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title: "Istanbul to Bangkok (IST → BKK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Istanbul to Bangkok is 7,514 km (4,669 mi) great circle, an estimated 9h 50m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-bkk
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IST → BKK

# Istanbul to Bangkok: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

İstanbul to Suvarnabhumi is 7,514 km of great circle — 4,669 mi — and an estimated 9h 50m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
7,514 km
4,669 mi

**Estimated in the air**
9h 50m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
41.3°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
18.7%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 89th longest.

The Istanbul to Bangkok route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Istanbul the path crosses Turkey, then Azerbaijan, then 413 km of open water, then Turkmenistan, then Iran, then Turkmenistan, then Afghanistan, then Pakistan, then India, then 545 km of open water, then Myanmar, then Thailand.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 41.3°N, 0% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 7,640 km. That is 127 km further, about 2% more, and roughly 9m of extra flying.

Leaving Istanbul the aircraft points east (91°); it arrives into Bangkok heading south-east (129°). That is 38° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 1.06 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[IST–BKK carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=IST&to=BKK) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=IST-BKK)

From

IST

## İstanbul

Istanbul, Turkey · Europe

41.3°N, 28.7°E

[IST airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/ist) [Flights to Istanbul →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/istanbul)

To

BKK

## Suvarnabhumi

Bangkok, Thailand · Asia

13.7°N, 100.7°E

[BKK airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bkk) [Flights to Bangkok →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/bangkok)

## Istanbul to Bangkok, asked and answered

**How far is Istanbul to Bangkok?**
Istanbul to Bangkok (IST to BKK) is 7,514 km, or 4,669 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Istanbul to Bangkok?**
About 9h 50m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.

**What route does a Istanbul to Bangkok flight take?**
The great circle passes over Turkey, then Azerbaijan, then 413 km of open water, then Turkmenistan, then Iran, then Turkmenistan, then Afghanistan, then Pakistan, then India, then 545 km of open water, then Myanmar, then Thailand. It reaches 41.3°N at its furthest from the equator.

## Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[IST → JNB Istanbul to Johannesburg 7,496 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-jnb) [IST → JFK Istanbul to New York 8,026 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-jfk) [VIE → BKK Vienna to Bangkok 8,451 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/vie-to-bkk) [IST → SIN Istanbul to Singapore 8,681 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-sin) [IST → NRT Istanbul to Tokyo 8,980 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-nrt) [AMS → BKK Amsterdam to Bangkok 9,208 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-bkk)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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