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)NQZ - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
16h 56m£177–747Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Astana to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
2d 18hFly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)NQZ - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
16h 5m£320–787Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)NQZ - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
16h 38m£208–524Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)NQZ - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
18h 5m£261–790Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)NQZ - CWL
15h 32m£334–857Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to London Stansted Airport (STN)NQZ - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
17h 29m£240–639Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)NQZ - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
17h 27m£267–940Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Luton Airport (LTN)NQZ - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
17h 56m£220–713Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Astana to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
2d 19h£813–1,177
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 £200 - £550 and takes 16h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Astana to Cardiff is to fly which takes 15h 32m and costs £330 - £900.
The distance between Astana and Cardiff is 3142 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 56m to get from Astana to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 5h behind Astana. It is currently 7:39 PM in Astana and 2:39 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1537+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Astana, Kazakhstan and Cardiff, Wales?
SCAT, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–440
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–850
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
- klm.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Bristol Airport via Belgrade, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–550
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Belgrade, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £340–850
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Atyrau, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Istanbul, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
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
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
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Bristol Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–500
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Prague, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–850
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–480
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Bristol Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Bristol Airport via Prague, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £200–500
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–600
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Luton Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Bristol Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Manchester Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £190–500
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- 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
- £330–390
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–850
- 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
- £220–600
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Manchester Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- 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
- £160–550
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 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- 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
- £8–40
- 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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