✈ MAD → IST
3H 58M IN THE SKY. THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU WILL TALK.
Flight from Madrid to Istanbul
From Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Madrid
How long is the flight from Madrid to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Madrid (MAD) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 3 hours 58 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,680 miles (2,703 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
3h 58m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,680 mi
2,703 km · great-circle
Avg speed
681 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Madrid timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
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 Madrid
Nearest destinations
- Madrid → Barcelona
- Madrid → Lisbon
- Madrid → Casablanca
- Madrid → Paris
- Madrid → Milan
- Madrid → Zurich
- Madrid → London
- Madrid → Brussels
- Madrid → Rome
- Madrid → Frankfurt
Long-haul from Madrid
- Madrid → Auckland
- Madrid → Sydney
- Madrid → Melbourne
- Madrid → Bali (Denpasar)
- Madrid → Manila
- Madrid → Singapore
- Madrid → Kuala Lumpur
- Madrid → Tokyo
- Madrid → Taipei
- Madrid → Santiago
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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