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✈ EDI → IST

4H 7M IN THE SKY. THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU WILL TALK.

Flight time
4h 7m
Distance
1,758 mi
Or
2,830 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Edinburgh to Istanbul

From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe  →  Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Edinburgh

How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 4 hours 7 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,758 miles (2,830 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

4h 7m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

1,758 mi

2,830 km · great-circle

Avg speed

687 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 345 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 484 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 116 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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