Distance from Istanbul to Karachi
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Karachi, Pakistan is 3,938 km (2,447 mi · 2,127 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,938 km · 2,447 mi · 2,127 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Karachi
- 105° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Karachi → Istanbul
- 307° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 18 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Karachi UTC+05:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 124 min — the sun rises later in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 UTC
- Karachi
- 24.8608, 67.0104
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:04 UTC / 14:13 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.