There are 7 ways to get from Cardiff to Baghdad by train, plane, or car
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Baghdad International Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Baghdad International Airport (BGW)plane BRS - BGW
13h 1m$284–854Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Baghdad International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Baghdad International Airport (BGW)plane BHX - BGW
12h 29m$307–886Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Baghdad International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Baghdad International Airport (BGW)plane LHR - BGW
12h 28m$415–930Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Baghdad International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Baghdad International Airport (BGW)plane STN - BGW
13h 31m$324–790Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Baghdad International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Baghdad International Airport (BGW)plane LGW - BGW
14h 13m$308–794Fly Cardiff Airport to Baghdad International Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Baghdad International Airport (BGW)plane CWL - BGW
22h 32m$376–1,366Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Al Najaf International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Al Najaf International Airport (NJF)plane LHR - NJF
- Drive from Al Najaf International Airport (NJF) to Baghdadcar
14h 19m$472–1,381
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Baghdad International Airport (BGW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Baghdad is to train and fly which costs $300 - $800 and takes 14h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Baghdad is to train and fly which takes 12h 28m and costs $410 - $950.
The distance between Cardiff and Baghdad is 4359 km.
It takes approximately 13h 1m to get from Cardiff to Baghdad, including transfers.
Baghdad is 3h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 2:30 PM in Cardiff and 5:30 PM in Baghdad.
There are 51+ hotels available in Baghdad.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Baghdad, Iraq?
KLM, Transavia Holland, and nine other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Baghdad International Airport (BGW) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Dubrovnik, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Al Najaf International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,800
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–900
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Hurghada, Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Al Najaf International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Dublin, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Dublin, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Al Najaf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- iraqiairways.com.iq
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Antalya, Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- flybaghdad.net
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Medina
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Baghdad International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Al Najaf International Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Al Najaf International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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