✈ CDG → IST
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Flight from Paris to Istanbul
From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Paris
How long is the flight from Paris to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 3 hours 23 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,376 miles (2,214 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
3h 23m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,376 mi
2,214 km · great-circle
Avg speed
654 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
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 Paris
Nearest destinations
- Paris → Brussels
- Paris → London
- Paris → Amsterdam
- Paris → Frankfurt
- Paris → Zurich
- Paris → Manchester
- Paris → Milan
- Paris → Munich
- Paris → Dublin
- Paris → Prague
Long-haul from Paris
- Paris → Auckland
- Paris → Sydney
- Paris → Melbourne
- Paris → Bali (Denpasar)
- Paris → Santiago
- Paris → Buenos Aires
- Paris → Manila
- Paris → Singapore
- Paris → Kuala Lumpur
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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