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Paris (CDG) – Istanbul (IST)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,217 km
1,378 mi · 1,197 nm
Flight time
3 h 25 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
2 h / 1 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
278 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (164 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,010,453
2024 · +5.9%
Flights / week
101
Both directions, average
Seats filled
85%
1,193,214 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

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

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

The way there

Heading from CDG
103°
Heading from IST
302°
Halfway point
45.90, 16.55
Great-circle km
2,212 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
2 h in January, 1 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 92,135 passengers
050K100KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct92.1KNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202474,960
Feb 202476,426
Mar 202479,451
Apr 202488,347
May 202490,089
Jun 202483,617
Jul 202487,333
Aug 202486,059
Sep 202483,781
Oct 202492,135
Nov 202482,826
Dec 202485,429
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: March 2024: 460 flights
0200400600JanFebMar460AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024375
Feb 2024379
Mar 2024460
Apr 2024434
May 2024456
Jun 2024443
Jul 2024453
Aug 2024451
Sep 2024436
Oct 2024455
Nov 2024429
Dec 2024460

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,212 km.

CDG Paris → IST Istanbul

EU261€400 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

IST Istanbul → CDG Paris

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 Paris and Istanbul

ISTSAW
CDG2,2172,280
ORY2,2242,287
BVA2,2602,323

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

More routes from CDG

Route Distance Passengers / year
CDG → JFK5,850 km 1,852,909
CDG → YUL5,540 km 1,361,014
CDG → BCN858 km 1,291,815
CDG → DXB5,245 km 1,268,474
CDG → AMS399 km 1,125,321
CDG → LHR348 km 1,121,802
CDG → NCE694 km 1,106,876
CDG → MAD1,063 km 1,052,407
CDG → ALG1,369 km 1,047,213
CDG → FCO1,102 km 965,754

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 → ATH553 km 981,717
IST → AMS2,187 km 866,371

Questions

Paris (CDG) and Istanbul (IST) are 2,217 km (1,378 miles, 1,197 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.