There are 7 ways to get from Cardiff to Almaty by train or plane
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BHX - ALA
15h 23m$318–1,114Train 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 1m$265–995Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LHR - ALA
13h 13m$469–802Train, 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 10m$395–1,278Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LCY - ALA
15h 5m$416–1,487Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane STN - ALA
15h 56m$354–651Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane CWL - ALA
17h 51m$358–1,411
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $350 - $650 and takes 15h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 13m and costs $460 - $800.
The distance between Cardiff and Almaty is 5861 km.
It takes approximately 15h 23m to get from Cardiff to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 3:37 AM in Cardiff and 7:37 AM in Almaty.
There are 3252+ 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 Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Dubrovnik, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Luxembourg, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Almaty International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
- 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
- $300–1,100
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- 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/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- 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 Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
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