Flights Dublin → Istanbul
DUB → IST
How long is the flight from Dublin to Istanbul?
The flight from Dublin (DUB) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 4h 4m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route operates from Dublin, where the airport has been in service since 1940, to Istanbul, with flights departing on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The destination city's airport, which opened more recently in 2018, sees an annual passenger traffic of over eighty-four million.
The Dublin (DUB) → Istanbul (IST) route is operated by Turkish Airlines. Across 39 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 6.7/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Istanbul the average ATFM delay is 3.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dublin the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Istanbul: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dublin (DUB) to Istanbul (IST) heads east for about 2,922 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 4m.
Departures from Dublin on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of DUB-IST flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dublin the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (atfm); arriving into Istanbul it is 3.5 min (atfm).
Across 39 tracked DUB-IST flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Frequently asked questions about DUB-IST
The flight from Dublin (DUB) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 4h 4m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Dublin (DUB) -> Istanbul (IST) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 39 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dublin-Istanbul is 0.00% across 39 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Turkish Airlines.
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The Dublin-Istanbul route is about 2,922 km: for a cancellation (with less than 14 days' notice), a delay over 3 hours, or denied boarding, EU261 compensation is €400, barring extraordinary circumstances.
