✈ MAN → IST

3H 56M, 1,657 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.

Flight time
3h 56m
Distance
1,657 mi
Or
2,667 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Manchester to Istanbul

From Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe  →  Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Manchester

How long is the flight from Manchester to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from Manchester (MAN) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 3 hours 56 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,657 miles (2,667 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

3h 56m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

1,657 mi

2,667 km · great-circle

Avg speed

679 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Manchester timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 325 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 456 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 109 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.