Distance from Bangkok to Istanbul
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Istanbul, Türkiye is 7,469 km (4,641 mi · 4,033 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,469 km · 4,641 mi · 4,033 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Istanbul
- 309° (NW)
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Bangkok
- 91° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Istanbul UTC+03:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 328 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
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
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:16 UTC / 10:50 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.