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Berlin (BER) – Istanbul (SAW)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,750 km
1,087 mi · 945 nm
Flight time
2 h 50 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
2 h / 1 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
220 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (130 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
479,035
2024 · +15.0%
Flights / week
49
Both directions, average
Seats filled
86%
556,388 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

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

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

The way there

Heading from BER
130°
Heading from SAW
322°
Halfway point
46.90, 22.25
Great-circle km
1,748 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
2 h in January, 1 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 46,582 passengers
020K40K60KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug46.6KSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202431,235
Feb 202430,353
Mar 202433,957
Apr 202436,360
May 202442,259
Jun 202439,342
Jul 202442,493
Aug 202446,582
Sep 202446,020
Oct 202445,130
Nov 202440,765
Dec 202444,539
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: December 2024: 241 flights
0100200300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec241
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Month Flights
Jan 2024190
Feb 2024173
Mar 2024183
Apr 2024196
May 2024212
Jun 2024207
Jul 2024215
Aug 2024240
Sep 2024232
Oct 2024230
Nov 2024228
Dec 2024241

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,748 km.

BER Berlin → SAW Istanbul

EU261€400 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

SAW Istanbul → BER Berlin

EU261€400 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

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 Berlin and Istanbul

ISTSAW
BER1,6871,750

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

More routes from BER

Route Distance Passengers / year
BER → FRA432 km 1,166,945
BER → MUC462 km 918,533
BER → ZRH651 km 861,501
BER → PMI1,646 km 859,490
BER → AMS595 km 827,957
BER → AYT2,187 km 743,024
BER → CDG858 km 694,565
BER → VIE521 km 694,265
BER → IST1,687 km 652,227
BER → BCN1,504 km 618,727

More routes from SAW

Route Distance Passengers / year
SAW → AYT462 km 2,355,511
SAW → ADB343 km 1,722,834
SAW → ECN736 km 1,547,419
SAW → TZX882 km 1,403,913
SAW → ESB324 km 1,327,226
SAW → BJV429 km 1,196,569
SAW → DLM467 km 1,001,953
SAW → ASR580 km 973,410
SAW → GZT833 km 907,101
SAW → STN2,524 km 877,269

Questions

Berlin (BER) and Istanbul (SAW) are 1,750 km (1,087 miles, 945 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.