✈ HND → IST
TOKYO → ISTANBUL IN 11H 25M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Tokyo to Istanbul
From Haneda (HND), Japan Asia → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Tokyo
How long is the flight from Tokyo to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Tokyo (HND) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 11 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,566 miles (8,957 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 25m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,566 mi
8,957 km · great-circle
Avg speed
785 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Tokyo 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.
Flights from Tokyo
Nearest destinations
- Tokyo → Osaka
- Tokyo → Seoul
- Tokyo → Shanghai
- Tokyo → Beijing
- Tokyo → Taipei
- Tokyo → Hong Kong
- Tokyo → Manila
- Tokyo → Bangkok
- Tokyo → Singapore
- Tokyo → Kuala Lumpur
Long-haul from Tokyo
- Tokyo → Rio de Janeiro
- Tokyo → São Paulo
- Tokyo → Buenos Aires
- Tokyo → Santiago
- Tokyo → Cape Town
- Tokyo → Johannesburg
- Tokyo → Cancun
- Tokyo → Miami
- Tokyo → Casablanca
- Tokyo → Mexico City
More flights to Europe
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