✈ VIE → IST
VIENNA → ISTANBUL: 2H 32M. SHORT ENOUGH TO SKIP THE MOVIE.
Flight from Vienna to Istanbul
From Vienna International (VIE), Austria Europe → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Vienna
How long is the flight from Vienna to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Vienna (VIE) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 2 hours 32 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 761 miles (1,224 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 32m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
761 mi
1,224 km · great-circle
Avg speed
482 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Vienna timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Vienna
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 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Vienna
Nearest destinations
- Vienna → Budapest
- Vienna → Prague
- Vienna → Munich
- Vienna → Berlin
- Vienna → Warsaw
- Vienna → Zurich
- Vienna → Frankfurt
- Vienna → Milan
- Vienna → Rome
- Vienna → Bucharest
Long-haul from Vienna
- Vienna → Auckland
- Vienna → Sydney
- Vienna → Melbourne
- Vienna → Santiago
- Vienna → Buenos Aires
- Vienna → Bali (Denpasar)
- Vienna → Mexico City
- Vienna → São Paulo
- Vienna → Rio de Janeiro
- Vienna → Los Angeles
More flights to Europe
Flights to Istanbul
Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Athens → Istanbul
- Budapest → Istanbul
- Tel Aviv → 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