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IST Istanbul ⇄ AYT Antalya

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

Distance518 km322 mi280 nautical miles
IST → AYT1 h 35 minestimated block time
AYT → IST1 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hAntalya vs Istanbul, today
Great-circle route from Istanbul (IST) to Antalya (AYT)ISTIstanbulAYTAntalya
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

IST → AYT

1 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 159° (SSE).

Leave Istanbul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Antalya Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

AYT → IST

1 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 340° (NNW).

Leave Antalya Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Istanbul Sat 7 Nov, 11:40 local.

The two directions differ by 3 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance518 km · 322 mi · 280 nmi
Initial heading159° (SSE) from IST; 340° (NNW) from AYT
Farthest from the equator41.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ISTEurope/Istanbul — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
AYTEurope/Istanbul — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceAntalya is on the same clock as Istanbul today.

Jet lag, flying IST → AYT. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

IST İstanbul AirportIstanbul, Turkey · longest runway 13,451 ft4,100 m AYT Antalya International AirportAntalya, Turkey · longest runway 11,155 ft3,400 m

More routes from IST and AYT

ISTADB Istanbul – Izmir 358 km222 mi · 1 h 30 min CAIIST Cairo – Istanbul 1,264 km786 mi · 2 h 30 min CDGIST Paris – Istanbul 2,212 km1,374 mi · 3 h 20 min 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 DUSAYT Düsseldorf – Antalya 2,479 km1,540 mi · 3 h 40 min LGWAYT London – Antalya 2,908 km1,807 mi · 4 h 05 min MANAYT Manchester – Antalya 3,131 km1,945 mi · 4 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

CPHOSL Copenhagen – Oslo 517 km321 mi · 1 h 40 min MADLIS Madrid – Lisbon 513 km319 mi · 1 h 40 min YULYYZ Montreal – Toronto 507 km315 mi · 1 h 40 min LHREDI London – Edinburgh 534 km332 mi · 1 h 40 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).