✈ IST → LAX
ISTANBUL → LOS ANGELES IN 13H 51M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Istanbul to Los Angeles
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 13 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,836 miles (11,002 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,836 mi
11,002 km · great-circle
Avg speed
795 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-10h
10 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
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 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 → San Francisco
- Istanbul → Las Vegas
- Istanbul → São Paulo
- Istanbul → Cancun
More flights to North America
Flights to Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
- San Francisco → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Vancouver → Los Angeles
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Chicago → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Toronto → Los Angeles
Long-haul to Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Kuala Lumpur → Los Angeles
- Singapore → Los Angeles
- Mumbai → Los Angeles
- Bali (Denpasar) → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Doha → Los Angeles