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Kuwait (KWI) – Istanbul (SAW)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,131 km
1,324 mi · 1,151 nm
Flight time
3 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
268 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (158 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
330,300
2024 · −18.7%
Flights / week
46
Both directions, average
Seats filled
71%
465,614 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 KWI to SAWKWISAW
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from KWI
312°
Heading from SAW
122°
Halfway point
35.42, 39.31
Great-circle km
2,130 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: June 2024: 39,479 passengers
020K40KJanFebMarAprMayJun39.5KJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202435,795
Feb 202431,439
Mar 202415,113
Apr 202424,153
May 202421,618
Jun 202439,479
Jul 202436,294
Aug 202438,469
Sep 202423,519
Oct 202418,497
Nov 202420,292
Dec 202425,632
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: June 2024: 287 flights
0100200300JanFebMarAprMayJun287JulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024223
Feb 2024219
Mar 2024134
Apr 2024189
May 2024172
Jun 2024287
Jul 2024248
Aug 2024243
Sep 2024186
Oct 2024151
Nov 2024147
Dec 2024194

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,130 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 Kuwait and Istanbul

ISTSAW
KWI2,1942,131

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

More routes from KWI

Route Distance Passengers / year
KWI → IST2,194 km 504,648
KWI → BOM2,760 km 393,077
KWI → COK3,635 km 336,858
KWI → DEL2,835 km 297,740
KWI → MAA3,778 km 215,876
KWI → HYD3,375 km 182,171
KWI → AMD2,553 km 181,992
KWI → CDG4,411 km 120,923
KWI → TZX1,502 km 111,454
KWI → FRA4,026 km 90,532

More routes from SAW

Route Distance Passengers / year
SAW → AYT462 km 2,355,511
SAW → ADB343 km 1,722,834
SAW → ECN736 km 1,547,419
SAW → TZX882 km 1,403,913
SAW → ESB324 km 1,327,226
SAW → BJV429 km 1,196,569
SAW → DLM467 km 1,001,953
SAW → ASR580 km 973,410
SAW → GZT833 km 907,101
SAW → STN2,524 km 877,269

Questions

Kuwait (KWI) and Istanbul (SAW) are 2,131 km (1,324 miles, 1,151 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.