✈ IST → DXB
4H 21M, 1,882 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.
Flight from Istanbul to Dubai
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Dubai → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Dubai?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Dubai (DXB) takes about 4 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,882 miles (3,028 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 21m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,882 mi
3,028 km · great-circle
Avg speed
695 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Istanbul
Nearest destinations
- Istanbul → Bucharest
- Istanbul → Athens
- Istanbul → Budapest
- Istanbul → Tel Aviv
- Istanbul → Vienna
- Istanbul → Cairo
- Istanbul → Warsaw
- Istanbul → Rome
- Istanbul → Prague
- Istanbul → Munich
Long-haul from Istanbul
- 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
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Flights to Dubai
Nearest origins
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Doha → Dubai
- Mumbai → Dubai
- Tel Aviv → Dubai
- Delhi → Dubai
- Cairo → Dubai
- Athens → Dubai
- Bucharest → Dubai
- Nairobi → Dubai
- Budapest → Dubai
Long-haul to Dubai
- Santiago → Dubai
- Mexico City → Dubai
- Auckland → Dubai
- Buenos Aires → Dubai
- Cancun → Dubai
- Los Angeles → Dubai
- Las Vegas → Dubai
- San Francisco → Dubai
- Dallas → Dubai
- Miami → Dubai