Travel to Astana

Every way to reach Astana: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Astana is reachable from 45 places across 17 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 17 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €33.89 and the fastest takes 2h 8m door to door. The nearest origin is 165 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Astana

Every mode that actually calls at Astana, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train26€33.892h 8m1,006 km2
Flight58€56.784h 9m5,556 km15
  • 45Places you can arrive from
  • 45Places you can leave for
  • 17Countries
  • 17Operators

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

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Astana-1 station

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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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km810%Temirtau, 165 km
200 to 600 km1214%Shchuchinsk, 213 km
600 to 1,500 km2935%Rudnyy, 603 km
Over 1,500 km3542%Aktau, 1731 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Astana that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Kazakhstan4857%
Russia56%
Türkiye56%
China34%
Thailand34%
United Arab Emirates22%
Belgium22%
Belarus22%
Egypt22%
United Kingdom22%
Hungary22%
Kyrgyzstan22%
Poland22%
Germany11%
Hong Kong SAR China11%
India11%
Japan11%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Astana

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

Astana

Rail
  • Astana-1 station
  • Astana Nurly Zhol station
Bus
  • Автобусный парк №3
  • микрорайон Акбулак 2
Air
  • NQZ
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Astana

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Astana, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Temirtau to Astana train€33.892h 8m165 km
Saran to Astana train€37.192h 27m182 km
Shakhtinsk to Astana train€37.192h 18m183 km
Karaganda to Astana train€39.392h 23m193 km
Shchūchīnsk to Astana train€39.392h 28m213 km
Pavlodar to Astana flight€56.784h 9m399 km
Kostanay to Astana flight€65.634h 22m579 km
Arqalyk to Astana train€66.893h 28m336 km
Kostanay to Astana train€72.944h 51m579 km
Balqash to Astana train€89.995h 35m546 km
Almaty to Astana flight€99.264h 50m973 km
Kyzylorda to Astana flight€99.854h 45m830 km
Rudnyy to Astana train€99.885h 44m603 km
Shymkent to Astana flight€101.034h 52m996 km
Ust-Kamenogorsk to Astana flight€104.574h 41m799 km
Aktobe to Astana flight€106.934h 54m1,006 km

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Astana?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Astana

Common questions about Travel to Astana

How can I get to Astana?

Astana is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 45 places, across 17 countries, on services run by 17 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Astana?

The cheapest way into Astana is by train, from €33.89 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 45 origins we sell into Astana over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Astana?

The fastest journey into Astana is by train, at 2h 8m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 165 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Astana have?

Astana has 5 named terminals on our network, including 2 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Astana-1 station, Astana Nurly Zhol station, NQZ. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Astana from within 200 km?

8 of the routes we sell into Astana start within 200 km. The nearest is Temirtau, 165 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Astana in Kazakhstan?

Astana connects to 45 places on our network across 17 countries, the furthest of them 5,556 km away in a straight line. Kazakhstan routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Kazakhstan

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Astana and elsewhere in Kazakhstan. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Astana before you go

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

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