There are 5 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 Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LHR - ALA
13h 22m$450–956Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BRS - ALA
16h 5m$306–1,155Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BHX - ALA
15h 19m$407–812Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LGW - ALA
16h 26m$416–781Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane CWL - ALA
14h 29m$408–1,411
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 $400 - $850 and takes 15h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 22m and costs $450 - $1,000.
The distance between Cardiff and Almaty is 5892 km.
It takes approximately 13h 22m to get from Cardiff to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 6:05 AM in Cardiff and 10:05 AM in Almaty.
There are 3600+ 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) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Dubrovnik, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–650
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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