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Flights to Bayan-Ölgii & the Altai
Protected by designMongolia · Central Asia
Kazakh eagle hunters in Mongolia's far west, glaciated peaks, and ger camps you reach after two days of driving on no road in particular.
Nonstop reach0 airports
Via URC77 nonstops
Quiet by design: caps, permits, or a price that keeps it that way. Plan further ahead; it will still be there.
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Where are you flying from?
Amber: nonstops into URC (hub URC) · Blue: your route
Open in appNo scheduled jet service into ULG. Fly to URC (Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport) — 77 airports fly there nonstop — then continue on.
Via URC — Urumqi
Urumqi is the hub for Bayan-Ölgii & the Altai: 77 airports fly there nonstop, then you continue on.
Show the 40 nearest as a list
| From | Airport | Airlines | Flight time |
|---|---|---|---|
| KaramayChina | KRY | Empresa Ecuatoriana De Aviación | ~55m |
| KorlaChina | KRL | China Express Airlines, China Southern Airlines | ~56m |
| AltayChina | AAT | China Southern Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~1h 8m |
| TachengChina | TCG | China Southern Airlines, Empresa Ecuatoriana De Aviación, Tianjin Airlines | ~1h 9m |
| KuqaChina | KCA | China Southern Airlines | ~1h 10m |
| BurqinChina | KJI | Empresa Ecuatoriana De Aviación | ~1h 12m |
| YiningChina | YIN | China Southern Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~1h 13m |
| HamiChina | HMI | China Express Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~1h 15m |
| AksuChina | AKU | China Southern Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~1h 26m |
| Alma-ataKazakhstan | ALA | Air Astana, China Southern Airlines | ~1h 40m |
| HotanChina | HTN | China Southern Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~1h 52m |
| KashiChina | KHG | Air China, Chengdu Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Lucky Air, Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Urumqi Airlines | ~1h 57m |
| YarkantChina | QSZ | China Southern Airlines | ~1h 57m |
| OshKyrgyzstan | OSS | China Southern Airlines | ~2h 12m |
| JinchuanChina | JIC | Tianjin Airlines | ~2h 21m |
| ChimkentKazakhstan | CIT | SCAT Airlines | ~2h 28m |
| XiningChina | XNN | Air China, Sichuan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~2h 29m |
| TashkentUzbekistan | TAS | Air China, China Southern Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways | ~2h 32m |
| LanzhouChina | LHW | China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Lucky Air, Qingdao Airlines, Spring Airlines | ~2h 38m |
| DushanbeTajikistan | DYU | China Southern Airlines | ~2h 43m |
| IslamabadPakistan | ISB | China Southern Airlines | ~2h 46m |
| KabulAfghanistan | KBL | Ariana Afghan Airlines | ~2h 59m |
| HohhotChina | HET | China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~3h 10m |
| MianyangChina | MIG | Sichuan Airlines, Urumqi Airlines | ~3h 13m |
| ChengduChina | CTU | Air China, Empresa Ecuatoriana De Aviación, Sichuan Airlines | ~3h 14m |
| Xi'anChina | XIY | China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Potomac Air, Sichuan Airlines, Spring Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~3h 17m |
| TaiyuanChina | TYN | China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines | ~3h 25m |
| AnkangChina | AKA | Tianjin Airlines | ~3h 27m |
| YunchengChina | YCU | Air China | ~3h 27m |
| ChongqingChina | CKG | Air China, China Express Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, West Air (China) | ~3h 33m |
| LuzhouChina | LZO | Sichuan Airlines | ~3h 33m |
| ShijiazhuangChina | SJW | Beijing Capital Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Hebei Airlines, Spring Airlines | ~3h 36m |
| BeijingChina | PEK | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Sichuan Airlines | ~3h 42m |
| BeijingChina | PKX | Beijing Capital Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, China United Airlines | ~3h 43m |
| ZhengzhouChina | CGO | China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Lucky Air, Suparna Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, West Air (China) | ~3h 46m |
| AshkhabadTurkmenistan | ASB | China Southern Airlines | ~3h 49m |
| KunmingChina | KMG | China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines | ~3h 49m |
| XiangfanChina | XFN | Tianjin Airlines | ~3h 49m |
| ZunyiChina | ZYI | Tianjin Airlines | ~3h 49m |
| TianjinChina | TSN | Air China, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Xiamen Airlines | ~3h 50m |
Showing the 40 nearest of 77.
Routings from major airports
| From | Stops | Via | Door to door |
|---|---|---|---|
Dallas-Fort WorthDFW
| 2 stops | FRA → URC | ~20h 28m |
New YorkJFK
| 2 stops | TAS → URC | ~17h 31m |
Los AngelesLAX
| 2 stops | PEK → URC | ~18h 30m |
MiamiMIA
| 2 stops | FRA → URC | ~19h 50m |
ChicagoORD
| 2 stops | FRA → URC | ~18h 49m |
LondonLHR
| 2 stops | FRA → URC | ~10h 43m |
TorontoYYZ
| 2 stops | FRA → URC | ~18h 1m |
Why it's still quiet
Kazakh eagle hunters in Mongolia's far west, glaciated peaks, and ger camps you reach after two days of driving on no road in particular.
The friction
The festival is heavily photographed now — go for the valleys, not the event.
Questions
- Is there a nonstop flight to Bayan-Ölgii & the Altai?
- Not by jet. The nearest airport with scheduled service is URC (Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport), then an onward connection.
- Which airport do you fly into for Bayan-Ölgii & the Altai?
- ULG — Ulgii Mongolei Airport. Most travelers connect through URC (Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport).
- When is the best time to visit Bayan-Ölgii & the Altai?
- The festival is heavily photographed now — go for the valleys, not the event.
- What does Bayan-Ölgii & the Altai cost per day?
- Varies by season.
- Why is Bayan-Ölgii & the Altai still quiet?
- Kazakh eagle hunters in Mongolia's far west, glaciated peaks, and ger camps you reach after two days of driving on no road in particular.