✈ DEL → IST
6H 11M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Delhi to Istanbul
From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Delhi
How long is the flight from Delhi to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 6 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,837 miles (4,565 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
6h 11m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,837 mi
4,565 km · great-circle
Avg speed
738 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Delhi timezone
UTC+5:30
Asia/Kolkata
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
-2.5h
2h 30m behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.8d
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.
Flights from Delhi
Nearest destinations
- Delhi → Mumbai
- Delhi → Dubai
- Delhi → Abu Dhabi
- Delhi → Doha
- Delhi → Bangkok
- Delhi → Hong Kong
- Delhi → Beijing
- Delhi → Kuala Lumpur
- Delhi → Tel Aviv
- Delhi → Singapore
Long-haul from Delhi
- Delhi → Santiago
- Delhi → Buenos Aires
- Delhi → Mexico City
- Delhi → São Paulo
- Delhi → Cancun
- Delhi → Rio de Janeiro
- Delhi → Miami
- Delhi → Dallas
- Delhi → Los Angeles
- Delhi → Atlanta
More flights to Europe
Flights to Istanbul
Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Athens → Istanbul
- Budapest → Istanbul
- Tel Aviv → Istanbul
- Vienna → Istanbul
- Cairo → Istanbul
- Warsaw → Istanbul
- Rome → Istanbul
- Prague → Istanbul
- Munich → 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