Atlas of China
Kangding to Daocheng 康定 – 稻城
Door to door, the road comes out ahead: about 8 hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By road420 km | 7 h 50 min | 8 hours |
By train
The timetable has no train for this pair.
Kangding: No railway yet (the line west of Ya'an is under construction); the airport is about 40 km north-west at 4,280 m, with flights to Chengdu. Daocheng: No railway; Daocheng Yading Airport is about 50 km north of town, with flights to Chengdu.
By air
No nonstop flights. The planner's best way by air changes at Chengdu, about 8 hours door to door.
By road
420 km by road, about 7 h 50 min of driving: routed on OpenStreetMap, with speeds calibrated on measured trips.
At the other end
Around Kangding in Ganzi: Hailuogou Glacier, Kangding, Tagong Grassland.
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.
Ganzi, with Kangding · Ganzi, with Daocheng · 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.