Aktobe to Shymkent flight

Flights from Aktobe to Shymkent start at €190.12 and take 7h 35m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Aktobe to Shymkent starts at €190.12 and takes 7h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,062 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 35mDoor to door
  • 3h 36mMoving
  • €191.89 to €542.35From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 431.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 12, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€191.89 to €542.35 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.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €542.35Thu24
  2. about €428.48Fri25
  3. about €340.57Sat26
  4. about €406.06Sun27
  5. about €325.23Mon28
  6. about €262.69Tue29
  7. about €240.27Wed30
  8. about €307.53Thu1
  9. about €239.09Fri2
  10. about €305.17Sat3
  11. about €279.80Sun4
  12. about €243.22Mon5
  13. about €220.21Tue6
  14. about €191.89Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 12, 2026

Cheapest€190.12
  1. Scat Air SA299007:301h 52m09:22Aktobe International Airport AKXNursultan Nazarbayev International Airport NQZ
  2. Scat Air SA657310:111h 44m11:55Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport NQZShymkent International Airport CIT

Changes at Astana, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 35mCO2 431.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Scat AirNoneNone740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Scat Air

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A hotel room

A room in Shymkent for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Aktobe to Shymkent

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

  1. €189.5390 days
  2. €191.8960 days
  3. €209.5945 days
  4. €180.6830 days
  5. €200.7421 days
  6. €191.8914 days
  7. €240.277 days
  8. €340.573 days
  9. €542.351 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €180.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 200 percent. The most expensive point is €542.35, 1 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.
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. €279.80Sun
  2. €243.22Mon
  3. €220.21Tue
  4. €200.74Wed
  5. €307.53Thu
  6. €239.09Fri
  7. €305.17Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Aktobe

Air
  • AKX

Shymkent

Air
  • CIT
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,062 km against 1,298 km in a straight line, a detour of 59 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Astana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Aktobe at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Aktobe to Shymkent

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 Aktobe to Shymkent take?

The Flight from Aktobe to Shymkent takes 7h 35m door to door, of which 3h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 2,062 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 Aktobe to Shymkent cost?

The Flight from Aktobe to Shymkent starts at €190.12 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €190.12. 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 Aktobe to Shymkent?

1 operators run the Flight from Aktobe to Shymkent: Scat Air. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Aktobe to Shymkent use?

The Flight from Aktobe to Shymkent leaves from Aktobe International Airport AKX and arrives at Shymkent International Airport CIT. 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 Aktobe to Shymkent?

Fares for the Flight from Aktobe to Shymkent bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €180.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 200 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Aktobe to Shymkent produce?

The Flight from Aktobe to Shymkent produces about 431.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2062 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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 labeled 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 Aktobe to Shymkent on September 23, 2026: 2062 km of route against 1298 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €190.12, and 7h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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