✈ IST → ICN
ISTANBUL → SEOUL: 10H 11M, 4,923 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Istanbul to Seoul
From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe → Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Seoul → Istanbul
How long is the flight from Istanbul to Seoul?
A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Seoul (ICN) takes about 10 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,923 miles (7,923 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 11m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,923 mi
7,923 km · great-circle
Avg speed
778 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
Eastward — worse
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 → Los Angeles
- Istanbul → San Francisco
- Istanbul → Las Vegas
- Istanbul → São Paulo
More flights to Asia
Flights to Seoul
Nearest origins
- Shanghai → Seoul
- Osaka → Seoul
- Beijing → Seoul
- Tokyo → Seoul
- Taipei → Seoul
- Hong Kong → Seoul
- Manila → Seoul
- Bangkok → Seoul
- Kuala Lumpur → Seoul
- Singapore → Seoul
Long-haul to Seoul
- Buenos Aires → Seoul
- Santiago → Seoul
- São Paulo → Seoul
- Rio de Janeiro → Seoul
- Cape Town → Seoul
- Cancun → Seoul
- Miami → Seoul
- Johannesburg → Seoul
- Mexico City → Seoul
- Atlanta → Seoul