Atlas of China
Kangding to Leshan 康定 – 乐山
Door to door, the road comes out ahead: about 3½ 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 road234 km | 3 h 20 min | 3½ 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. Leshan: Leshan's new airport had not opened by October 2026; fly into Chengdu, about an hour away by high-speed train.
By air
No nonstop flights.
By road
234 km by road, about 3 h 20 min of driving: routed on OpenStreetMap, with speeds calibrated on measured trips.
At the other end
Featured places around Leshan.
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Leshan Giant Buddha 乐山大佛
A 71-metre Buddha carved from a riverside cliff where three rivers meet
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Mount Emei 峨眉山
A sacred Buddhist mountain of mist, monasteries and a golden summit above the clouds
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Jiayang Little Steam Train 嘉阳小火车
A coal-era steam train puffing through rapeseed fields to an old mining town
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 · About Leshan · 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.