There are 6 ways to get from Cardiff to Almaty by train or plane
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)LHR - ALA
13h 3m$425–886Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)BRS - ALA
15h 59m$229–877Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)BHX - ALA
15h 18m$254–931Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)LGW - ALA
15h 37m$381–711Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)LCY - ALA
17h 43m$352–1,118Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)CWL - ALA
21h 19m$336–1,106
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $380 - $750 and takes 15h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 3m and costs $420 - $900.
The distance between Cardiff and Almaty is 5892 km.
It takes approximately 13h 3m to get from Cardiff to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 5h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:42 PM in Cardiff and 3:42 AM in Almaty.
There are 3184+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
TUI Airways, Air Astana, and three other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Luxembourg, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $45–65
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