✈ LIS → IST
4H 34M, 1,996 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.
Flight from Lisbon to Istanbul
From Humberto Delgado (LIS), Portugal Europe → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Lisbon
How long is the flight from Lisbon to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Lisbon (LIS) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 4 hours 34 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,996 miles (3,212 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 34m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,996 mi
3,212 km · great-circle
Avg speed
702 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Lisbon timezone
UTC+1
Europe/Lisbon
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Lisbon
Nearest destinations
- Lisbon → Madrid
- Lisbon → Casablanca
- Lisbon → Barcelona
- Lisbon → Paris
- Lisbon → London
- Lisbon → Dublin
- Lisbon → Milan
- Lisbon → Manchester
- Lisbon → Brussels
- Lisbon → Zurich
Long-haul from Lisbon
- Lisbon → Auckland
- Lisbon → Sydney
- Lisbon → Melbourne
- Lisbon → Bali (Denpasar)
- Lisbon → Manila
- Lisbon → Singapore
- Lisbon → Kuala Lumpur
- Lisbon → Taipei
- Lisbon → Tokyo
- Lisbon → Osaka
More flights to Europe
Flights to Istanbul
Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Athens → Istanbul
- Budapest → Istanbul
- Tel Aviv → Istanbul
- Vienna → Istanbul
- Cairo → Istanbul
- Warsaw → Istanbul
- Rome → Istanbul
- Prague → Istanbul
- Munich → Istanbul
Long-haul to 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 → Istanbul