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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 June 2025

From Singapore to Zagreb
16 hours and 5 minutes
16 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours and 50 minutes
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From Athens to Tokyo
15 hours and 20 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
16 hours and 33 minutes
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From London to Islamabad
11 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
12 hours and 33 minutes
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From Copenhagen to Mumbai
10 hours and 45 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
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From London to Lahore
11 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 5 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
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From Prague to Delhi
9 hours and 45 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 50 minutes
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From Manila to Milan
17 hours and 20 minutes
17 hours and 35 minutes
17 hours and 40 minutes
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From Dulles to Bangkok
20 hours and 48 minutes
21 hours and 30 minutes
21 hours and 50 minutes
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From Singapore to Venice
15 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 30 minutes
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From Bangkok to Budapest
14 hours and 15 minutes
15 hours and 20 minutes
15 hours and 35 minutes
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From Dusseldorf to Mumbai
10 hours and 40 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
11 hours and 50 minutes
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From Rome to Mumbai
10 hours
10 hours and 50 minutes
11 hours and 15 minutes
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From Nairobi to Copenhagen
11 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 50 minutes
12 hours and 51 minutes
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From Nairobi to Munich
11 hours and 5 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
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From Milan to Mumbai
10 hours and 20 minutes
11 hours and 20 minutes
11 hours and 30 minutes
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From Oslo to Riyadh
9 hours and 55 minutes
10 hours and 25 minutes
10 hours and 25 minutes
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From Bahrain to Berlin
9 hours and 45 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 35 minutes
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From Antalya to Lisbon
9 hours
10 hours and 10 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
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From Hamburg to Riyadh
9 hours
9 hours and 25 minutes
9 hours and 30 minutes
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From Riyadh to Copenhagen
9 hours and 5 minutes
9 hours and 50 minutes
9 hours and 50 minutes
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From Manchester to Denpasar
18 hours and 40 minutes
18 hours and 55 minutes
19 hours and 10 minutes
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From Bahrain to Copenhagen
9 hours and 10 minutes
9 hours and 35 minutes
10 hours and 5 minutes
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From Singapore to Ljubljana
15 hours and 20 minutes
15 hours and 45 minutes
16 hours and 5 minutes
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From Ho Chi Minh City to Milan
15 hours and 40 minutes
16 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
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From Dammam to Geneva
9 hours and 15 minutes
9 hours and 30 minutes
9 hours and 40 minutes
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From Delhi to Venice
10 hours and 15 minutes
11 hours
12 hours and 15 minutes
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From Tokyo to Zagreb
18 hours and 10 minutes
18 hours and 50 minutes
19 hours and 25 minutes
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From Copenhagen to Tokyo
15 hours and 40 minutes
16 hours and 15 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
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From Munich to Tokyo
15 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 5 minutes
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From Stuttgart to Delhi
10 hours and 10 minutes
10 hours and 45 minutes
11 hours
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From Manchester to Karachi
11 hours and 5 minutes
11 hours and 30 minutes
12 hours and 20 minutes
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From Dammam to Dusseldorf
8 hours and 40 minutes
9 hours and 45 minutes
9 hours and 45 minutes
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From Rome to Karachi
9 hours and 50 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
11 hours and 5 minutes
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From Zagreb to Bangkok
14 hours and 5 minutes
15 hours
15 hours and 20 minutes
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From Seoul to Athens
16 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 15 minutes
17 hours and 20 minutes
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From Budapest to Hong Kong
14 hours and 45 minutes
15 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours
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From Copenhagen to Bahrain
8 hours and 30 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
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From Singapore to Thessaloniki
14 hours and 35 minutes
17 hours and 53 minutes
17 hours and 55 minutes
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From Dusseldorf to Bahrain
8 hours and 25 minutes
9 hours and 10 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
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From Oslo to Kuala Lumpur
16 hours and 5 minutes
16 hours and 20 minutes
17 hours
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From Frankfurt to Karachi
10 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 50 minutes
11 hours
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From Nairobi to Vienna
10 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 45 minutes
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From Dammam to Copenhagen
8 hours and 50 minutes
9 hours and 45 minutes
9 hours and 55 minutes
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From Manchester to Lahore
10 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and 18 minutes
12 hours and 55 minutes
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From Athens to Seoul
13 hours and 55 minutes
14 hours and 45 minutes
15 hours and 5 minutes
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From Prague to Mumbai
10 hours and 5 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 45 minutes
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From Naples to Tokyo
15 hours and 40 minutes
16 hours and 5 minutes
16 hours and 45 minutes
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From Manchester to Islamabad
10 hours and 40 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 45 minutes
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From Dammam to Hamburg
8 hours and 55 minutes
9 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 10 minutes
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From Muscat to Dusseldorf
9 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 5 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
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From Jeddah to Dusseldorf
8 hours and 40 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 5 minutes
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From Muscat to Prague
9 hours
9 hours and 30 minutes
10 hours and 50 minutes
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From Hanoi to Madrid
16 hours and 20 minutes
17 hours
17 hours and 5 minutes
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From Frankfurt to Islamabad
10 hours
10 hours and 35 minutes
11 hours and 25 minutes
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From Muscat to Hamburg
9 hours and 55 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
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From Tokyo to Sofia
18 hours and 10 minutes
19 hours and 30 minutes
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From Hanoi to Rome
15 hours and 15 minutes
16 hours
16 hours and 55 minutes
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From Venice to Abu Dhabi
8 hours and 30 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
11 hours
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From Rome to Islamabad
9 hours and 15 minutes
11 hours
11 hours and 35 minutes
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From Hong Kong to Athens
15 hours and 25 minutes
15 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours and 10 minutes
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From Jeddah to Dallas
19 hours and 25 minutes
19 hours and 55 minutes
22 hours
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From Marseille to Dubai
8 hours and 50 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
9 hours and 45 minutes
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From Prague to Dammam
8 hours and 30 minutes
8 hours and 45 minutes
9 hours and 10 minutes
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From Bangkok to Zagreb
14 hours and 55 minutes
15 hours and 30 minutes
15 hours and 40 minutes
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From Bahrain to Chicago
17 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 55 minutes
18 hours and 15 minutes
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From Barcelona to Islamabad
10 hours and 25 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
11 hours and 50 minutes
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From Amman to Seattle
17 hours and 15 minutes
18 hours and 45 minutes
20 hours and 30 minutes
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From Islamabad to Athens
9 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and 5 minutes
11 hours and 25 minutes
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From Bahrain to Prague
8 hours and 35 minutes
9 hours
9 hours and 40 minutes
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From Doha to Hanover
9 hours
11 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 15 minutes
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From London to Hanoi
16 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 45 minutes
16 hours and 45 minutes
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From Delhi to Budapest
10 hours and 10 minutes
11 hours and 50 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
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From Hanover to Mumbai
10 hours and 40 minutes
11 hours and 45 minutes
12 hours and 50 minutes
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From Tokyo to Belgrade
17 hours and 45 minutes
20 hours and 13 minutes
20 hours and 20 minutes
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From Cairo to Seattle
17 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 30 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
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From Stuttgart to Mumbai
10 hours and 25 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
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From Munich to Islamabad
10 hours and 10 minutes
11 hours and 5 minutes
11 hours and 50 minutes
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From Jeddah to Chicago
17 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 50 minutes
17 hours and 55 minutes
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From Zurich to Islamabad
10 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours
13 hours
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From Jakarta to Berlin
17 hours and 20 minutes
17 hours and 55 minutes
19 hours and 5 minutes
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From Rome to Lahore
9 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 45 minutes
12 hours and 30 minutes
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From Tokyo to Bucharest
16 hours and 25 minutes
19 hours and 50 minutes
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From Casablanca to Seoul
16 hours and 50 minutes
17 hours and 40 minutes
18 hours and 15 minutes
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From Stockholm to Dammam
9 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 5 minutes
10 hours and 10 minutes
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From Zagreb to Hong Kong
14 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
16 hours and 35 minutes
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From Budapest to Muscat
8 hours and 30 minutes
9 hours and 25 minutes
9 hours and 50 minutes
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From Milan to Islamabad
9 hours and 45 minutes
10 hours and 10 minutes
11 hours
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From Doha to Cologne
8 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and 20 minutes
13 hours
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From Naples to Bangkok
13 hours and 45 minutes
14 hours
14 hours and 45 minutes
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From Barcelona to Lahore
10 hours and 45 minutes
11 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
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From Malta to Singapore
15 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours and 40 minutes
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From Zanzibar to Boston
22 hours and 10 minutes
22 hours and 58 minutes
23 hours and 55 minutes
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From Naples to Singapore
15 hours and 15 minutes
15 hours and 30 minutes
16 hours and 55 minutes
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From Geneva to Tokyo
15 hours and 40 minutes
15 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours and 5 minutes
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From Zurich to Lahore
10 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 50 minutes
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From Tehran to Munich
8 hours and 50 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours
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From Shanghai to Bucharest
14 hours and 45 minutes
17 hours and 20 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
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From Hamburg to Tokyo
15 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours
16 hours and 10 minutes
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