Baghdad to Basra

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Baghdad to Basra. From €47.34, fastest 4h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Baghdad to Basra costs €47.34 at the cheapest and takes 4h 10m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 462 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
462 km
Fastest
4h 10m
Average
4h 12m
Services per day
2
Cheapest
€47.34
CO2 per passenger
113.7 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 11m1h 1m3h 10m€50.29113.7 kg2
  • 4h 11mFastest, by Flight
  • €50.29Cheapest, by Flight
  • 113.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 462 kmDistance traveled
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€47.34
  1. Iraqi Airways IA140306:331h 1m07:34Baghdad BGWBasrah BSR

Door to door 4h 11mCO2 113.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Baghdad to Basra
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Baghdad to BasraSatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25
Flight€105.75€107.52€70.94€80.38€83.92€98.67€65.04€73.30€62.68€63.86€50.29€69.17€82.74€62.09

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €47.34

Basra is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Basra

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Baghdad to Basra

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

  1. €56.7890 days
  2. €38.4960 days
  3. €42.6245 days
  4. €55.0130 days
  5. €54.4221 days
  6. €62.0914 days
  7. €65.047 days
  8. €70.943 days
  9. €105.751 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €38.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 175 percent. The most expensive point is €105.75, 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.
€105.75€38.491371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €62.68Sun
  2. €63.86Mon
  3. €56.19Tue
  4. €69.17Wed
  5. €82.74Thu
  6. €62.09Fri
  7. €73.30Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €80.38Sep
  2. €49.70Oct
  3. €49.11Nov
  4. €42.62Dec
  5. €44.39Jan
  6. €43.80Feb

The route

BaghdadBaghdadBasrahBasrah
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 462 km against 448 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Baghdad at 06:33 and the last at 14:46, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Baghdad

Rail
  • Baghdad railway station
Bus
  • New Baghdad Garage
  • AlNahtha Bus Station
Air
  • BGW
Ferry
  • Station A
  • Station B

Basrah

Rail
  • Al Maqal Railway Station
Bus
  • محطة باصات العشار
  • كراج بغداد - الكراج الموحد
Air
  • BSR

BSR is not in Basra, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from BSR into Basra?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Iraqi Airways€47.344h 10m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Iraqi Airways
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€32.5069%
Taxes€5.8512%
Supplier fees€7.0015%
Our service fee€1.994%
Total you pay€47.34100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Basra well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Basra?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Baghdad to Basra

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 Baghdad to Basra?

The fastest journey from Baghdad to Basra takes 4h 10m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 12m, 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 Baghdad to Basra?

The cheapest fare from Baghdad to Basra is €47.34, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €68.58. 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 Baghdad to Basra?

The cheapest way from Baghdad to Basra is by Flight, at €50.29 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 11m 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 Baghdad to Basra?

Fares from Baghdad to Basra bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €38.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 175 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Baghdad to Basra?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Baghdad to Basra, at €56.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Baghdad to Basra?

December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Baghdad to Basra, at €42.62 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 Baghdad to Basra?

1 operators sell services from Baghdad to Basra across 1 modes: Iraqi Airways. 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 Baghdad to Basra?

Every service we sell from Baghdad to Basra is direct, with around 2 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 10m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Baghdad to Basra use?

Services from Baghdad to Basra by Flight leave from Baghdad BGW and arrive at Basrah BSR. 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 Baghdad to Basra?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Baghdad to Basra 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

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Baghdad to Basra on September 11, 2026: 462 km of route against 448 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €47.34, and 4h 10m 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 Basra is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Basra

Day trips that leave Basra in the morning and cover a good part of Iraq by evening.

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