Udon Thani Airport to Vientiane

The easiest way to travel from Udon Thani International Airport to Vientiane is to take a direct minivan service from the airport.

Bus Times from Udon Thani Airport to Vientiane

There are currently 2 minivan services a day with RG Adventure from Udon Thani International Airport to Vientiane available to book online.

• By minivan the journey from Udon Thani International Airport to Vientiane is scheduled to take 2 hours 50 minutes.
• Minivan services from Udon Thani International Airport to Vientiane include a transfer to your hotel in Vientiane.

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About Travel to Vientiane

There are several ways you can travel from Udon Thani Airport to Vientiane:

• By train: From Udon Thani Airport it’s a 7 km journey by road to Udon Thani Railway Station. Trains to Vientiane depart from Udon Thani Railway Station once daily at 07:09, and take about 2 hours to reach Vientiane.
• By public bus: Public bus services to the border in Nong Khai depart frequently from Udon Thani Bus Terminal 1, which is close to Udon Thani Railway Station. From the immigration post in Nong Khai you need to take a second public bus the short distance across the bridge into Laos. After you complete immigration procedures for entry into Laos you then need to take a third public bus to reach Vientiane.
• By direct minivan transfer: The minivan picks up passengers outside the main terminal building at Udon Thani Airport and takes them all the way to their hotel in Vientiane in under three hours.

Overall, the fastest way to travel by public transport from Udon Thani Airport to Vientiane is normally by direct minivan transfer.

• Location of Udon Thani International Airport:

Travelling by direct minivan service from Udon Thani Airport to Vientiane is more expensive than travelling by public bus or train, even taking account of the cost of a taxi from the airport to either the train station or the bus station. However, travelling by direct minivan service will typically be at least 1 to 2 hours faster than travelling by train or public bus once you factor in the connection times.

• Location of Vientiane:

The journey by direct minivan service from Udon Thani Airport to Vientiane has three stages:

• Stage 1 (Udon Thani Airport to Nong Khai): This section of the journey takes slightly under an hour to cover a distance of 58 km.
• Stage 2 (Nong Khai Border Checkpoint to Thansleng Border Checkpoint): After completing immigration procedures to leave Thailand, passengers board the minivan again for a 3.4 km journey by road across the bridge to the immigration post in Laos. It’s difficult to precisely estimate how long this second stage will take as the amount of time it takes for all passengers in the minivan to complete the two sets of immigration procedures varies. Some passengers will need to queue up for a Laos visa before passing through passport control.
• Stage 3 (Thanaleng Border Checkpoint to Vientiane): The third stage of the journey is from the Laos side of the border to Vientiane city. The journey of 17 km to Vientiane takes around 30 minutes. The precise length of the journey to your hotel depends on where in the city you will be staying. The minivan is likely to head first to the riverside area near the Quai Fa Ngum (riverside road) where the majority of foreign tourists choose to stay.