Aktau to Baku flight

Flights from Aktau to Baku start at €42.03 and take 4h 7m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Aktau to Baku starts at €42.03 and takes 4h 7m door to door, run by 2 operators over 392 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 7mDoor to door
  • 57mMoving
  • €49.11 to €79.20From
  • 06:20 to 14:51First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 81.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€49.11 to €79.20 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €79.20Mon21
  2. about €63.86Tue22
  3. about €72.71Wed23
  4. about €72.12Thu24
  5. about €78.02Fri25
  6. about €66.81Sat26
  7. about €62.09Sun27
  8. about €49.11Mon28
  9. about €49.70Tue29
  10. about €54.42Wed30
  11. about €57.37Thu1
  12. about €54.42Fri2
  13. about €57.96Sat3
  14. about €50.29Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€42.03
  1. Azerbaijan Airlines AA307806:3858m06:36Aktau International Airport SCOHeydar Aliyev International Airport GYD

Door to door 4h 8mCO2 81.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€44.39
  1. Scat Air SA895914:3357m14:30Aktau International Airport SCOHeydar Aliyev International Airport GYD

Door to door 4h 7mCO2 81.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Scat Air€42.62
Azerbaijan Airlines€42.03
  • Scat Air
  • Azerbaijan Airlines

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A hotel room

A room in Baku for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Aktau to Baku

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €48.5290 days
  2. €43.8060 days
  3. €33.1845 days
  4. €34.3630 days
  5. €43.2121 days
  6. €50.2914 days
  7. €62.097 days
  8. €72.713 days
  9. €79.201 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 139 percent. The dearest point is €79.20, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €50.29Sun
  2. €49.11Mon
  3. €49.70Tue
  4. €54.42Wed
  5. €57.37Thu
  6. €54.42Fri
  7. €57.96Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Aktau

Air
  • SCO

Baku

Air
  • GYD
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 392 km against 380 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Makhachkala. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Aktau at 06:20 and the last at 14:51, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Aktau to Baku

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Aktau to Baku take?

The Flight from Aktau to Baku takes 4h 7m door to door, of which 57m is spent moving. The route runs 392 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Aktau to Baku cost?

The Flight from Aktau to Baku starts at €42.03 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €44.39. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Aktau to Baku?

2 operators run the Flight from Aktau to Baku: Scat Air, Azerbaijan Airlines. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Aktau to Baku use?

The Flight from Aktau to Baku leaves from Aktau International Airport SCO and arrives at Heydar Aliyev International Airport GYD. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Aktau to Baku?

Fares for the Flight from Aktau to Baku bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.18. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 139 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Aktau to Baku produce?

The Flight from Aktau to Baku produces about 81.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 392 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Aktau to Baku on 20 September 2026: 392 km of route against 380 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €42.03, and 4h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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