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IST Istanbul ⇄ ESB Ankara

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

Distance381 km237 mi206 nautical miles
IST → ESB1 h 25 minestimated block time
ESB → IST1 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hAnkara vs Istanbul, today
Great-circle route from Istanbul (IST) to Ankara (ESB)ISTIstanbulESBAnkara
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 → ESB

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 108° (ESE).

Leave Istanbul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Ankara Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

ESB → IST

1 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 291° (WNW).

Leave Ankara Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Istanbul Sat 7 Nov, 11:30 local.

The two directions differ by 5 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance381 km · 237 mi · 206 nmi
Initial heading108° (ESE) from IST; 291° (WNW) from ESB
Farthest from the equator41.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip2% 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)
ESBEurope/Istanbul — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceAnkara is on the same clock as Istanbul today.

Jet lag, flying IST → ESB. 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 ESB Esenboğa International AirportAnkara, Turkey · longest runway 12,310 ft3,752 m

More routes from IST and ESB

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

Routes of a similar length

LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min OSLARN Oslo – Stockholm 385 km239 mi · 1 h 30 min LHRAMS London – Amsterdam 370 km230 mi · 1 h 25 min CGHSDU São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 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).