✈ KIX → IST
11H 10M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,433 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Osaka to Istanbul
From Kansai (KIX), Japan Asia → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Osaka
How long is the flight from Osaka to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Osaka (KIX) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 11 hours 10 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,433 miles (8,744 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 10m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,433 mi
8,744 km · great-circle
Avg speed
784 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Osaka timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Tokyo
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
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.
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- Osaka → Kuala Lumpur
Long-haul from Osaka
- Osaka → São Paulo
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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