There are 7 ways to get from Beijing to Astana by plane, train, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane PEK - NQZ
9h 22m$294–465Train, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zholtrain
2d 7h$86–182Drive 4,462.7 km
- Drive from Beijing to Astanacar 4,462.7 km
2d 1h$563–813Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane PKX - NQZ
11h 42m$204–606Train to Tianjin Binhai, fly
- Take the train from Beijing South to Tianjin Stationtrain
- Fly from Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane TSN - NQZ
13h 10m$188–492Train to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Beijing West Station to Zhengding Airporttrain
- Fly from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane SJW - NQZ
12h 36m$211–624Subway, train, drive
- Take the subway from Dongzhimen to Xizhimen Stationsubway
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Hohhot Easttrain
- Take the train from Hohhot East to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zholtrain
3d 6h$108–203
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Beijing to Astana is to train and drive which costs $85 - $190 and takes 2 days 7h.
The fastest way to get from Beijing to Astana is to fly which takes 9h 22m and costs $290 - $470.
The distance between Beijing and Astana is 3698 km. The road distance is 4462.7 km.
It takes approximately 9h 22m to get from Beijing to Astana, including transfers.
Astana is 3h behind Beijing. It is currently 3:25 AM in Beijing and 12:25 AM in Astana.
Yes, the driving distance between Beijing to Astana is 4463 km. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Beijing to Astana.
There are 2383+ hotels available in Astana.
What companies run services between Beijing, China and Astana, Kazakhstan?
Air Astana, Uzbekistan, and Air China fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) once daily.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Yinchuan Hedong, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–850
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Lanzhou, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xining, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Hohhot, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xining, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Hohhot, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–650
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–460
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–460
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $310–900
- Website
- flyredwings.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Koltsovo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqi
- Hard Seat
- $35–55
- Hard Sleeper
- $80–110
- Soft Sleeper
- $110–170
Train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Adult - second class
- $19–27
Train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airport
- Adult - second class
- $3–5
Train from Beijing South to Tianjin Station
- Adult - second class
- $6–9
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zhol
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $26–35
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $17–24
Train from Beijing South to Tianjin Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $8–9
- 1st Class Seat
- $12–14
- Business Class Seat
- $17–25
Train from Beijing West Station to Zhengding Airport
- 2nd Class Seat
- $16–18
- 1st Class Seat
- $26–29
- Business Class Seat
- $35–55
Train from Beijing North station to Hohhot East
- 2nd Class Seat
- $29–32
- 1st Class Seat
- $48–53
- Business Class Seat
- $70–100
- Phone
- 86-010-96165
- Website
- bjsubway.com
Subway from Dongzhimen to Xizhimen Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- map.bjsubway.com
Train from Hohhot East to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $30–50
- Hard Sleeper
- $65–80
- Soft Sleeper
- $100–130
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