Aktau to Almaty flight

Flights from Aktau to Almaty start at €203.10 and take 6h 15m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Aktau to Almaty starts at €203.10 and takes 6h 15m door to door, run by 3 operators over 2,132 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 15mDoor to door
  • 3h 5mMoving
  • €203.10From
  • 524.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€172.42
  1. Air Astana AA668518:493h 25m22:14Aktau SCOAlmaty ALA

Door to door 6h 35mCO2 524.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€208.41
  1. Air Astana AA871812:513h 5m15:56Aktau SCOAlmaty ALA

Door to door 6h 15mCO2 524.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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€182.45
FlyArystan€187.76
Air Astana€172.42

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Almaty is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Aktau to Almaty

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

  1. €198.9790 days
  2. €135.8460 days
  3. €144.1045 days
  4. €139.9730 days
  5. €210.7721 days
  6. €258.5614 days
  7. €331.727 days
  8. €338.213 days
  9. €419.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €135.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 209 percent. The most expensive point is €419.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €237.32Sun
  2. €208.41Mon
  3. €203.10Tue
  4. €221.39Wed
  5. €270.36Thu
  6. €253.84Fri
  7. €258.56Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Aktau

Air
  • SCO

Almaty

Air
  • ALA
The journey

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
79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,132 km against 2,070 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 Shymkent, Atyrau, Kyzylorda, Aktobe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 06:30 and the last at 19:38, across 19 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Aktau to Almaty

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Almaty take?

The Flight from Aktau to Almaty takes 6h 15m door to door, of which 3h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 2,132 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 Almaty cost?

The Flight from Aktau to Almaty starts at €203.10 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €218.44. 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 Almaty?

3 operators run the Flight from Aktau to Almaty: Scat Air, FlyArystan, Air Astana. Between them they file around 19 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 Almaty use?

The Flight from Aktau to Almaty leaves from Aktau SCO and arrives at Almaty ALA. 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 Almaty?

Fares for the Flight from Aktau to Almaty bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €135.84. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 209 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Aktau to Almaty produces about 524.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2132 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Aktau to Almaty on September 12, 2026: 2132 km of route against 2070 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €203.10, and 6h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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