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CDG Paris ⇄ IST Istanbul

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France) and İstanbul Airport (Turkey): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,212 km1,374 mi1,194 nautical miles
CDG → IST3 h 20 minestimated block time
IST → CDG3 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hIstanbul vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Istanbul (IST)CDGParisISTIstanbul
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

CDG → IST

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 103° (ESE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Istanbul Sat 7 Nov, 15:20 local.

IST → CDG

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 302° (WNW).

Leave Istanbul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 11:50 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 30 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,212 km · 1,374 mi · 1,194 nmi
Initial heading103° (ESE) from CDG; 302° (WNW) from IST
Farthest from the equator49.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
ISTEurope/Istanbul — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceIstanbul is 2 hours ahead of Paris today; +2 h in January and +1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CDG → IST. Your body clock has to move 2 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m IST İstanbul AirportIstanbul, Turkey · longest runway 13,451 ft4,100 m

More routes from CDG and IST

LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min BOSCDG Boston – Paris 5,535 km3,439 mi · 6 h 50 min ORDCDG Chicago – Paris 6,665 km4,141 mi · 8 h 05 min MEXCDG Mexico City – Paris 9,199 km5,716 mi · 10 h 45 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min ISTADB Istanbul – Izmir 358 km222 mi · 1 h 30 min ATHIST Athens – Istanbul 553 km344 mi · 1 h 40 min FRAIST Frankfurt – Istanbul 1,837 km1,141 mi · 3 h ISTDEL Istanbul – Delhi 4,567 km2,838 mi · 5 h 45 min JFKIST New York – Istanbul 8,026 km4,987 mi · 9 h 30 min LAXIST Los Angeles – Istanbul 11,002 km6,836 mi · 13 h 05 min

Routes of a similar length

LGADFW New York – Dallas–Fort Worth 2,231 km1,387 mi · 3 h 50 min DXBDEL Dubai – Delhi 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min AMSATH Amsterdam – Athens 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).