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Istanbul (IST) – Chicago (ORD)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
8,807 km
5,472 mi · 4,755 nm
Flight time
11 h 10 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
9 h / 8 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
1,028 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (608 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
375,817
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.3%
Flights / week
26
Both directions, average
Seats filled
85%
440,897 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

Great circle from IST to ORDISTORD
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from IST
317°
Heading from ORD
43°
Halfway point
59.46, -29.08
Great-circle km
8,785 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
9 h in January, 8 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 11 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: August 2025: 39,499 passengers
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Month Passengers
Aug 202539,499
Sep 202539,380
Oct 202536,749
Nov 202530,597
Dec 202533,673
Jan 202634,729
Feb 202623,789
Apr 202634,010
May 202635,270
Jun 202634,416
Jul 202633,705
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: September 2025: 146 flights
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Month Flights
Aug 2025137
Sep 2025146
Oct 2025143
Nov 2025114
Dec 2025124
Jan 2026124
Feb 202690
Apr 2026119
May 2026124
Jun 2026120
Jul 2026122

Airlines flying IST–ORD nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
TKTurk Hava Yollari A.O.26
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

  • B787-900 Dreamliner · 710 flights
  • Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 653 flights

Also carried: 17,237 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Eurostat also has this route: 384,373 passengers in 2024, 1,331 flights (reported by the airport in Türkiye).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 8,785 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 Chicago

ORDMDW
IST8,8078,814
SAW8,8718,878

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

Route Distance Passengers / year
ORD → LGA1,180 km 2,736,902
ORD → LAX2,808 km 2,332,419
ORD → SFO2,971 km 1,976,484
ORD → DEN1,430 km 1,974,190
ORD → MCO1,617 km 1,924,694
ORD → DFW1,290 km 1,916,312
ORD → BOS1,395 km 1,886,038
ORD → EWR1,157 km 1,731,402
ORD → IAH1,489 km 1,711,056
ORD → PHX2,317 km 1,706,053

Questions

Istanbul (IST) and Chicago (ORD) are 8,807 km (5,472 miles, 4,755 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.