Almaty to Petropavl runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:51 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €138.20 and €153.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 24m over 1,451 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€138.20 to €153.54
- 150%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Almaty
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:51First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €250.89Tue15
- about €280.98Wed16
- about €269.77Thu17
- about €234.37Fri18
- about €238.50Sat19
- about €269.77Sun20
- about €157.08Mon21
- about €160.03Tue22
- about €197.79Wed23
- about €196.61Thu24
- about €222.57Fri25
- about €224.93Sat26
- about €166.52Sun27
- about €153.54Mon28
- about €148.82Tue29
- about €151.77Wed30
- about €167.11Thu1
- about €149.41Fri2
- about €183.04Sat3
- about €174.78Sun4
- about €138.20Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Petropavl. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Petropavl for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Almaty to Petropavl
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €151.1890 days
- €151.1860 days
- €171.8345 days
- €108.1130 days
- €138.2021 days
- €153.5414 days
- €157.087 days
- €269.773 days
- €250.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €108.11.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 150 percent. The dearest point is €269.77, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Almaty to Petropavl and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,451 km
1,408 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
1,977,011 → 200,920
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,451 km against 1,408 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 Kokshetau, Novosibirsk. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Petropavlovsk Railway Station
Most of the points near Petropavlovsk Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Almaty to Petropavl
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 it take to get from Almaty to Petropavl?
The fastest journey from Almaty to Petropavl takes 5h 24m door to door, of which 2h 20m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 32m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Almaty to Petropavl?
The cheapest fare from Almaty to Petropavl is €138.20, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €196.61. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Almaty to Petropavl?
The cheapest way from Almaty to Petropavl is by flight, at €153.54 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 30m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Almaty to Petropavl?
Fares from Almaty to Petropavl bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €108.11. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 150 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Almaty to Petropavl?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Almaty to Petropavl, at €153.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Almaty to Petropavl?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Almaty to Petropavl, at €102.21 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Almaty to Petropavl?
1 operators sell services from Almaty to Petropavl across 1 mode: Scat Air. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Almaty to Petropavl?
33 percent of the services we sell from Almaty to Petropavl are direct. The rest connect at Kokshetau, Novosibirsk, with about 74 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Almaty to Petropavl use?
Services from Almaty to Petropavl by flight leave from Almaty ALA and arrive at Petropavl PPK. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Almaty to Petropavl?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Almaty to Petropavl allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Almaty to Petropavl on 14 September 2026: 1451 km of route against 1408 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €138.20, and 5h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Petropavl is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Petropavl and across Kazakhstan
Day trips that leave Petropavl in the morning and cover a good part of Kazakhstan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Almaty reaches 84 places in 35 countries on services we hold, over distances from 69 to 5,599 km. Petropavl reaches 23 places in 2 countries, from 139 to 1,408 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Almaty
- 84Places you can leave for
- 35Countries
- 41Operators
Arriving in Petropavl
Leaving Petropavl
- 23Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators