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Connecting flights – when to choose Istanbul Airport

Are you traveling by connecting flights and want to find the best flight path? We can give you a hand! Here you find all routes where Istanbul Airport is the best place to connect.

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Istanbul Airport is one of the busiest airports in Europe, and a common pit stop on the way if you are not flying non-stop. In this guide we can help you find the routes where Istanbul Airport is the best connecting airport to choose. By picking the right connecting flight your flying will be more convenient and you can actually save a lot of time!

List of flights where Istanbul is the fastest connection airport

In the list below you can find routes where Flightroutes.com has determined Istanbul Airport to be the optimal connecting airport. The list contains flights chosen based on the following criteria:

  • Istanbul Airport is the fastest flight option by more than 15 minutes compared to a second option.
  • It's a connecting flight with one stop.
  • Both legs are flown by the same airline.
  • There are at least two possible connecting airports for this trip.

This list was updated on February 2025

From Singapore to Zagreb
16 hours and 10 minutes
17 hours
18 hours and 5 minutes
From London to Islamabad
11 hours and 40 minutes
12 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
From Warsaw to Bangkok
13 hours and 45 minutes
14 hours and 25 minutes
14 hours and 45 minutes
From London to Lahore
10 hours and 35 minutes
11 hours and 55 minutes
12 hours and 5 minutes
From Berlin to Hong Kong
14 hours and 55 minutes
15 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours and 10 minutes
From Copenhagen to Riyadh
9 hours and 5 minutes
9 hours and 25 minutes
10 hours
From Rome to Kuala Lumpur
14 hours and 20 minutes
15 hours and 10 minutes
15 hours and 25 minutes
From Budapest to Bangkok
13 hours and 50 minutes
14 hours and 25 minutes
From Budapest to Tokyo
15 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours and 35 minutes
17 hours and 15 minutes
From Tokyo to Athens
17 hours and 55 minutes
18 hours and 20 minutes
18 hours and 50 minutes
From Prague to Delhi
10 hours and 15 minutes
11 hours and 50 minutes
From Bangkok to Athens
14 hours and 25 minutes
14 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 40 minutes
From Bahrain to Vienna
8 hours and 48 minutes
9 hours and 20 minutes
9 hours and 30 minutes
From Dammam to Vienna
8 hours and 50 minutes
9 hours and 10 minutes
9 hours and 20 minutes
From Hong Kong to Budapest
16 hours and 15 minutes
17 hours and 10 minutes
From Delhi to Berlin
11 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 40 minutes
From Mumbai to Rome
11 hours and 23 minutes
11 hours and 55 minutes
12 hours
From Athens to Tokyo
15 hours and 10 minutes
15 hours and 40 minutes
16 hours and 38 minutes
From Doha to Hanover
10 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 55 minutes
From Zagreb to Bangkok
13 hours and 20 minutes
15 hours and 35 minutes
15 hours and 40 minutes
From Muscat to Prague
9 hours and 30 minutes
9 hours and 50 minutes
10 hours and 30 minutes
From Mumbai to Lisbon
13 hours and 30 minutes
13 hours and 50 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
From Athens to Seoul
13 hours and 45 minutes
14 hours and 55 minutes
15 hours and 25 minutes
From Berlin to Kuala Lumpur
14 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours and 15 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
From Dublin to Tokyo
17 hours and 55 minutes
18 hours and 15 minutes
18 hours and 20 minutes
From Rome to Denpasar
16 hours and 20 minutes
16 hours and 35 minutes
18 hours and 30 minutes
From Cairo to Miami
17 hours and 25 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours and 10 minutes
From Bangkok to Zagreb
14 hours and 55 minutes
15 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours
From Rome to Jakarta
16 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 55 minutes
17 hours and 10 minutes
From Hong Kong to Warsaw
16 hours and 20 minutes
17 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 25 minutes
From Singapore to Ljubljana
17 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 5 minutes
From Mumbai to Venice
11 hours and 28 minutes
11 hours and 50 minutes
12 hours and 40 minutes
From Budapest to Hong Kong
13 hours and 55 minutes
14 hours and 50 minutes
16 hours and 40 minutes
From Bangkok to Bucharest
15 hours and 30 minutes
15 hours and 53 minutes
From Prague to Mumbai
10 hours and 5 minutes
11 hours and 15 minutes
11 hours and 15 minutes
From Dubai to Bogota
21 hours and 5 minutes
21 hours and 35 minutes
From Amman to Seattle
17 hours and 40 minutes
19 hours and 40 minutes
20 hours and 25 minutes
From Zagreb to Shanghai
14 hours and 20 minutes
15 hours and 10 minutes
15 hours and 25 minutes
From Venice to Mumbai
9 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and 10 minutes
11 hours and 20 minutes
From Marseille to Singapore
15 hours and 18 minutes
15 hours and 25 minutes
From Hong Kong to Belgrade
15 hours and 50 minutes
16 hours and 15 minutes
19 hours and 15 minutes
From Islamabad to Madrid
13 hours and 45 minutes
14 hours
14 hours and 35 minutes
From Bucharest to Bangkok
13 hours and 30 minutes
14 hours and 40 minutes
15 hours
From Singapore to Thessaloniki
15 hours and 15 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
17 hours and 55 minutes
From Dallas to Lahore
21 hours and 15 minutes
21 hours and 25 minutes
From Tokyo to Sofia
18 hours and 10 minutes
20 hours and 30 minutes
From Budapest to Mumbai
11 hours and 3 minutes
11 hours and 20 minutes
11 hours and 45 minutes
From Rome to Hanoi
14 hours and 30 minutes
15 hours and 25 minutes
15 hours and 45 minutes
From Hanoi to Copenhagen
15 hours and 25 minutes
15 hours and 55 minutes
17 hours and 40 minutes
From Hong Kong to Zagreb
16 hours and 15 minutes
16 hours and 55 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
From Prague to Dammam
7 hours and 45 minutes
8 hours and 40 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
From Cairo to Seattle
16 hours and 50 minutes
18 hours and 5 minutes
19 hours and 15 minutes
From Bologna to Singapore
14 hours and 45 minutes
16 hours
16 hours and 5 minutes
From Karachi to Amsterdam
11 hours and 5 minutes
13 hours
13 hours and 10 minutes
From Athens to Ankara
5 hours and 40 minutes
6 hours
From Amman to San Francisco
19 hours and 20 minutes
20 hours and 5 minutes
20 hours and 35 minutes
From Bucharest to Colombo
11 hours and 55 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 45 minutes
From Delhi to Budapest
10 hours and 40 minutes
11 hours and 45 minutes
13 hours and 45 minutes
From Singapore to Bucharest
15 hours and 25 minutes
16 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
From Dammam to Lyon
10 hours and 5 minutes
10 hours and 35 minutes
11 hours
From Tokyo to Bucharest
18 hours and 5 minutes
19 hours and 40 minutes
20 hours and 15 minutes
From Cairo to Houston
17 hours and 30 minutes
19 hours and 50 minutes
20 hours and 55 minutes
From Tehran to Dusseldorf
9 hours and 30 minutes
9 hours and 45 minutes
9 hours and 50 minutes
From Kuwait to Dallas
19 hours and 20 minutes
20 hours and 5 minutes
20 hours and 10 minutes
From Dammam to Chicago
17 hours and 40 minutes
18 hours and 5 minutes
18 hours and 40 minutes
From Baku to New York
17 hours and 25 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours and 25 minutes
From Shanghai to Warsaw
16 hours and 40 minutes
17 hours and 10 minutes
17 hours and 25 minutes
From Muscat to Budapest
9 hours and 5 minutes
10 hours and 10 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
From Bucharest to Singapore
15 hours and 43 minutes
16 hours and 20 minutes
16 hours and 45 minutes
From Zanzibar to Dulles
22 hours and 15 minutes
25 hours and 10 minutes
From Zagreb to Hong Kong
14 hours and 15 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
From Tehran to New York
17 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours and 20 minutes
From Rome to Islamabad
10 hours and 15 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
From Nuremberg to Singapore
15 hours and 10 minutes
15 hours and 25 minutes
16 hours and 20 minutes
From Malta to Singapore
15 hours and 5 minutes
16 hours and 50 minutes
17 hours and 23 minutes
From Zurich to Islamabad
10 hours and 20 minutes
12 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 20 minutes
From Seoul to Naples
16 hours and 5 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
17 hours and 30 minutes
From Sofia to Singapore
13 hours and 55 minutes
14 hours and 15 minutes
16 hours and 15 minutes
From Oslo to Denpasar
17 hours and 55 minutes
18 hours and 15 minutes
19 hours and 20 minutes
From Marseille to Seoul
14 hours and 10 minutes
14 hours and 35 minutes
15 hours and 15 minutes
From Islamabad to Milan
11 hours and 25 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
From Budapest to Muscat
8 hours and 30 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
9 hours and 25 minutes
From Lyon to Kuala Lumpur
14 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours
17 hours and 5 minutes
From Berlin to Jakarta
16 hours and 50 minutes
17 hours and 30 minutes
19 hours
From Singapore to Naples
15 hours and 50 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours and 10 minutes
From Bucharest to Delhi
10 hours and 15 minutes
11 hours and 25 minutes
11 hours and 45 minutes
From Gaziantep to Rome
7 hours and 20 minutes
8 hours and 10 minutes
8 hours and 15 minutes
From Venice to Riyadh
8 hours and 5 minutes
9 hours
9 hours and 5 minutes
From Vilnius to Singapore
15 hours and 3 minutes
15 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours and 20 minutes
From Warsaw to Denpasar
18 hours and 15 minutes
18 hours and 45 minutes
From Amsterdam to Islamabad
10 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 20 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
From Riyadh to Belgrade
7 hours and 55 minutes
9 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 5 minutes
From Budapest to Colombo
11 hours and 45 minutes
13 hours
13 hours and 30 minutes
From Malta to Bangkok
13 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 25 minutes
14 hours and 35 minutes
From Mumbai to Bucharest
11 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours
12 hours and 40 minutes
From Zanzibar to Stockholm
14 hours and 20 minutes
14 hours and 40 minutes
16 hours and 45 minutes
From Muscat to Zagreb
9 hours and 20 minutes
10 hours and 5 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
From Dallas to Cairo
15 hours and 30 minutes
16 hours
16 hours and 40 minutes
From Vienna to Guangzhou
14 hours and 30 minutes
14 hours and 50 minutes
15 hours and 5 minutes

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