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Istanbul (IST) to Helsinki (HEL) flights
There are direct flights from Istanbul New Airport to Helsinki Vantaa 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 IST → HELSee all routes on the map2,167 kmdistance
~3h 10mdirect flight time (estimate)
2direct airlines
11one-stop options
Direct flights from Istanbul to Helsinki
| Route | Airlines (incl. codeshares) | Distance | Time (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IST → HEL | 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 | Austrian Airlines and Asiana Airlines then Finnair and Ryanair | 2,711 km | ~6h |
| BUD Budapest | Turkish Airlines and Wizz Air then Finnair and Norwegian Air Shuttle | 2,525 km | ~5h 45m |
| ARN Stockholm | SAS Scandinavian and Turkish Airlines then Finnair and Air China | 2,608 km | ~5h 50m |
| WAW Warsaw | LOT Polish and Turkish Airlines then Finnair and British Airways | 2,318 km | ~5h 30m |
| KRK Krakow | LOT Polish then Finnair | 2,415 km | ~5h 35m |
| OTP Bucharest | Tarom and Turkish Airlines then Norwegian Air Sweden | 2,210 km | ~5h 20m |
| GDN Gdansk | LOT Polish then NORRA | 2,442 km | ~5h 40m |
| RIX Riga | airBaltic and Turkish Airlines then Finnair and airBaltic | 2,189 km | ~5h 20m |
| ADB Izmir | Pegasus Airlines and Turkish Airlines then SunExpress | 2,785 km | ~6h 5m |
| VNO Vilnius | Turkish Airlines then Finnair and British Airways | 2,173 km | ~5h 20m |
| TLL Tallinn-ulemiste International | Turkish Airlines then Finnair and NORRA | 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.