Atlas of China
Beijing to Chengdu 北京 – 成都
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 5½ hours against about 8 hours by high-speed train, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run about ¥880 against ¥872.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
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| High-speed trainBeijing West 北京西 → Chengdu East 成都东 | 7 h 28 minG323, fastest | 8 hours | ¥872standard class | 1207:00–20:41 |
| FlightBeijing Capital (PEK) → Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) | 3 hin the air | 5½ hours | about ¥880varies by day | 5306:55–21:20 |
By train
12 direct high-speed trains a day run from Beijing West to Chengdu East, between 07:00 and 20:41. The fastest, G323, takes 7 h 28 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥872. Coming back, 13 trains a day, the fastest 7 h 30 min (G322, 06:56 to 21:12).
Beijing: Several main stations: South (Shanghai), West (Xi'an, Wuhan), Chaoyang (north-east) and North or Qinghe (Datong, Hohhot); flights use Capital (PEK) or Daxing (PKX). Chengdu: Tianfu (TFU), about 50 km south-east, is the busier airport; Shuangliu (CTU) is closer in, and Trip.com's CTU city code covers both.
By air
53 nonstop flights a day from Beijing Capital (PEK) to Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU), 3 h in the air, 06:55 to 21:20, with Air China, Sichuan Airlines and China Southern Airlines. 59 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 5½ hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥880.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Beijing and on to Chengdu, so the trip can be broken there.
- Xi'an 西安 910 km from Beijing · 4 h 10 min there, 3 h 5 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Chengdu.
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Chengdu Giant Panda Base 成都大熊猫繁育研究基地
Watch giant pandas munch bamboo and tumble about among the trees
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Sanxingdui Museum 三星堆博物馆
Goggle-eyed bronze masks and a towering bronze tree from a lost Bronze Age kingdom
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Dujiangyan Irrigation System 都江堰
A 2,200-year-old waterworks that tamed the Min River without a dam and still runs today
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Mount Qingcheng 青城山
A cradle of Taoism, where forest stairways climb past temples and cave shrines
Around Beijing: Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, Summer Palace, Fragrant Hills Park, Universal Beijing Resort.
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
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About Beijing · About Chengdu · Where Beijing reaches in a day · Where Chengdu reaches in a day · All routes
Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.