✈ TLV → IST
2H 27M IN ECONOMY. YOUR KNEES WILL REMEMBER.
Flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul
From Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Tel Aviv
How long is the flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 2 hours 27 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 725 miles (1,166 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 27m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
725 mi
1,166 km · great-circle
Avg speed
477 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Tel Aviv timezone
UTC+3
Asia/Jerusalem
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Tel Aviv
Nearest destinations
- Tel Aviv → Cairo
- Tel Aviv → Athens
- Tel Aviv → Bucharest
- Tel Aviv → Doha
- Tel Aviv → Abu Dhabi
- Tel Aviv → Dubai
- Tel Aviv → Budapest
- Tel Aviv → Rome
- Tel Aviv → Vienna
- Tel Aviv → Warsaw
Long-haul from Tel Aviv
- Tel Aviv → Auckland
- Tel Aviv → Sydney
- Tel Aviv → Melbourne
- Tel Aviv → Santiago
- Tel Aviv → Mexico City
- Tel Aviv → Buenos Aires
- Tel Aviv → Los Angeles
- Tel Aviv → San Francisco
- Tel Aviv → Las Vegas
- Tel Aviv → Cancun
More flights to Europe
Flights to Istanbul
Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Athens → Istanbul
- Budapest → Istanbul
- Vienna → Istanbul
- Cairo → Istanbul
- Warsaw → Istanbul
- Rome → Istanbul
- Prague → Istanbul
- Munich → Istanbul
- Milan → 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