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✈ SEA → IST

SEATTLE → ISTANBUL IN 12H 21M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
12h 21m
Distance
6,055 mi
Or
9,745 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from Seattle to Istanbul

From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America  →  Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Seattle

How long is the flight from Seattle to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 12 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,055 miles (9,745 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 21m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,055 mi

9,745 km · great-circle

Avg speed

789 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seattle 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 1442 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1666 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 400 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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