There are 6 ways to get from Almaty to Pyongyang by plane, bus, train, car, or taxi
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Fly to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ)ALA - FNJ
35h 47m$150–700Bus, train via Beijing
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Beijing West Station
- Take the bus from Beijing Sihui to Dandong
- Take the train from Sinŭiju to Pyongyang
2d 11hTrain, drive, taxi
- Take the train from Almaty 1 to Kerimagash
- Drive from Kerimagash to Yining
- Take the train from Yining to Ürümqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Baoding
- Take the taxi from Baoding to Renqiu
- Take the train from Renqiu to Tianjin Station
- Take the train from Tianjin Station to Pyongyang
2d 13hFly to Dandong Langtou Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Dandong Langtou Airport (DDG)ALA - DDG
- Take the train from Sinŭiju to Pyongyang
24h 34mFly to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (DLC)ALA - DLC
- Take the train from Dalian North Station to Dandong
- Take the train from Dandong to Pyongyang
24h 27mBus, train
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shenyang North
- Take the train from Shenyang to Pyongyang
3d 15h
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Pyongyang is to fly which costs $150 - $700 and takes 35h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Pyongyang is to fly which takes 35h 47m and costs $150 - $700.
The distance between Almaty and Pyongyang is 4079 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Pyongyang without a car is to bus and train which takes 3 days 15h and costs .
It takes approximately 35h 47m to get from Almaty to Pyongyang, including transfers.
Pyongyang is 4h ahead of Almaty. It is currently 12:21 AM in Almaty and 4:21 AM in Pyongyang.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Pyongyang, North Korea?
China Southern Airlines, Air Koryo, and two other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) once daily.
- Website
- airkoryo.com.kp
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport via Xi An, Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport via Beijing Capital, Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 57m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–950
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport via Tianfu International, Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Pyongyang Sunan International Airport via Urumqi, Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dandong Langtou Airport via Beijing Capital, Yantai Penglai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dandong Langtou Airport via Tianfu International, Yantai Penglai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dandong Langtou Airport via Xi An, Yantai Penglai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dandong Langtou Airport via Beijing Daxing, Yantai Penglai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dandong Langtou Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dandong Langtou Airport via Urumqi, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Train from Ürümqi to Beijing West Station
Train from Ürümqi to Baoding
Train from Renqiu to Tianjin Station
- Phone
- 86-010-12306
- Website
- china-railway.com.cn
Train from Sinŭiju to Pyongyang
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
Train from Tianjin Station to Pyongyang
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
Train from Dandong to Pyongyang
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
Train from Shenyang to Pyongyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 1 to Kerimagash
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
Train from Yining to Ürümqi
Train from Dalian North Station to Dandong
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $15–21
- Adult - 1st Class
- $22–35
Train from Ürümqi to Shenyang North
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $45–65
- Hard Sleeper
- $90–110
- Soft Sleeper
- $140–170
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Beijing Sihui to Dandong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
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