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Helsinki (HEL) to Istanbul (IST) flights
There are direct flights from Helsinki Vantaa Airport to Istanbul New Airport, sold by 2 airlines (including codeshares): SAS Scandinavian and Turkish Airlines. The distance is 2,167 km, about 3h 10m in the air. There are also 11 one-stop options, via airports such as Vienna, Budapest and Stockholm.
Live fares for HEL → ISTSee all routes on the map2,167 kmdistance
~3h 10mdirect flight time (estimate)
2direct airlines
11one-stop options
Direct flights from Helsinki to Istanbul
| Route | Airlines (incl. codeshares) | Distance | Time (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEL → IST | SAS Scandinavian, Turkish Airlines | 2,167 km | ~3h 10m |
Best one-stop connections
Through the biggest hubs first. Times include about 100 minutes to change planes.
| Via | Airlines | Distance | Time (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIE Vienna | Finnair and Ryanair then Austrian Airlines and Asiana Airlines | 2,711 km | ~6h |
| BUD Budapest | Finnair and Norwegian Air Shuttle then Turkish Airlines and Wizz Air | 2,525 km | ~5h 45m |
| ARN Stockholm | Finnair and Air China then SAS Scandinavian and Turkish Airlines | 2,608 km | ~5h 50m |
| WAW Warsaw | Finnair and British Airways then LOT Polish and Turkish Airlines | 2,318 km | ~5h 30m |
| KRK Krakow | Finnair then Turkish Airlines | 2,415 km | ~5h 35m |
| OTP Bucharest | Norwegian Air Sweden then Tarom and Turkish Airlines | 2,210 km | ~5h 20m |
| GDN Gdansk | Finnair then LOT Polish | 2,442 km | ~5h 40m |
| RIX Riga | Finnair and airBaltic then airBaltic and Turkish Airlines | 2,189 km | ~5h 20m |
| ADB Izmir | SunExpress then Pegasus Airlines and Turkish Airlines | 2,785 km | ~6h 5m |
| VNO Vilnius | Finnair and British Airways then Turkish Airlines | 2,173 km | ~5h 20m |
| TLL Tallinn-ulemiste International | Finnair then Turkish Airlines | 2,169 km | ~5h 20m |
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Routes come from current airline fares, updated weekly (last update 9 November 2026), plus older schedule data for airports with few recent fares. “Direct” can include a few same-plane flights with a stop. Flight times are estimates from distance. Always check with the airline before booking.