Distance from Baghdad to Istanbul
Flying the shortest possible route, Istanbul lies 1,609 km (1,000 miles, 869 nautical miles) from Baghdad — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,609 km · 1,000 mi · 869 nmi
- Initial bearing Baghdad → Istanbul
- 306° (NW)
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Baghdad
- 117° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Baghdad UTC+03:00 · Istanbul UTC+03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 76 min — the sun rises earlier in Baghdad
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Baghdad
- 33.3406, 44.4009
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:28 UTC / 14:06 UTC
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:44 UTC / 14:54 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.