Data study — computed from our own files

Longest flights from Istanbul

We measured the great-circle distance from Istanbul Airport (IST) to every one of the 113 airports in our network and ranked them. Durations are a published geometric estimate — not a schedule.

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The single longest route in this study is Istanbul to Auckland (AKL) — New Zealand: 17,067 km great-circle, about 20h 40m of estimated flying.

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The 20 farthest destinations in the network

The 20 farthest destinations from Istanbul, descending by direct distance
#	Destination	Distance (km)	Time (est.)	Calculator
1	Auckland (AKL) — New Zealand	17,067	20h 40m	Open calculator
2	Sydney (SYD) — Australia	14,971	18h 12m	Open calculator
3	Melbourne (MEL) — Australia	14,640	17h 48m	Open calculator
4	Buenos Aires (EZE) — Argentina	12,269	15h 1m	Open calculator
5	Mexico City (MEX) — Mexico	11,389	13h 59m	Open calculator
6	Los Angeles (LAX) — USA	11,002	13h 32m	Open calculator
7	Sao Paulo (GRU) — Brazil	10,559	13h	Open calculator
8	Cancun (CUN) — Mexico	10,432	12h 51m	Open calculator
9	Bali (DPS) — Indonesia	10,351	12h 46m	Open calculator
10	Rio de Janeiro (GIG) — Brazil	10,273	12h 40m	Open calculator
11	Miami (MIA) — USA	9,585	11h 52m	Open calculator
12	Jakarta (CGK) — Indonesia	9,458	11h 43m	Open calculator
13	Manila (MNL) — Philippines	9,135	11h 20m	Open calculator
14	Tokyo (NRT) — Japan	8,979	11h 9m	Open calculator
15	Chicago (ORD) — USA	8,786	10h 55m	Open calculator
16	Osaka (KIX) — Japan	8,744	10h 52m	Open calculator
17	Singapore (SIN) — Singapore	8,678	10h 48m	Open calculator
18	Cape Town (CPT) — South Africa	8,431	10h 30m	Open calculator
19	Taipei (TPE) — Taiwan	8,397	10h 28m	Open calculator
20	Kuala Lumpur (KUL) — Malaysia	8,387	10h 27m	Open calculator

And the 5 shortest hops (for contrast)

The 5 shortest routes from Istanbul by direct distance
#	Destination	Distance (km)	Time (est.)	Calculator
1	Bursa (YEI) — Turkey	132	0h 44m	Open calculator
2	Ankara (ESB) — Turkey	380	1h 2m	Open calculator
3	Bucharest (OTP) — Romania	426	1h 5m	Open calculator
4	Antalya (AYT) — Turkey	518	1h 12m	Open calculator
5	Athens (ATH) — Greece	554	1h 14m	Open calculator

Methodology (every figure reproducible)

Inputs: src/data/travel/airports.json (113 airports with lat/lng) + the 14 hub list defined in src/lib/airportData.ts (FLIGHT_HUBS_IATA).
Distance: haversine formula on a 6371 km-radius earth (src/lib/geo.ts — haversineKm), rounded to the nearest km.
Duration: estimateFlightMinutes = (km ÷ 850 km/h) × 60 + a fixed 35-minute taxi/climb allowance. Block-time estimate only — no stops, no delays.
Ranking: descending by distance. Calculator links (flight-time-{hub}-to-{iata}) render only when actually present in catalog/generated/travel.json.

FAQs

What is the farthest destination from Istanbul on your map?

Auckland (AKL): 17,067 km great-circle distance, roughly 20h 40m of flying under our model (850 km/h cruise + 35 min taxi/climb allowance).

Which network airport is closest to Istanbul?

Bursa (YEI): just 132 km, about 0h 44m.

How is the displayed duration computed?

Pure geometry: haversine distance between the two airports' coordinates from our airports.json, then duration = (km ÷ 850 km/h) × 60 + 35 minutes. No schedules, no external sources — the same formula as the site's flight-time calculators.