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Tehran (IKA) – Istanbul (IST)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,058 km
1,279 mi · 1,111 nm
Flight time
3 h 15 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
30 min
CO2 per passenger
258 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (153 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
2,050,223
2024 · +3.6%
Flights / week
206
Both directions, average
Seats filled
83%
2,465,290 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 IKA to ISTIKAIST
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from IKA
295°
Heading from IST
101°
Halfway point
38.89, 40.40
Great-circle km
2,054 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Istanbul is 30 min behind Tehran

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: September 2024: 243,235 passengers
0100K200K300KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep243.2KOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 2024141,814
Feb 2024141,681
Mar 2024205,153
Apr 2024166,710
May 2024156,811
Jun 2024182,266
Jul 2024189,737
Aug 2024195,836
Sep 2024243,235
Oct 2024151,682
Nov 2024133,828
Dec 2024141,470
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: September 2024: 1,197 flights
05001K1.5KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep1.2KOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024830
Feb 2024817
Mar 20241,089
Apr 2024836
May 2024823
Jun 2024958
Jul 2024991
Aug 20241,012
Sep 20241,197
Oct 2024737
Nov 2024676
Dec 2024744

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,054 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 Tehran and Istanbul

ISTSAW
THR2,0592,004
IKA2,0582,003

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

More routes from IKA

Route Distance Passengers / year
IKA → SAW2,003 km 318,677
IKA → AYT1,835 km 152,166
IKA → ESB1,679 km 132,581
IKA → ADB2,157 km 86,718
IKA → FRA3,782 km 82,117
IKA → DEL2,558 km 38,715
IKA → DNZ1,933 km 36,112
IKA → GZP1,703 km 17,251
IKA → BOM2,798 km 14,309

More routes from IST

Route Distance Passengers / year
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
IST → AMS2,187 km 866,371

Questions

Tehran (IKA) and Istanbul (IST) are 2,058 km (1,279 miles, 1,111 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.