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✈ SFO → IST

13H 34M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,689 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
13h 34m
Distance
6,689 mi
Or
10,765 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from San Francisco to Istanbul

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

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 13 hours 34 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,689 miles (10,765 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 34m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,689 mi

10,765 km · great-circle

Avg speed

794 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco 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 1593 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1841 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 441 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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