There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Astana by plane, bus, taxi, train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane BSL - NQZ
11h 43m$215–656Bus, taxi, train
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to München, ZOBbus
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Kabardinkabus
- Take the taxi from Kabardinka to Krymskayataxi
- Take the train from Krymskaya to Omsk-Passtrain
- Take the bus from Omsk Bus station to Saparzhai bus stationbus
6d 6h$327–577Drive 5,240.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Astanacar 5,240.7 km
2d 13h$1,057–1,527Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane ZRH - NQZ
12h 41m$221–620Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane FRA - NQZ
12h 18m$303–886Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane GVA - NQZ
15h 59m$300–863Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane STR - NQZ
15h 45m$338–854Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Astanacar
2d 19h$862–1,333
Basel (BSL) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Astana is to train and fly which costs $220 - $650 and takes 12h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Astana is to fly which takes 11h 43m and costs $210 - $700.
The distance between Basel and Astana is 4530 km. The road distance is 5240.7 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Astana without a car is to bus and taxi and train which takes 6 days 6h and costs $320 - $600.
It takes approximately 11h 43m to get from Basel to Astana, including transfers.
Astana is 4h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:11 PM in Basel and 1:11 AM in Astana.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Astana is 5241 km. It takes approximately 2 days 13h to drive from Basel to Astana.
There are 2824+ hotels available in Astana.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Astana, Kazakhstan?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Uralsk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Basel to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Zurich Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Krymskaya to Omsk-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $350–490
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $90–120
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $110–170
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $70–110
- 2nd Class
- $50–70
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- $20–29
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to München, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $52–57
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Minsktrans
Bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Book at
- Infobus
- Website
- Minsktrans
- Schedules at
- Minsktrans
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Omsk Bus station to Saparzhai bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Estimated price
- $11–14
Citymobil
- Phone
- +7 861 205-55-55
- Website
- city-mobil.ru
Maxim
- Phone
- +7 8617 22-22-22
- Website
- taximaxim.ru
Yandex Taxi
- Phone
- +7 8617 26-00-00
- Website
- taxi.yandex.ru
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