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Luang Phabang to Vientiane

1 operator run this water, from 46 min.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

FlyNordic, Lao Airlines LPQ → VTE 216 km non-stop 320 737 AT7 in the air 2 h 16 est. rate not held 280 km/h average

Other ways to reach Vientiane

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Vientiane without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Xieng Khouang – Vientiane 43 min Lao Airlines
Savannakhet – Vientiane 51 min Lao Airlines
Luang Namtha – Vientiane 56 min Lao Airlines
Pakse – Vientiane 1 h 05 Lao Airlines
Hanoi (Soc Son) – Vientiane 1 h 07 Lao Airlines
Bangkok – Vientiane 1 h 09 Bangkok Airways
Nanning (Jiangnan) – Vientiane 1 h 28 China Eastern Airlines
Kunming – Vientiane 1 h 29 China Eastern Airlines
Guangzhou (Huadu) – Vientiane 2 h 05 Lao Airlines
Sepang – Vientiane 2 h 37 AirAsia

And other ways to reach Luang Phabang

Chiang Mai – Luang Phabang 57 min Lao Airlines
Hanoi (Soc Son) – Luang Phabang 1 h 01 Lao Airlines
Pakse – Luang Phabang 1 h 19 Lao Airlines
Bangkok – Luang Phabang 1 h 23 Air France

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Luang Phabang–Vientiane crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.