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Almaty (ALA) – Istanbul (IST)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
3,933 km
2,444 mi · 2,124 nm
Flight time
5 h 25 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
2 h
CO2 per passenger
459 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (272 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
434,285
2024 · +0.4%
Flights / week
47
Both directions, average
Seats filled
86%
507,133 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_tr), reported by the airport in Türkiye, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from ALA to ISTALAIST
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from ALA
284°
Heading from IST
70°
Halfway point
44.94, 52.46
Great-circle km
3,923 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Istanbul is 2 h behind Almaty

The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 43,744 passengers
020K40K60KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug43.7KSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202431,519
Feb 202428,936
Mar 202434,270
Apr 202432,836
May 202438,607
Jun 202441,049
Jul 202443,513
Aug 202443,744
Sep 202441,355
Oct 202438,797
Nov 202431,549
Dec 202428,110
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: July 2024: 240 flights
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Month Flights
Jan 2024198
Feb 2024164
Mar 2024206
Apr 2024192
May 2024211
Jun 2024229
Jul 2024240
Aug 2024238
Sep 2024216
Oct 2024204
Nov 2024173
Dec 2024167

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,923 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Almaty and Istanbul

ISTSAW
ALA3,9333,902

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Istanbul airports

More routes from ALA

Route Distance Passengers
ALA → AYT3,954 km 300,822
ALA → DEL1,642 km 172,586
ALA → ICN4,182 km 82,798 (6 mo)
ALA → FRA5,105 km 89,491
ALA → BOM2,719 km 56,170
ALA → BJV4,190 km 23,420
ALA → GOI3,116 km 14,654

More routes from IST

Route Distance Passengers / year
IST → IKA2,058 km 2,050,223
IST → ADB358 km 1,896,910
IST → AYT518 km 1,742,584
IST → ESB382 km 1,497,202
IST → DXB3,032 km 1,429,665
IST → LHR2,493 km 1,281,925
IST → VKO1,709 km 1,235,902
IST → JED2,383 km 1,184,492
IST → CDG2,217 km 1,010,453
IST → ATH553 km 981,717

Questions

Almaty (ALA) and Istanbul (IST) are 3,933 km (2,444 miles, 2,124 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.