✈ IST → DEL

ISTANBUL → DELHI: 6H 11M, 2,837 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.

Flight time
6h 11m
Distance
2,837 mi
Or
4,565 km
Jet lag
2.5h

Flight from Istanbul to Delhi

From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe  →  Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Delhi → Istanbul

How long is the flight from Istanbul to Delhi?

A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Delhi (DEL) takes about 6 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,837 miles (4,565 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

6h 11m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

2,837 mi

4,565 km · great-circle

Avg speed

738 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

Delhi timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Time difference

+2.5h

2h 30m ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2.5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 676 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 781 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 187 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.