✈ IST → FCO
2H 47M FLIGHT. JUST ENOUGH TIME TO REGRET CHECKING A BAG.
Flight from Istanbul to Rome
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Rome → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Rome?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Rome (FCO) takes about 2 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 854 miles (1,374 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 47m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
854 mi
1,374 km · great-circle
Avg speed
492 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Rome timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× 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 → Prague
- Istanbul → Munich
- Istanbul → Milan
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 Rome
Nearest origins
- Milan → Rome
- Zurich → Rome
- Munich → Rome
- Vienna → Rome
- Budapest → Rome
- Barcelona → Rome
- Prague → Rome
- Frankfurt → Rome
- Athens → Rome
- Paris → Rome
Long-haul to Rome
- Auckland → Rome
- Sydney → Rome
- Melbourne → Rome
- Santiago → Rome
- Bali (Denpasar) → Rome
- Buenos Aires → Rome
- Manila → Rome
- Mexico City → Rome
- Los Angeles → Rome
- San Francisco → Rome