✈ ZRH → IST
2H 49M IN THE SKY. THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU WILL TALK.
Flight from Zurich to Istanbul
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Zurich
How long is the flight from Zurich to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 2 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,082 miles (1,741 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 49m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,082 mi
1,741 km · great-circle
Avg speed
617 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
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× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Zurich
Nearest destinations
- Zurich → Milan
- Zurich → Munich
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Zurich → Paris
- Zurich → Brussels
- Zurich → Prague
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Vienna
- Zurich → Berlin
- Zurich → Rome
Long-haul from Zurich
- Zurich → Auckland
- Zurich → Sydney
- Zurich → Melbourne
- Zurich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Zurich → Santiago
- Zurich → Buenos Aires
- Zurich → Manila
- Zurich → Singapore
- Zurich → Kuala Lumpur
- Zurich → Mexico City
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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