Atlas of China
Kangding to Dujiangyan 康定 – 都江堰
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 road268 km | 3 h 40 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. Dujiangyan: Suburban S trains (no G or D) from Chengdu Xipu, on Metro Line 2, take about 30 minutes; Lidui Park and Qingchengshan stations are nearest the sights.
By air
No nonstop flights.
By road
268 km by road, about 3 h 40 min of driving: routed on OpenStreetMap, with speeds calibrated on measured trips.
At the other end
Featured places around Dujiangyan in 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 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 · Chengdu, with Dujiangyan · 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.