There are 7 ways to get from Turpan to Astana by bus, plane, train, car, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Turfan to Urumchi Southbus
- Fly from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane URC - NQZ
9h 43m$136–456Train, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Turfan North to Urumqi Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zholtrain
42h 23m$56–104Drive 1,893 km
- Drive from Turpan to Astanacar 1,893 km
24h 7m$239–345Fly from Turpan
- Fly from Turpan (TLQ) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane TLQ - NQZ
14h 19m$116–447Train to Korla, fly
- Take the train from Turpan North Station to Korlatrain
- Fly from Korla (KRL) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane KRL - NQZ
14h 14m$114–456Taxi to Fuyun Koktokay Airport, fly
- Take the taxi from Turpan to Fuyun Koktokay Airport (FYN)taxi
- Fly from Fuyun Koktokay Airport (FYN) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane FYN - NQZ
14h 22m$187–533Train, drive via Карасу
- Take the train from Turfan North to Urumqi Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yining Easttrain
- Drive from Yining East to Khorgascar
- Take the train from Altynkol to Almaty 1train
- Take the train from Almaty 1 to Astana Nurly Zholtrain
45h 49m$148–296
Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Turpan to Astana is to train and drive which costs $55 - $110 and takes 42h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Turpan to Astana is to bus and fly which takes 9h 43m and costs $130 - $460.
The distance between Turpan and Astana is 1668 km. The road distance is 1893 km.
It takes approximately 9h 43m to get from Turpan to Astana, including transfers.
Astana is 1h behind Turpan. It is currently 10:23 AM in Turpan and 9:23 AM in Astana.
Yes, the driving distance between Turpan to Astana is 1893 km. It takes approximately 24h 7m to drive from Turpan to Astana.
There are 2454+ hotels available in Astana.
What companies run services between Turpan, China and Astana, Kazakhstan?
Chengdu, China Southern Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Turpan (TLQ) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) twice daily.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Turpan to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Tacheng, Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Turpan to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Karamay, Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Turpan to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Altay, Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Turpan to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Aral Talim Airport, Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Turpan to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Fuyun Koktokay Airport, Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Turpan to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Bole, Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Korla to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Korla to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Aksu, Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Fuyun Koktokay Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Turpan to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Yining, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Fuyun Koktokay Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Fuyun Koktokay Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–450
Flights from Korla to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Korla to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Train from Turfan North to Urumqi Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–20
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–20
Train from Turfan North to Urumqi Station
- Hard Seat
- $7–10
- Hard Sleeper
- $8–12
- Soft Sleeper
- $19–27
Train from Turfan North to Urumqi Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–17
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $6–9
- Hard Sleeper
- $14–17
- Soft Sleeper
- $23–28
Train from Turpan North Station to Korla
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–22
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $8–12
- Hard Sleeper
- $18–22
- Soft Sleeper
- $28–35
Train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Adult - second class
- $18–27
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zhol
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- 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)
- $25–35
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $17–24
- Phone
- +86 010-12306
- Website
- china-railway.com.cn
Train from Turpan North Station to Korla
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
Train from Ürümqi to Yining East
- Hard Seat
- $9–13
- Hard sleeper
- $17–25
- Soft sleeper
- $29–40
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Altynkol to Almaty 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 1 to Astana Nurly Zhol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- 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)
- $110–160
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $150–220
- Website
- top.chinaz.com
Bus from Turfan to Urumchi South
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- top.chinaz.com
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Estimated price
- $85–110
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