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✈ LAX → IST

13H 51M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
13h 51m
Distance
6,836 mi
Or
11,002 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from Los Angeles to Istanbul

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

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Los Angeles

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 13 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,836 miles (11,002 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 51m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,836 mi

11,002 km · great-circle

Avg speed

795 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Los Angeles timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

Time difference

+10h

10 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~10d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1628 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1881 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 451 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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