There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to Almaty by plane or train
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Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane ORD - ALA
21h 31m$502–1,205Train to South Bend, fly
- Take the train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airporttrain
- Fly from South Bend (SBN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane SBN - ALA
27h 39m$663–2,214Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MDW - ALA
24h 30m$652–2,205Train to Detroit, fly
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Dearborntrain
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane DTW - ALA
26h 30m$584–1,870Train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MKE - ALA
25h 43m$1,028–2,167
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Almaty is to fly which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 21h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Almaty is to fly which takes 21h 31m and costs $500 - $1,200.
The distance between Chicago and Almaty is 10452 km.
It takes approximately 21h 31m to get from Chicago to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 10h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 3:22 AM in Chicago and 1:22 PM in Almaty.
There are 3775+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from South Bend to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from South Bend to Almaty International Airport via Washington Dulles, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Almaty International Airport via St. Louis, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Detroit to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from South Bend to Almaty International Airport via Washington Dulles, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 11m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from South Bend to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Almaty International Airport via St. Louis, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Detroit to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from South Bend to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from South Bend to Almaty International Airport via Washington Dulles, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Detroit to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Boston, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from South Bend to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Detroit to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Almaty International Airport via New York JFK, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from South Bend to Almaty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 34m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Detroit to Almaty International Airport via Munich, Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- taban.aero
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Almaty International Airport via New York JFK, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Philadelphia, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 6m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from Van Buren St. to South Bend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- $13–15
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Dearborn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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