Fastest€56.19
- CityJet CJ575506:471h 8m07:55Cardiff CWLGlasgow GLA
Door to door 4h 18mCO2 125.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Cardiff to Glasgow flight
Flights from Cardiff to Glasgow start at €60.91 and take 4h 18m at their fastest.
The Flights from Cardiff to Glasgow starts at €60.91 and takes 4h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 508 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 18mDoor to door
- 1h 8mMoving
- €60.91From
- 125.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CityJet | €47.34 | 4h 14m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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Rooms within reach of Glasgow Central
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When to book Cardiff to Glasgow
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.0890 days
- €18.3360 days
- €19.9845 days
- €22.1830 days
- €27.1321 days
- €35.3814 days
- €46.387 days
- €45.833 days
- €52.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 189 percent. The most expensive point is €52.98, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €44.18Sun
- €27.68Mon
- €33.18Tue
- €36.48Wed
- €35.93Thu
- €35.38Fri
- €39.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cardiff
Air
- CWL
Glasgow
Air
- GLA
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 508 km against 493 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Widnes, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Preston. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Cardiff at 06:47 and the last at 06:47, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 18m | 1h 8m | 3h 10m | €60.91 | 125.0 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 7h 53m | 7h 9m | 44m | €27.68 | 13.3 kg | 1 |
Questions about Cardiff to Glasgow
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 Cardiff to Glasgow take?
The Flight from Cardiff to Glasgow takes 4h 18m door to door, of which 1h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 508 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 Cardiff to Glasgow cost?
The Flight from Cardiff to Glasgow starts at €60.91 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €56.19. 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 Cardiff to Glasgow?
1 operators run the Flight from Cardiff to Glasgow: CityJet. Between them they file around 1 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 Cardiff to Glasgow use?
The Flight from Cardiff to Glasgow leaves from Cardiff CWL and arrives at Glasgow GLA. 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.
Is the Flight the best way from Cardiff to Glasgow?
Traveling from Cardiff to Glasgow by Coach costs €27.68 and takes 7h 53m door to door, against 4h 18m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Cardiff to Glasgow?
Fares for the Flight from Cardiff to Glasgow bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 189 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Cardiff to Glasgow produce?
The Flight from Cardiff to Glasgow produces about 125.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 508 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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cardiff to Glasgow on September 11, 2026: 508 km of route against 493 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €60.91, and 4h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Getting from GLA into Glasgow?
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