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✈ IST → SFO

13H 34M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
13h 34m
Distance
6,689 mi
Or
10,765 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from Istanbul to San Francisco

From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Istanbul

How long is the flight from Istanbul to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 13 hours 34 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,689 miles (10,765 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 34m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,689 mi

10,765 km · great-circle

Avg speed

794 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

San Francisco 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.

✈ Flight 1593 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1841 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 441 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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