Istanbul (IST) – New York (JFK)
- Distance
- 8,046 km
- 4,999 mi · 4,344 nm
- Flight time
- 10 h 15 min
- Estimate from distance
- Time difference
- 8 h / 7 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 939 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (556 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 615,399
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.4%
- Flights / week
- 41
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 711,928 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- TK
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from IST
- 309°
- Heading from JFK
- 50°
- Halfway point
- 54.25, -22.87
- Great-circle km
- 8,026 km (sphere, for EU261)
- Clocks
- 8 h in January, 7 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 10 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 71,595 |
| Sep 2025 | 65,857 |
| Oct 2025 | 60,894 |
| Nov 2025 | 50,203 |
| Dec 2025 | 52,770 |
| Jan 2026 | 51,676 |
| Feb 2026 | 34,263 |
| Apr 2026 | 50,486 |
| May 2026 | 54,539 |
| Jun 2026 | 57,776 |
| Jul 2026 | 65,340 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 240 |
| Sep 2025 | 233 |
| Oct 2025 | 213 |
| Nov 2025 | 174 |
| Dec 2025 | 183 |
| Jan 2026 | 178 |
| Feb 2026 | 125 |
| Apr 2026 | 172 |
| May 2026 | 184 |
| Jun 2026 | 197 |
| Jul 2026 | 222 |
Airlines flying IST–JFK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| TKTurk Hava Yollari A.O. | 41 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 1,485 flights
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 529 flights
- Airbus Industrie A350-900 · 101 flights
- Airbus Industrie A330-200 · 6 flights
Also carried: 27,723 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 8,026 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 Istanbul and New York
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Istanbul airports · All New York airports
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |