✈ SFO → IST
13H 34M, 6,689 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from San Francisco to Istanbul
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 13 hours 34 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,689 miles (10,765 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 34m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,689 mi
10,765 km · great-circle
Avg speed
794 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
+10h
10 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~10d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.