✈ IST → MEX
14H 19M, 7,077 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Istanbul to Mexico City
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Mexico City → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Mexico City?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Mexico City (MEX) takes about 14 hours 19 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,077 miles (11,389 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 19m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,077 mi
11,389 km · great-circle
Avg speed
796 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Mexico City timezone
UTC-6
America/Mexico_City
Time difference
-9h
9 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~6.3d
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 → Los Angeles
- Istanbul → San Francisco
- Istanbul → Las Vegas
- Istanbul → São Paulo
- Istanbul → Cancun
More flights to North America
Flights to Mexico City
Nearest origins
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Dallas → Mexico City
- Miami → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Las Vegas → Mexico City
- Los Angeles → Mexico City
- Chicago → Mexico City
- San Francisco → Mexico City
- Toronto → Mexico City
- New York → Mexico City
Long-haul to Mexico City
- Kuala Lumpur → Mexico City
- Singapore → Mexico City
- Bali (Denpasar) → Mexico City
- Bangkok → Mexico City
- Mumbai → Mexico City
- Nairobi → Mexico City
- Delhi → Mexico City
- Johannesburg → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Dubai → Mexico City