There are 4 ways to get from Busan to Almaty by plane, train, ferry, or bus
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 Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane PUS - ALA
11h 27m$161–471Train, ferry
- Take the train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Stationtrain
- Take the train from Gyeongju Station to Donghae Stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Donghae to Vladivostokferry
- Take the train from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk Gltrain
- Take the train from Novosibirsk-Glavny to Almaty 2train
7d 11h$666–988Train to Daegu International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Stationtrain
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TAE - ALA
14h 43m$222–636Train, bus to Incheon International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Busan Station to Gwangmyeong Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1bus
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane ICN - ALA
12h 47m$315–491
Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Busan to Almaty is to fly which costs $160 - $480 and takes 11h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Busan to Almaty is to fly which takes 11h 27m and costs $160 - $480.
The distance between Busan and Almaty is 4507 km.
The best way to get from Busan to Almaty without a car is to train and ferry which takes 7 days 11h and costs $650 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from Busan to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h behind Busan. It is currently 9:00 PM in Busan and 5:00 PM in Almaty.
There are 3599+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Busan, South Korea and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–470
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–400
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–400
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $310–750
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $8–11
- First Class
- $10–14
Train from Gyeongju Station to Donghae Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $18–25
- First Class
- $26–40
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $12–17
- First Class
- $15–23
Train from Busan Station to Gwangmyeong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- $30–45
- First Class
- $45–70
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- SRT
Train from Busan Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–28
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- $9–28
- First Class
- $13–23
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–30
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- $14–30
- First Class
- $20–29
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk Gl
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 11h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–250
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $500–750
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $140–200
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $180–250
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Novosibirsk-Glavny to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $120–180
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $180–240
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- $6–7
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–13
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 33 521 0661
- booking@ferryvl.com
- Website
- dwship.co.kr
Ferry from Donghae to Vladivostok
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $380–423
- Schedules at
- dwship.co.kr
- Book at
- ferryvl.com
- Royal Suite
- $1,944
- First Class
- $507
- Second Class
- $423
- Economy Class
- $380
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