Ankara to Baku runs about 14 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 18:33. One passenger pays between €114.01 and €116.37, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 27m over 1,490 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€114.01 to €116.37
- 218%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ankara
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.
- 06:06First departure
- 18:33Last departure
- 14Services per day
- 86%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €304.58Sun20
- about €232.01Mon21
- about €219.03Tue22
- about €195.43Wed23
- about €236.73Thu24
- about €217.85Fri25
- about €232.60Sat26
- about €173.60Sun27
- about €160.62Mon28
- about €144.10Tue29
- about €158.26Wed30
- about €180.68Thu1
- about €174.19Fri2
- about €176.55Sat3
- about €131.71Sun4
- about €114.01Mon5
- about €122.86Tue6
- about €118.73Wed7
- about €155.90Thu8
- about €145.87Fri9
- about €141.74Sat10
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 Baku. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Baku for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Baku railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ankara to Baku
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €145.8790 days
- €98.0860 days
- €95.7245 days
- €102.2130 days
- €141.7421 days
- €176.5514 days
- €232.607 days
- €219.033 days
- €304.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €95.72.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 218 percent. The most expensive point is €304.58, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ankara to Baku and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
1,490 km
1,447 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
3,517,182 → 2,351,300
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,490 km against 1,447 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 Trabzon, Tbilisi, Antalya, Istanbul. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Baggage storage near Baku railway station
Most of the points near Baku railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ankara to Baku
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 it take to get from Ankara to Baku?
The fastest journey from Ankara to Baku takes 5h 27m door to door, of which 2h 20m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 36m, 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 Ankara to Baku?
The cheapest fare from Ankara to Baku is €114.01, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €198.97. 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 Ankara to Baku?
The cheapest way from Ankara to Baku is by flight, at €114.01 for one passenger on October 5, 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 Ankara to Baku?
Fares from Ankara to Baku bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €95.72. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 218 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ankara to Baku?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ankara to Baku, at €144.10. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ankara to Baku?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ankara to Baku, at €96.31 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 service from Ankara to Baku?
No operator record names Ankara to Baku directly. AJet, Azerbaijan Airlines, Pegasus Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Ankara to Baku?
75 percent of the services we sell from Ankara to Baku are direct. The rest connect at Trabzon, Tbilisi, Antalya, Istanbul, with about 45 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 Ankara to Baku use?
Services from Ankara to Baku by flight leave from Ankara ESB and arrive at Baku GYD. 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 Ankara to Baku?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Ankara to Baku 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Ankara to Baku on September 19, 2026: 1490 km of route against 1447 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €114.01, and 5h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Baku a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Baku and across Azerbaijan
Day trips that leave Baku in the morning and cover a good part of Azerbaijan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ankara reaches 128 places in 33 countries on services we hold, over distances from 56 to 3,582 km. Baku reaches 68 places in 33 countries, from 95 to 6,286 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ankara
- 128Places you can leave for
- 33Countries
- 18Operators
Arriving in Baku
Leaving Baku
- 68Places you can leave for
- 33Countries
- 32Operators