There are 6 ways to get from Cardiff to Alta by plane, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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 Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Alta (ALF)plane CWL - ALF
21h 35mkr 1,520–6,167Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Altacar
39h 50mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Alta (ALF)plane LHR - ALF
10h 28mkr 2,892–5,704Train, 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 Alta (ALF)plane LGW - ALF
12h 3mkr 1,907–4,758Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Alta (ALF)plane MAN - ALF
11h 46mkr 2,138–3,908Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Altacar
41h 4mkr 7,287–11,273
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Alta (ALF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Alta is to train and fly which costs kr 2100 - kr 4000 and takes 11h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Alta is to train and fly which takes 10h 28m and costs kr 2800 - kr 6000.
The distance between Cardiff and Alta is 2509 km.
It takes approximately 21h 35m to get from Cardiff to Alta, including transfers.
Alta is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 6:12 PM in Cardiff and 7:12 PM in Alta.
There are 53+ hotels available in Alta.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Alta, Norway?
KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Alta (ALF) twice daily.
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alta via Amsterdam Schiphol, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alta via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alta via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alta via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alta via Amsterdam Schiphol, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–3,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–3,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–3,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,100
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alta via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alta via Alicante–Elche, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,500–9,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,100
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,600
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,600
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,200
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 290–550
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 90–230
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 65–170
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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