How to get fromChiang Mai to Wellingtonby plane or bus

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There are 3 ways to get from Chiang Mai to Wellington by plane or bus

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Fly Chiang Mai International Airport to Wellington
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1. Fly from Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) to Wellington (WLG)plane CNX - WLG
15h 57m
$769–1,771
Fly Chiang Mai International Airport to Palmerston, bus
1. Fly from Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) to Palmerston (PMR)plane CNX - PMR
2. Take the bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Centralbus
20h 53m
$821–2,684
Bus to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport, fly to Wellington
1. Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Raibus
2. Fly from Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) to Wellington (WLG)plane CEI - WLG
24h 17m
$784–1,953

Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) to Wellington (WLG) flights

33Weekly Planes

19h 23mAverage Duration

$761Cheapest Price

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Distance: 10,261.2 km
Duration: 15h 57m

What companies run services between Chiang Mai, Thailand and Wellington, New Zealand?

Scoot Tigerair, Singapore Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) to Wellington (WLG) 5 times a day.

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Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed.

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Silver Stream Railway is a heritage railway at Silverstream in the Hutt Valley near Wellington, New Zealand. It regularly operates preserved New Zealand Railways Department locomotives along a restored section of the Hutt Valley Line (part of the Wairarapa Line) before a deviation was built in 1954.

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