✈ IST → LIS
ISTANBUL → LISBON IN 4H 34M. PACK SNACKS. PACK PATIENCE.
Flight from Istanbul to Lisbon
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Humberto Delgado (LIS), Portugal Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Lisbon → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Lisbon?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Lisbon (LIS) takes about 4 hours 34 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,996 miles (3,212 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 34m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,996 mi
3,212 km · great-circle
Avg speed
702 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Lisbon timezone
UTC+1
Europe/Lisbon
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
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
More flights to Europe
Flights to Lisbon
Nearest origins
- Madrid → Lisbon
- Casablanca → Lisbon
- Barcelona → Lisbon
- Paris → Lisbon
- London → Lisbon
- Dublin → Lisbon
- Milan → Lisbon
- Manchester → Lisbon
- Brussels → Lisbon
- Zurich → Lisbon
Long-haul to Lisbon
- Auckland → Lisbon
- Sydney → Lisbon
- Melbourne → Lisbon
- Bali (Denpasar) → Lisbon
- Manila → Lisbon
- Singapore → Lisbon
- Kuala Lumpur → Lisbon
- Taipei → Lisbon
- Tokyo → Lisbon
- Osaka → Lisbon