Distance from Istanbul to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 14,949 km (9,289 miles, 8,072 nautical miles) from Istanbul — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,949 km · 9,289 mi · 8,072 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Sydney
- 100° (E)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Istanbul
- 297° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 385 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.