✈ IST → LHR
3H 43M, 1,546 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.
Flight from Istanbul to London
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe
↔ Flying the other way? London → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to London?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to London (LHR) takes about 3 hours 43 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,546 miles (2,488 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
3h 43m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,546 mi
2,488 km · great-circle
Avg speed
670 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
London timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
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
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Flights to London
Nearest origins
- Manchester → London
- Paris → London
- Brussels → London
- Amsterdam → London
- Dublin → London
- Edinburgh → London
- Frankfurt → London
- Zurich → London
- Milan → London
- Munich → London
Long-haul to London
- Auckland → London
- Sydney → London
- Melbourne → London
- Bali (Denpasar) → London
- Santiago → London
- Buenos Aires → London
- Singapore → London
- Manila → London
- Kuala Lumpur → London
- Taipei → London