✈ AKL → IST
21H 4M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Auckland to Istanbul
From Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Auckland
How long is the flight from Auckland to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Auckland (AKL) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 21 hours 4 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,605 miles (17,067 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
21h 4m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,605 mi
17,067 km · great-circle
Avg speed
810 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Auckland timezone
UTC+12
Pacific/Auckland
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
-9h
9 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~6.3d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
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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Long-haul from Auckland
- Auckland → Lisbon
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Flights to Istanbul
Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Istanbul
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- Warsaw → Istanbul
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- Munich → Istanbul