✈ OTP → IST
1H 13M FLIGHT. THE BOARDING TAKES LONGER.
Flight from Bucharest to Istanbul
From Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Bucharest
How long is the flight from Bucharest to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Bucharest (OTP) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 1 hour 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 265 miles (426 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
1h 13m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
265 mi
426 km · great-circle
Avg speed
352 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Bucharest timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Bucharest
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 Bucharest
Nearest destinations
- Bucharest → Budapest
- Bucharest → Athens
- Bucharest → Vienna
- Bucharest → Warsaw
- Bucharest → Prague
- Bucharest → Rome
- Bucharest → Munich
- Bucharest → Berlin
- Bucharest → Milan
- Bucharest → Zurich
Long-haul from Bucharest
- Bucharest → Auckland
- Bucharest → Sydney
- Bucharest → Melbourne
- Bucharest → Santiago
- Bucharest → Buenos Aires
- Bucharest → Mexico City
- Bucharest → Bali (Denpasar)
- Bucharest → Los Angeles
- Bucharest → São Paulo
- Bucharest → San Francisco
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Flights to Istanbul
Nearest origins
- Athens → 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