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Istanbul (IST) – Moscow (VKO)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,709 km
1,062 mi · 923 nm
Flight time
2 h 50 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
215 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (127 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,235,902
2024 · +8.2%
Flights / week
121
Both directions, average
Seats filled
82%
1,512,244 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 VKOISTVKO
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from IST
18°
Heading from VKO
205°
Halfway point
48.52, 32.39
Great-circle km
1,709 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 109,226 passengers
050K100K150KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct109.2KNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202498,821
Feb 202495,812
Mar 2024107,491
Apr 2024102,303
May 2024105,829
Jun 202496,824
Jul 2024108,609
Aug 2024107,851
Sep 2024107,796
Oct 2024109,226
Nov 202499,362
Dec 202495,978
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: January 2024: 571 flights
0200400600Jan571FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024571
Feb 2024510
Mar 2024558
Apr 2024539
May 2024554
Jun 2024470
Jul 2024493
Aug 2024488
Sep 2024518
Oct 2024536
Nov 2024527
Dec 2024519

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,709 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 Moscow

SVODMEVKOZIA
IST1,7521,7091,7091,730
SAW1,7771,7321,7351,754

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Istanbul airports · All Moscow 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 → 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 VKO

Route Distance Passengers / year
VKO → AYT2,134 km 1,547,990
VKO → SAW1,735 km 256,606
VKO → DLM2,194 km 227,668
VKO → BJV2,163 km 158,790
VKO → GZP2,177 km 112,163
VKO → ESB1,748 km 76,225

Questions

Istanbul (IST) and Moscow (VKO) are 1,709 km (1,062 miles, 923 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.