Cheapest€70.94
- Iraqi Airways IA768306:331h 25m07:58Basrah BSRErbil EBL
Door to door 4h 35mCO2 183.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Traveling from Basra to Erbil costs €70.94 at the cheapest and takes 4h 31m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 744 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 744 km
- Fastest
- 4h 31m
- Average
- 4h 36m
- Services per day
- 2
- Cheapest
- €70.94
- CO2 per passenger
- 183.0 kg
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.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 35m | 1h 25m | 3h 10m | €75.66 | 183.0 kg | 2 |
- 4h 35mFastest, by Flight
- €75.66Cheapest, by Flight
- 183.0 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 744 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
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 Basra to Erbil | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €178.32 | €171.83 | €149.41 | €108.70 | €115.78 | €142.33 | €124.63 | €126.40 | €112.24 | €95.72 | €97.49 | €75.66 | €114.60 | €107.52 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €70.94
The flight gets you into Erbil. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Rooms within reach of Erbil - bnalsawa
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Basra to Erbil
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €81.5690 days
- €52.0660 days
- €68.5845 days
- €88.6430 days
- €93.9521 days
- €107.5214 days
- €124.637 days
- €149.413 days
- €178.321 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.06.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 243 percent. The most expensive point is €178.32, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €95.72Sun
- €97.49Mon
- €75.66Tue
- €114.60Wed
- €107.52Thu
- €126.40Fri
- €112.24Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €115.78Sep
- €74.48Oct
- €81.56Nov
- €66.81Dec
- €66.22Jan
- €65.04Feb
The route
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 744 km against 722 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 Baghdad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Basra at 06:33 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Basrah
Rail
- Al Maqal Railway Station
Bus
- محطة باصات العشار
- كراج بغداد - الكراج الموحد
Air
- BSR
Erbil
Bus
- Erbil - bnalsawa
- kasnazan erbil bus station
Air
- EBL
Erbil is large, and the road in from EBL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
Getting from EBL into Erbil?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Erbil costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
Book a ride from EBL with Welcome PickupsOr check Daytrip
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Who runs this route
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iraqi Airways | €70.94 | 4h 31m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €52.50 | 74% |
| Taxes | €9.45 | 13% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 10% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 3% |
| Total you pay | €70.94 | 100% |
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Somewhere to drop the bags in Erbil?
Most of the points near Erbil - bnalsawa open before the first train and close after the last one.
Check Erbil on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Basra to Erbil
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 Basra to Erbil?
The fastest journey from Basra to Erbil takes 4h 31m door to door, of which 1h 25m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 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 Basra to Erbil?
The cheapest fare from Basra to Erbil is €70.94, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €108.70. 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 Basra to Erbil?
The cheapest way from Basra to Erbil is by Flight, at €75.66 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 35m 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 Basra to Erbil?
Fares from Basra to Erbil bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €52.06. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 243 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 Basra to Erbil?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Basra to Erbil, at €75.66. 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 Basra to Erbil?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Basra to Erbil, at €65.04 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 Basra to Erbil?
1 operators sell services from Basra to Erbil 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 Basra to Erbil?
50 percent of the services we sell from Basra to Erbil are direct. The rest connect at Baghdad, with about 74 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 Basra to Erbil use?
Services from Basra to Erbil by Flight leave from Basrah BSR and arrive at Erbil EBL. 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 Basra to Erbil?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Basra to Erbil 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 Basra to Erbil on September 10, 2026: 744 km of route against 722 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €70.94, and 4h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Erbil and elsewhere in Iraq. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Erbil before you go
Day trips that leave Erbil in the morning and cover a good part of Iraq by evening.
See Erbil on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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Other ways to make this journey
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