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Istanbul (IST) – London (LHR)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,493 km
1,549 mi · 1,346 nm
Flight time
3 h 45 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
3 h / 2 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
313 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (185 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,281,925
2024 · +5.1%
Flights / week
126
Both directions, average
Seats filled
78%
1,634,625 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 IST to LHRISTLHR
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from IST
307°
Heading from LHR
106°
Halfway point
47.31, 15.53
Great-circle km
2,487 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
3 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: July 2024: 129,557 passengers
050K100K150KJanFebMarAprMayJunJul129.6KAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202492,948
Feb 202488,343
Mar 202495,486
Apr 2024106,926
May 2024109,519
Jun 2024115,106
Jul 2024129,557
Aug 2024123,608
Sep 2024112,769
Oct 2024110,177
Nov 202495,496
Dec 2024101,990
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: March 2024: 576 flights
0200400600JanFebMar576AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024550
Feb 2024538
Mar 2024576
Apr 2024551
May 2024558
Jun 2024550
Jul 2024560
Aug 2024565
Sep 2024550
Oct 2024538
Nov 2024503
Dec 2024534

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,487 km.

IST Istanbul → LHR London

UK261£350 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers UK or EU airlines only.

LHR London → IST Istanbul

UK261£350 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

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 London

LHRLGWSTNLTNLCYSEN
IST2,4932,4652,4602,4992,4602,419
SAW2,5572,5292,5242,5632,5232,483

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

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 → 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

More routes from LHR

Route Distance Passengers / year
LHR → JFK5,555 km 2,984,474
LHR → DUB450 km 1,903,141
LHR → MAD1,243 km 1,550,044
LHR → AMS371 km 1,460,366
LHR → FRA656 km 1,410,787
LHR → LAX8,781 km 1,410,748
LHR → MUC944 km 1,304,262
LHR → ZRH790 km 1,147,298
LHR → CDG348 km 1,121,802
LHR → LIS1,564 km 1,121,519

Questions

Istanbul (IST) and London (LHR) are 2,493 km (1,549 miles, 1,346 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.