There are 6 ways to get from Zhangye to Almaty by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly from Zhangye Ghanzhou Airport
best- Fly from Zhangye Ghanzhou Airport (YZY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane YZY - ALA
13h 13m$311–1,013Train, bus, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Zhangye Station to Turfantrain
- Take the train from Turpan to Ürümqi Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Urumchi North to Bolebus
- Drive from Bole to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Almaty 2train
2d 5h$66–126Train, drive
- Take the train from Zhangye to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yiningtrain
- Drive from Yining to Altynkolcar
- Take the train from Altynkol to Almaty 1train
27h 17m$69–120Drive 2,384.4 km
- Drive from Zhangye to Almatycar 2,384.4 km
23h 31m$301–434Train to Jiayuguan Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zhangye West Station to Jiayuguan Southtrain
- Fly from Jiayuguan Airport (JGN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane JGN - ALA
16h 19m$154–445Train to Jinchang, fly
- Take the train from Zhangye West Station to Jinchangtrain
- Fly from Jinchang (JIC) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane JIC - ALA
17h 56m$188–630
Zhangye Ghanzhou Airport (YZY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zhangye to Almaty is to train and drive which costs $65 - $120 and takes 27h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Zhangye to Almaty is to fly which takes 13h 13m and costs $310 - $1,100.
The distance between Zhangye and Almaty is 2078 km. The road distance is 2384.4 km.
It takes approximately 13h 13m to get from Zhangye to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 3h behind Zhangye. It is currently 4:42 AM in Zhangye and 1:42 AM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Zhangye to Almaty is 2384 km. It takes approximately 23h 31m to drive from Zhangye to Almaty.
There are 3588+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Zhangye, China and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Tianjin Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and China Eastern Airlines fly from Zhangye Ghanzhou Airport (YZY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 5 times a week.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Zhangye Ghanzhou Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Zhangye Ghanzhou Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Jiayuguan Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–420
Flights from Jiayuguan Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Jiayuguan Airport to Almaty International Airport via Lanzhou, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Jinchang to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Jinchang to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Jinchang to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Zhangye Ghanzhou Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Zhangye Ghanzhou Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Jiayuguan Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–420
Flights from Jiayuguan Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Jinchang to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Jinchang to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Jiayuguan Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Jiayuguan Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–600
Train from Zhangye to Ürümqi
- Hard Seat
- $20–30
- Hard Sleeper
- $40–50
- Soft Sleeper
- $60–90
Train from Zhangye to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–50
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $19–28
- Hard Sleeper
- $40–50
- Soft Sleeper
- $60–75
Train from Zhangye Station to Turfan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $21–30
- Hard Sleeper
- $40–55
- Soft Sleeper
- $65–85
Train from Ürümqi to Yining
- Adult - second class
- $28–40
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Altynkol to Almaty 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
Train from Zhangye West Station to Jiayuguan South
- Hard Seat
- $4–7
- Hard sleeper
- $9–13
- Soft sleeper
- $15–21
Train from Zhangye West Station to Jinchang
- Hard Seat
- $5–7
- Hard sleeper
- $10–15
- Soft sleeper
- $17–23
Train from Turpan to Ürümqi Station
- Hard Seat
- $3–5
- Hard sleeper
- $7–11
- Soft sleeper
- $13–17
- Phone
- +86 010-12306
- Website
- china-railway.com.cn
Train from Turpan to Ürümqi Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–10
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Dostyk to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $18–24
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $13–19
- Website
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Urumchi North to Bole
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
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