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✈ ATL → IST

11H 45M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 45m
Distance
5,745 mi
Or
9,246 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Atlanta to Istanbul

From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America  →  Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Atlanta

How long is the flight from Atlanta to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 11 hours 45 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,745 miles (9,246 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 45m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,745 mi

9,246 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Atlanta timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1368 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1581 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 379 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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