✈ MEL → IST
18H 11M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Melbourne to Istanbul
From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Melbourne
How long is the flight from Melbourne to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 18 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,097 miles (14,640 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
18h 11m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,097 mi
14,640 km · great-circle
Avg speed
805 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Melbourne timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Melbourne
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
Westward — easier
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 Melbourne
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Long-haul from Melbourne
- Melbourne → Lisbon
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- Melbourne → Madrid
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Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Istanbul
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- Warsaw → Istanbul
- Rome → Istanbul
- Prague → Istanbul
- Munich → Istanbul