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Istanbul (IST) – Medina (MED)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,115 km
1,314 mi · 1,142 nm
Flight time
3 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
266 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (158 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
610,419
2024 · +7.3%
Flights / week
60
Both directions, average
Seats filled
75%
813,326 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 MEDISTMED
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from IST
148°
Heading from MED
334°
Halfway point
33.04, 34.74
Great-circle km
2,119 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: January 2024: 81,864 passengers
050K100KJan81.9KFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202481,864
Feb 202476,629
Mar 202450,910
Apr 202456,346
May 202440,526
Jun 202448,865
Jul 202427,262
Aug 202431,638
Sep 202427,431
Oct 202439,400
Nov 202463,002
Dec 202466,546
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: December 2024: 350 flights
0200400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec350
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Month Flights
Jan 2024349
Feb 2024302
Mar 2024269
Apr 2024291
May 2024211
Jun 2024254
Jul 2024173
Aug 2024178
Sep 2024204
Oct 2024235
Nov 2024282
Dec 2024350

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,119 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 Medina

MED
IST2,115
SAW2,054

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 MED

Route Distance Passengers / year
MED → SAW2,054 km 215,970
MED → ESB1,838 km 81,363
MED → HYD4,096 km 58,217
MED → KYA1,635 km 35,682
MED → GZT1,390 km 26,509
MED → BOM3,473 km 14,876
MED → YEI1,982 km 10,754

Questions

Istanbul (IST) and Medina (MED) are 2,115 km (1,314 miles, 1,142 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.