✈ ATH → IST
1H 25M IN ECONOMY. YOUR KNEES WILL REMEMBER.
Flight from Athens to Istanbul
From Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Athens
How long is the flight from Athens to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Athens (ATH) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 1 hour 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 344 miles (554 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
1h 25m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
344 mi
554 km · great-circle
Avg speed
389 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Athens
Nearest destinations
- Athens → Bucharest
- Athens → Rome
- Athens → Cairo
- Athens → Budapest
- Athens → Tel Aviv
- Athens → Vienna
- Athens → Munich
- Athens → Milan
- Athens → Prague
- Athens → Warsaw
Long-haul from Athens
- Athens → Auckland
- Athens → Sydney
- Athens → Melbourne
- Athens → Santiago
- Athens → Buenos Aires
- Athens → Mexico City
- Athens → Los Angeles
- Athens → San Francisco
- Athens → Las Vegas
- Athens → Bali (Denpasar)
More flights to Europe
Flights to Istanbul
Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Budapest → Istanbul
- Tel Aviv → Istanbul
- Vienna → Istanbul
- Cairo → Istanbul
- Warsaw → Istanbul
- Rome → Istanbul
- Prague → Istanbul
- Munich → Istanbul
- Milan → Istanbul
Long-haul to Istanbul
- Auckland → Istanbul
- Sydney → Istanbul
- Melbourne → Istanbul
- Santiago → Istanbul
- Buenos Aires → Istanbul
- Mexico City → Istanbul
- Los Angeles → Istanbul
- San Francisco → Istanbul
- Las Vegas → Istanbul
- São Paulo → Istanbul