Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Irkutsk (IKT): 2,867 miles (4,613 km) great-circle, about 6h 15m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $827 round-trip on Xiamen Airlines, with 2 stops, departing June 5, 2026.
$827 round-trip, Xiamen Airlines MF842, departing 2026-06-05 at 08:00, returning 2026-06-12. The recorded itinerary left on a Friday, returning on a Friday 7 nights later; the fare was observed 41 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $827, it ranked 25th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from SGN (median $257). That is 28.8 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the SGN median of 21.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from SGN of similar length: Vladivostok (2,720 mi) at $538 and Harbin (2,668 mi) at $363.
SGN to IKT is the only one of 30 SGN routes where Xiamen Airlines priced cheapest. It is the 11th longest of the 30 routes we track from SGN.
Of 17 departure airports with a fare to Irkutsk, Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) ranked 7th at $827. Lowest: $342 from Beijing (PEK); highest: $1507 from Nairobi (NBO); 4 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Air China (4), S7 Airlines (3), Egyptair (2), Asiana (1), China Eastern (1) and MIAT Mongolian Airlines (1), plus 5 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, Asia/Irkutsk; flight time is our estimate.