There are 10 ways to get from Istanbul to Karaganda by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Istanbul to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF)plane IST - KGF
11h 52m$174–703Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane SAW - NQZ
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Passtrain
13h 24m$124–751Train, bus
- Take the train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Kırıkkale YHTtrain
- Take the bus from Kirikkale to Ortachala Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Pyatigorsk Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Piatigorsk to Petropavlovsktrain
- Take the train from Petropavlovsk to Karaganda Passtrain
4d 10hBus, train via Yekaterinburg
- Take the bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Ortachala Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Rostov-on-Don bus stationbus
- Take the train from Rostov Gl to Yekaterinburg-Passtrain
- Take the bus from Yekaterinburg Severnyi to Karagandy Bus stationbus
4d 22h$236–339Drive 4,766.3 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Karagandacar 4,766.3 km
2d 18h$558–806Fly Istanbul to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane IST - NQZ
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Passtrain
13h 10m$197–572Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF)plane SAW - KGF
15h 42m$183–605Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Ortachala Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Pyatigorsk Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Piatigorsk to Petropavlovsktrain
- Take the train from Petropavlovsk to Karaganda Passtrain
4d 13hBus, train #2
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Bursa bus station to Krasnodar-1 Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Krasnodar 1 to Abdulinotrain
- Take the train from Abdulino to Karaganda Passtrain
5d 8h$301–481Bus, train #3
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Bursa bus station to Rostov-on-Don bus stationbus
- Take the train from Rostov-Glavny to Chelyabinsk-Glavnytrain
- Take the train from Chelyabinsk-Glavny to Karaganda Passtrain
5d 10h$266–416
Istanbul (IST) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Karaganda is to fly and train which costs $190 - $600 and takes 13h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Karaganda is to fly which takes 11h 52m and costs $170 - $750.
The distance between Istanbul and Karaganda is 3611 km. The road distance is 4766.3 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Karaganda without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 52m to get from Istanbul to Karaganda, including transfers.
Karaganda is 2h ahead of Istanbul. It is currently 2:50 AM in Istanbul and 4:50 AM in Karaganda.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Karaganda is 4766 km. It takes approximately 2 days 18h to drive from Istanbul to Karaganda.
There are 227+ hotels available in Karaganda.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Karaganda, Kazakhstan?
Turkish Airlines, Flyr, and three other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) twice daily.
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Istanbul to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Istanbul to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Ankara, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Shimkent, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Aktau, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Istanbul to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–480
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Shimkent, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Aktau, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Istanbul to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Istanbul to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–320
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from Istanbul to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Kırıkkale YHT
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Piatigorsk to Petropavlovsk
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $410–600
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $100–140
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $110–160
Train from Rostov Gl to Yekaterinburg-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $330–470
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $80–120
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $90–130
Train from Krasnodar 1 to Abdulino
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $250–350
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $60–85
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $70–100
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Petropavlovsk to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $14–18
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $10–15
Train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $6–9
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $6–9
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Petropavlovsk to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $30–45
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $21–29
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $9–13
Train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $21–30
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $11–16
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $3–5
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Petropavlovsk to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $75–110
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $100–150
Train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $50–75
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $70–100
Train from Abdulino to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–260
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $130–190
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $190–260
Train from Chelyabinsk-Glavny to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $100–150
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $140–200
- Phone
- 8 800 775 54 53
- Website
- grandtrain.ru
Train from Rostov Gl to Yekaterinburg-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $62–110
- Website
- https://grandtrain.ru/
- Schedules at
- https://grandtrain.ru/raspisanie/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $62–66
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $85–110
Train from Rostov-Glavny to Chelyabinsk-Glavny
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $57–95
- Website
- https://grandtrain.ru/
- Schedules at
- https://grandtrain.ru/raspisanie/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $57–61
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–95
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Kirikkale to Ortachala Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–47
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $27–33
Bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Ortachala Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–48
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $30–40
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $10–13
- Phone
- +995 555 68 50 05
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Pyatigorsk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Rostov-on-Don bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $112
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Yekaterinburg Severnyi to Karagandy Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 577 99 99
- info@varan.com.tr
- Website
- varan.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Schedules at
- varan.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 202 22 22
- iletisim@uludagturizm.com.tr
- Website
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(850) 309 22 16
- bilgi@istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 50 33
- bilgi@villaseyahat.com
- Website
- villaseyahat.com
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14
- Schedules at
- villaseyahat.com
- Phone
- 0850 811 5959
- website@kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(212) 658 03 07
- info@antalyanetseyahat.com
- Website
- antalyanetseyahat.com
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- antalyanetseyahat.com
- Phone
- 0236 613 10 55
- iletisim@somaseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- somaseyahat.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- somaseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- 08503330700
- Website
- guneyakdeniz.com
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- guneyakdeniz.com
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 42 06
- seyahat@ozkaymak.com.tr
- Website
- ozkaymak.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Bursa bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ozkaymak.com.tr
- Website
- luksyilmazturizm.com
Bus from Bursa bus station to Krasnodar-1 Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $103
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- luksyilmazturizm.com
Bus from Bursa bus station to Rostov-on-Don bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $103
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- luksyilmazturizm.com
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