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Dubai (DXB) – Istanbul (IST)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
3,032 km
1,884 mi · 1,637 nm
Flight time
4 h 25 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
381 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (225 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,429,665
2024 · +2.0%
Flights / week
124
Both directions, average
Seats filled
70%
2,039,276 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
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 DXB to ISTDXBIST
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from DXB
312°
Heading from IST
118°
Halfway point
33.98, 43.30
Great-circle km
3,030 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Istanbul is 1 h behind Dubai

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 136,071 passengers
050K100K150KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct136.1KNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 2024119,478
Feb 2024123,230
Mar 2024102,528
Apr 2024128,592
May 2024121,539
Jun 2024111,031
Jul 2024109,916
Aug 2024112,903
Sep 2024107,486
Oct 2024136,071
Nov 2024126,983
Dec 2024129,908
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 560 flights
0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct560NovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024538
Feb 2024508
Mar 2024550
Apr 2024515
May 2024544
Jun 2024535
Jul 2024550
Aug 2024550
Sep 2024528
Oct 2024560
Nov 2024536
Dec 2024559

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 3,030 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 Dubai and Istanbul

ISTSAW
DXB3,0322,970
DWC3,0432,981

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

More routes from DXB

Route Distance Passengers / year
DXB → BOM1,927 km 2,390,373
DXB → DEL2,186 km 2,174,793
DXB → CDG5,245 km 1,268,474
DXB → HYD2,548 km 1,032,477
DXB → AMS5,175 km 991,087
DXB → COK2,780 km 987,678
DXB → MAA2,933 km 943,633
DXB → FRA4,849 km 940,081
DXB → BLR2,694 km 890,558
DXB → MUC4,569 km 666,932

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 → 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
IST → AMS2,187 km 866,371

Questions

Dubai (DXB) and Istanbul (IST) are 3,032 km (1,884 miles, 1,637 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.