AirportMiles

Istanbul (IST) – Madrid (MAD)

Flights on GoogleSkyscanner
Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,708 km
1,683 mi · 1,462 nm
Flight time
4 h
Estimate from distance
Time difference
2 h / 1 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
340 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (201 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
495,000
2024 · +6.0%
Flights / week
48
Both directions, average
Seats filled
83%
595,655 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 MADISTMAD
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from IST
279°
Heading from MAD
77°
Halfway point
42.03, 12.48
Great-circle km
2,701 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
2 h in January, 1 h in July

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

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 48,962 passengers
020K40K60KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct49KNovDec
Show as a table
Month Passengers
Jan 202432,077
Feb 202432,541
Mar 202441,641
Apr 202441,739
May 202444,443
Jun 202440,181
Jul 202444,214
Aug 202446,318
Sep 202443,964
Oct 202448,962
Nov 202442,682
Dec 202436,238
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 218 flights
0100200300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug218SepOctNovDec
Show as a table
Month Flights
Jan 2024205
Feb 2024188
Mar 2024215
Apr 2024205
May 2024213
Jun 2024206
Jul 2024215
Aug 2024218
Sep 2024207
Oct 2024215
Nov 2024209
Dec 2024209

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,701 km.

IST Istanbul → MAD Madrid

EU261€400 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

MAD Madrid → IST Istanbul

EU261€400 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 Madrid

MAD
IST2,708
SAW2,763

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Istanbul 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 → 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

More routes from MAD

Route Distance Passengers / year
MAD → PMI549 km 2,206,891
MAD → BCN484 km 2,036,488
MAD → FCO1,334 km 1,977,438
MAD → LPA1,765 km 1,970,045
MAD → LIS514 km 1,906,228
MAD → TFN1,771 km 1,785,863
MAD → ORY1,028 km 1,585,160
MAD → LHR1,243 km 1,550,044
MAD → BOG8,033 km 1,546,093
MAD → AMS1,459 km 1,228,527

Questions

Istanbul (IST) and Madrid (MAD) are 2,708 km (1,683 miles, 1,462 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.