbai flight was in an old plane, with old facilities, and with an extremely slow and ultimately unuseable entertainment system. Cabin was very dry."
Cons: "The plane was delayed over one hour for take off in Shanghai"

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to Kunming found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/20Fri
1 stopMultiple Airlines
32h 30mLAX-KMG
10/28Sat
1 stopMultiple Airlines
20h 50mKMG-LAX
$1,511
10/17Tue
2 stopsChina Southern
30h 10mLAX-KMG
10/25Wed
2 stopsChina Southern
62h 00mKMG-LAX
$1,522
10/17Tue
2 stopsMultiple Airlines
33h 00mLAX-KMG
10/25Wed
1 stopMultiple Airlines
23h 05mKMG-LAX
$1,526
10/20Fri
1 stopAir China
30h 35mLAX-KMG
10/28Sat
2 stopsAir China
29h 05mKMG-LAX
$1,533
1/29Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
37h 55mJFK-KMG
2/12Mon
2 stopsChina Eastern
40h 25mKMG-JFK
$1,747
10/19Thu
1 stopXiamenAir
19h 35mLAX-KMG
10/28Sat
2 stopsXiamenAir
38h 10mKMG-LAX
$2,053
10/19Thu
2 stopsXiamenAir
52h 30mLAX-KMG
10/28Sat
2 stopsXiamenAir
38h 10mKMG-LAX
$2,058
12/22Fri
1 stopAir China
23h 40mLAX-KMG
1/2Tue
2 stopsAir China
29h 45mKMG-LAX
$2,324
12/7Thu
2 stopsDelta
26h 50mJFK-KMG
12/27Wed
2 stopsDelta
49h 18mKMG-JFK
$2,905
12/6Wed
2 stopsDelta
44h 55mJFK-KMG
12/27Wed
2 stopsDelta
45h 25mKMG-JFK
$2,915

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Kunming found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/13Fri
3 stopsMultiple Airlines
57h 25mLAX-KMG
$527
10/17Tue
3 stopsMultiple Airlines
57h 25mLAX-KMG
$532
11/28Tue
1 stopXiamenAir
20h 50mLAX-KMG
$830
10/15Sun
1 stopXiamenAir
23h 15mLAX-KMG
$914
10/17Tue
1 stopChina Southern
26h 35mLAX-KMG
$1,101
1/7Sun
1 stopAir China
32h 45mLAX-KMG
$1,113
1/8Mon
1 stopChina Southern
28h 40mLAX-KMG
$1,303
1/9Tue
3 stopsAir China
46h 55mLAX-KMG
$1,357
3/13Wed
3 stopsChina Eastern
31h 05mLAX-KMG
$1,464
10/13Fri
1 stopChina Eastern
21h 10mLAX-KMG
$1,582

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Recent domestic flight deals

11/24Fri
nonstopChina Eastern
3h 50mTAO-KMG
11/29Wed
nonstopChina Eastern
3h 30mKMG-TAO
$337
11/25Sat
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
11h 25mTAO-KMG
11/28Tue
multi-stopMultiple Airlines
5h 15mKMG-TAO
$344
2/19Mon
nonstopSpring Airlines
5h 05mSHA-KMG
2/22Thu
nonstopSpring Airlines
4h 40mKMG-SHA
$377
11/25Sat
nonstopChina Eastern
3h 50mTAO-KMG
11/29Wed
nonstopChina Eastern
3h 30mKMG-TAO
$382
2/19Mon
multi-stopSpring Airlines
5h 05mSHA-KMG
2/22Thu
multi-stopSpring Airlines
4h 40mKMG-SHA
$385
11/23Thu
nonstopShandong Airlines
4h 15mTAO-KMG
11/28Tue
nonstopShandong Airlines
3h 15mKMG-TAO
$419
10/25Wed
multi-stopSichuan Airlines
4h 40mPEK-KMG
11/1Wed
multi-stopSichuan Airlines
4h 35mKMG-PEK
$463
11/23Thu
multi-stopShandong Airlines
11h 20mTAO-KMG
11/30Thu
multi-stopShandong Airlines
5h 20mKMG-TAO
$682
12/25Mon
nonstopSichuan Airlines
3h 50mPVG-KMG
1/4Thu
nonstopSichuan Airlines
3h 05mKMG-PVG
$715
11/25Sat
multi-stopChina Southern
20h 25mTAO-KMG
11/28Tue
multi-stopChina Southern
5h 50mKMG-TAO
$1,080

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