Route · KZ

Almaty to Shymkent

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 17.

Getting from Almaty to Shymkent

Somewhere to stay in Shymkent partner Left luggage in Shymkent Everywhere from Almaty Everywhere from Shymkent

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Air Astana, Scat Air ALA → CIT 626 km non-stop 319 320 735 in the air 2 h 47 est. rate not held 488 km/h average

Other ways to reach Shymkent

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Shymkent without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Aktau – Shymkent 2 h 22 Scat Air

Novosibirsk – Shymkent 2 h 38 S7 Airlines

Moscow – Shymkent 3 h 52 Scat Air, Transaero Airlines

St. Petersburg – Shymkent 4 h 36 Japan Asia Airways

And other ways to reach Almaty

Taraz – Almaty 1 h 05 Scat Air

Tashkent – Almaty 1 h 21 Air Astana

Karaganda – Almaty 1 h 27 Air Astana

Semey – Almaty 1 h 31 Scat Air

Ürümqi – Almaty 1 h 33 Air Astana

Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) – Almaty 1 h 34 Air Astana

Dushanbe – Almaty 1 h 35 Air Astana

Zhezkazgan – Almaty 1 h 35 Scat Air

Kyzylorda – Almaty 1 h 40 Air Astana

Kokshetau – Almaty 2 h 03 Scat Air

Where else these quays go

Also from Almaty

Abu Dhabi · Aktau · Aktobe · Amsterdam · Atyrau · Baku · Bangkok · Beijing · Dushanbe · Frankfurt am Main · Istanbul · Karaganda · Kazan · Kokshetau

Also from Shymkent

Aktau · Moscow · Novosibirsk · St. Petersburg

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Almaty–Shymkent crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.