There are 7 ways to get from New York to Nanjing by plane or train
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Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport
best- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG)plane JFK - NKG
21h 52m¥2,303–6,134Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane JFK - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Nanjing Southtrain
21h 20m¥2,454–6,402Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane JFK - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Nanjing South Stationtrain
25h 19m¥2,595–6,835Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane JFK - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Nanjingtrain
25h 10m¥2,426–7,766Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG)plane EWR - NKG
25h 24m¥2,955–7,705Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY)plane JFK - YTY
- Take the train from Jiangdu to Nanjingtrain
25h 52m¥2,410–7,305Fly Laguardia Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LGA - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Nanjing Southtrain
24h 27m¥3,699–9,852
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from New York to Nanjing is to fly which costs ¥2300 - ¥6500 and takes 21h 52m.
The fastest way to get from New York to Nanjing is to fly and train which takes 21h 20m and costs ¥2400 - ¥6500.
The distance between New York and Nanjing is 11938 km.
It takes approximately 21h 52m to get from New York to Nanjing, including transfers.
Nanjing is 12h ahead of New York. It is currently 2:55 PM in New York and 2:55 AM in Nanjing.
There are 362+ hotels available in Nanjing.
What companies run services between New York, NY, USA and Nanjing, China?
China Eastern Airlines, Air China, and four other airlines fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–6,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–12,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Toronto, Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 48m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–7,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Montreal, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–12,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Nanchang
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–9,500
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Toronto, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–11,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–12,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–12,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Toronto, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,500
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–14,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–15,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–22,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Toronto, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,500
Train operators
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Nanjing South
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–140
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥120–140
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥210–230
- Business Class Seat
- ¥300–430
Train from Hangzhou East to Nanjing South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥115–125
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥115–125
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥180–210
- Business Class Seat
- ¥260–380
Train from Wuxi to Nanjing
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥80–90
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥130–140
- Business Class Seat
- ¥180–260
Train from Jiangdu to Nanjing
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥58–63
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥90–105
- Business Class Seat
- ¥130–190
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Nanjing South
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–140
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥120–140
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥210–230
- Business Class Seat
- ¥300–430
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Nanjing South
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
Train from Hangzhou East to Nanjing South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥95–200
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥95–140
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥140–200
Train from Wuxi to Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥75–140
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥75–110
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥100–140
Train from Jiangdu to Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥60–110
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥60–85
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥75–110
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Nanjing South
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
Train from Wuxi to Nanjing
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–70
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥60–85
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥130–190
Train from Wuxi to Nanjing
- Hard Seat
- ¥27–40
- Hard sleeper
- ¥55–80
- Soft sleeper
- ¥95–130
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