Distance from Istanbul to Lahore
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Lahore, Pakistan is 4,154 km (2,581 mi · 2,243 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,154 km · 2,581 mi · 2,243 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Lahore
- 90° (E)
- Initial bearing Lahore → Istanbul
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Lahore UTC+05:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 181 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
- 03:53 UTC / 16:02 UTC
- Lahore
- 31.5580, 74.3507
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:52 UTC / 13:00 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.