Flights from Warsaw to Istanbul – Direct & connecting routes
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WAW to IST – All flight route options from Warsaw Chopin Airport, Poland to Istanbul Airport, Turkey. These routes are operated by 10 airlines. Fly non-stop with Turkish Airlines or LOT - Polish Airlines, or choose from 23 different stopover flights. The shortest flight time is 2 hours and 40 minutes. See the full flight schedule and time table, including departure times, airlines and stopover details to find the best option for you.
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Warsaw to Istanbul flights
There are over 25 airlines and as many as 160 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to Istanbul (IST) from Warsaw (WAW) with LOT - Polish Airlines or Turkish Airlines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Sofia, Riga or any other of the 23 alternatives with connectiing airports.
Tip! You might want to consider arriving at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) instead.
Warsaw to Istanbul with LOT - Polish Airlines
You can fly non-stop every weekday with flights departing between 9:00 am and 8:00 pm. You also have the option to do a transit flight via Krakow. LOT - Polish Airlines is a Star Alliance member.
With Lufthansa
If you fly from Warsaw with Lufthansa you will do a stopover in Munich, MUC before reaching Istanbul. This flight trip will take 6 hours and 10 minutes and you can fly every Saturday or Sunday with departures at 06:05 or 17:00. Lufthansa is a Star Alliance member.
Distance & flight times: Chopin Airport to Istanbul Airport
The shortest flight time between WAW and IST is 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 2h 45m | - | 842 miles (1355 km) |
SOF Sofia | 5h 40m | 2h 5m | 960 miles (1545 km) |
RIX Riga | 5h 45m | 1h 0m | 1460 miles (2349 km) |
SJJ Sarajevo | 5h 45m | 4h 10m | 1153 miles (1855 km) |
VIE Vienna | 5h 50m | 1h 20m | 1108 miles (1783 km) |
OTP Bucharest | 5h 55m | 4h 10m | 843 miles (1356 km) |
VNO Vilnius | 6h 0m | 3h 45m | 1189 miles (1913 km) |
BEG Belgrade | 6h 5m | 3h 35m | 1004 miles (1615 km) |
PRG Prague | 6h 10m | 2h 40m | 1255 miles (2019 km) |
KRK Krakow | 6h 15m | - | - |
DBV Dubrovnik | 6h 15m | 2h 15m | 1227 miles (1974 km) |
MUC Munich | 6h 20m | 2h 50m | 1452 miles (2336 km) |
BUD Budapest | 6h 30m | 3h 0m | 974 miles (1567 km) |
ZAG Zagreb | 6h 30m | 2h 30m | 1207 miles (1942 km) |
ATH Athens | 6h 50m | 3h 25m | 1344 miles (2162 km) |
CLJ Cluj-Napoca | 6h 55m | 3h 55m | 852 miles (1371 km) |
ADB Izmir | 6h 55m | 2h 55m | 1233 miles (1984 km) |
BER Berlin | 7h 0m | 2h 25m | 1371 miles (2206 km) |
RMO Chisinau | 7h 20m | 4h 0m | 902 miles (1451 km) |
TGD Podgorica | 7h 25m | 3h 25m | 1183 miles (1903 km) |
SKP Skopje | 7h 25m | 3h 40m | 1081 miles (1739 km) |
SKG Thessaloniki | 7h 35m | 3h 50m | 1121 miles (1804 km) |
LJU Ljubljana | 8h 0m | 3h 15m | 1301 miles (2093 km) |
TIA Tirana | 8h 50m | 1h 35m | 1219 miles (1961 km) |



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