Distance from Istanbul to Lima
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Lima, Peru is 12,218 km (7,592 mi · 6,597 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,218 km · 7,592 mi · 6,597 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Lima
- 271° (W)
- Initial bearing Lima → Istanbul
- 50° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 02 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Lima UTC-05:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 498 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- Lima
- -12.0432, -77.0282
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:25 UTC / 23:04 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.