There are 10 ways to get from Astana to Cardiff by plane, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane NQZ - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 39m£178–747Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Astana to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
2d 18hFly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NQZ - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 11m£315–987Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane NQZ - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 16m£198–524Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane NQZ - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 11m£236–715Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NQZ - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 27m£272–915Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane NQZ - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 36m£250–615Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane NQZ - CWL
15h 33m£324–807Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane NQZ - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 2m£224–637Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Astana to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
2d 19h£796–1,148
Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Astana to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £190 - £550 and takes 16h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Astana to Cardiff is to fly which takes 15h 33m and costs £320 - £850.
The distance between Astana and Cardiff is 3143 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 39m to get from Astana to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 5h behind Astana. It is currently 1:19 PM in Astana and 8:19 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1553+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Astana, Kazakhstan and Cardiff, Wales?
Lufthansa, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Manchester Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–490
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £170–850
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Atyrau, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Belgrade, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–800
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Bristol Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Bristol Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £190–500
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Bristol Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–470
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Prague, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £320–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £320–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–600
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Manchester Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Manchester Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–490
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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