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BKK Bangkok ⇄ CNX Chiang Mai

Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand) and Chiang Mai International Airport (Thailand): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance597 km371 mi322 nautical miles
BKK → CNX1 h 45 minestimated block time
CNX → BKK1 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hChiang Mai vs Bangkok, today
Great-circle route from Bangkok (BKK) to Chiang Mai (CNX)BKKBangkokCNXChiang Mai
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

BKK → CNX

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 342° (NNW).

Leave Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Chiang Mai Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

CNX → BKK

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 161° (SSE).

Leave Chiang Mai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance597 km · 371 mi · 322 nmi
Initial heading342° (NNW) from BKK; 161° (SSE) from CNX
Farthest from the equator18.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

BKKAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
CNXAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceChiang Mai is on the same clock as Bangkok today.

Jet lag, flying BKK → CNX. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

BKK Suvarnabhumi AirportBangkok, Thailand · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m CNX Chiang Mai International AirportChiang Mai, Thailand · longest runway 11,155 ft3,400 m

Same cities, other airports

DMKCNX Bangkok – Chiang Mai 568 km353 mi · 1 h 40 min

More routes from BKK and CNX

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Routes of a similar length

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).