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$593 Find cheap flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport

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Cheap flight deals from Sacramento to Istanbul (SMF-IST)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Istanbul that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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5:40 am - 10:35 pmSMF-IST
29h 55m2 stops
6:35 am - 10:03 pmIST-SMF
26h 28m2 stops
$892United Airlines
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Sun, Nov 10 - Wed, Nov 20
7:00 am - 6:05 pmSMF-IST
25h 05m2 stops
7:00 pm - 6:57 pmIST-SMF
34h 57m2 stops
$909Lufthansa
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Mon, Oct 28 - Wed, Nov 13
6:01 pm - 10:35 pmSMF-IST
18h 34m2 stops
6:35 am - 5:19 pmIST-SMF
21h 44m2 stops
$917Lufthansa
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Tue, Oct 29 - Wed, Nov 13
6:00 pm - 12:05 amSMF-IST
20h 05m2 stops
8:05 am - 6:24 pmIST-SMF
21h 19m2 stops
$945British Airways
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Mon, Oct 28 - Thu, Nov 14
6:00 pm - 12:40 amSMF-IST
20h 40m2 stops
9:10 am - 9:20 pmIST-SMF
23h 10m2 stops
$970British Airways
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Sun, Oct 27 - Sun, Nov 10
9:00 am - 6:05 pmSMF-IST
23h 05m2 stops
8:40 am - 10:40 pmIST-SMF
25h 00m3 stops
$1,005Air Canada
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Mon, Oct 28 - Wed, Nov 13
12:55 pm - 11:25 pmSMF-IST
24h 30m3 stops
8:40 am - 10:40 pmIST-SMF
25h 00m3 stops
$1,077Air Canada
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Mon, Oct 28 - Wed, Nov 13
12:54 am - 12:40 amSMF-IST
36h 46m2 stops
8:05 am - 8:30 pmIST-SMF
23h 25m2 stops
$1,118American Airlines
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Sat, Nov 9 - Wed, Nov 20
12:54 am - 5:55 pmSMF-IST
31h 01m2 stops
2:55 pm - 8:30 pmIST-SMF
40h 35m2 stops
$1,168American Airlines
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Mon, Oct 28 - Fri, Nov 8
11:55 pm - 1:05 pmSMF-IST
27h 10m2 stops
6:55 am - 8:24 pmIST-SMF
47h 29m2 stops
$1,371United Airlines
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Sat, Jul 6 - Tue, Jul 16

Flights from Sacramento to Istanbul - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sacramento to Istanbul to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport is February, where tickets cost $1,054 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of tickets is $1,726 and $1,524 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 63 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 72 hours, the best return deals on flights connecting Sacramento to Istanbul Airport were found on United Airlines ($892) and Lufthansa ($909). Air Canada proposed the cheapest one-way flight at $765.

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February

High season

June

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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 20% drop in price.
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When to book flights from Sacramento to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sacramento to Istanbul based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Sacramento to Istanbul Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport was $593 for a one-way ticket and $892 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and Istanbul Airport?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Istanbul Airport from Sacramento.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

    Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Sacramento and Istanbul Airport, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to Istanbul, United Airlines or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to Istanbul are United Airlines and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,344 and an overall rating of 7.4, United Airlines is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,238 and an overall rating of 7.3.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Istanbul Airport from Sacramento is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Istanbul Airport with an airline and back to Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento and IST can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sacramento to Istanbul Airport?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Istanbul Airport from Sacramento up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Sacramento to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento to Istanbul. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sacramento to Istanbul? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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DeltaOverall score based on 10595 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.0Entertainment
7.9Comfort
7.4Food
8.6Crew
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There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

6.0 GoodEliza, Apr 2024SAN - LAX
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There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Honestly, I didn’t expect that I will experience this long time wait during the check in. There was only one person who was taking care of the passengers for the economy class and it took us to wait about one hour to do our check i. As a result we barely get to the airplane as the gate was at the end of the airport. That is totally not professional where one crue is working at the registration desk with economy and 3-4 crues are helping for the business class.

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

You need to be a hacker to get the (Free) WiFi

I paid $380 for my one-way ticket from California to Minnesota. The fair did not include online check-in. I received instructions from their app to check in at a kiosk. At the kiosk, the boarding pass would not print until an actual person came to verify that I had a personal item and not a carry-on item, On the plane, the person next to me was drunk and allowed to continue to order alcohol. United is garbage I’d rather fly spirit.

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

Terrible! The plane was old and you are required to connect your own device to their Wi-Fi rather than have entertainment options in the back of the seat in front of you. The Wi-Fi went out during the flight and there was only one plug for the devices every two seats. Three out of five surrounding my family did not work. The seats and spaces under them were so small I could not fit my backpack, which I’ve always brought on flights and fit before no problem. The crew were unpleasant and patronizing.

Due to one crew member not showing up to work, our flight was significantly delayed causing us to miss our connecting flight in Houston to Mississippi causing us to be delayed by more than 6 hours and missing our event all together. Very disappointing. All because ONE crew member called in sick. United did grant us a $15 meal voucher, which was a small but appreciated concession that I wasn’t able to use because I ordered my lunch and paid for it before applying the concession, and the staff said it was too late to use it. Ugh! We also had a TWO delay coming back from Mississippi, but that was on American Airlines and it was due to weather, so not their fault. Anyway, not at all impressed with United’s handling of our flight and the HUGE disappointment of missing our important family event for our 90 year old mother. All that money and all that stress and emotions for nothing. Having to wait the hour to bring an employee from LAX seemed like something that should not have happened. Why don’t you have a local back-up? Santa Ana is not a little airport in a rural area.

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

the head jack on my seat didn't work and the power outlet didn't work for my seat

Plenty of room in the exit row. Sat on the plane an hour before taking off.☹️ Landed late and had to wait for gate availability.

Flight was on time early arrival better entertainment good staff.everything was excellent

They canceled the flight on us very close to the flight date .

My experience was pretty frustrating because the first leg of my flight on United (though booked through Air Canada) was delayed causing me to miss my connecting flight on Air Canada. This could have been an easy solve as there was a direct flight later that morning via Air Canada that they easily could have put me on which would have only gotten me to my destination 2 1/2 hours later but because United and Air Canada don’t seem to have good communication they gave me the run around both telling me to talk with the other which I did three times to no avail. I ended up taking the delayed flight and getting on a new connecting flight which ended up getting me to my destination 6 hours later and I missed the event I was planning to go to this evening.

Everything went smoothly and as expected. We were on time and one flight arrived early.

This is not a Business Class equipped airplane and even the crew apologize before take over BUT BUT Air Canada charged full business class fare

Very good other than we have to wait for one crew and we’re delayed and the pilot and his co- pilot has to make a difference to be right on time arrival. Disappointed about no food service also.

Due to a strike taking place with the airline, it negatively impacted my flight in multiple ways. My flight was delayed over 2 hours and the food served was mediocre at best.

Cabin crew were great. Seats are criminal for tall people

Flight was delayed 1.5 hrs due to problem with a previous flight to mine; I was informed appropriately via Text & Email, however, website did not keep up with messages sent by nearly an hour. When checking-in warm & friendly reception at check-in desk until female Air Canada Rep noticed my flight number and instantly pivoted to a condescending & sarcastic comments about getting my bag checked in since I’m running so late; then tone instantly changed again few minutes later when she muttered, “Oh, they’ve delayed it” another sign systems & worse front line staff, not fully informed or simply not reading their flight status updates. Flight crew were very friendly & did a great job trying to make up lost time due to the delay.

Staff disappeared after dinner service until breakfast, no help with beds, no help running to our gate to catch connection cause flight was late, our luggage didn’t make it, took over 24 hours to get luggage to hotel, no compensation!!

Second time I took this flight, and they lost my luggage both times. Waiting for my suitcase now, last time it took two days to get it back.

Checked in is easy and it was a smooth flight from LAX to Munich

It was a busy flight and all the crew were very helpful and gracious

I wish the flight attendant was a little bit kinder

I always try to book flights that don’t charge for baggage. Yet I was charged $75 for this flight.

Used to love Lufthansa, but Rowe are too close together in Economy and passengers are allowed to recline their seats so far back it is impossible for those behind them to even reach for carry-on essentials during flight - except for meal service when flight attendants ask for seat backs to be raised, we can’t sleep on planes so this flight was most uncomfortable ever! Rod Rose

Horrible crowding on the seats, headphones provided did not fit or work in the entertainment center, seriously the most uncomfortable flight I have taken in a LONG time. The people in front of me were literally 5 inches from my face the entire flight. Did they change their seats recently? I remember it being tight but wow this was a whole new level. Also I am a 5'3" small woman so I can't even imagine a larger person dealing with that for 11 hrs.

Seat controls of lights were broken, and only 1 of the 2 seat TVs ever worked on the long flight. On the short flight there were no USB connections, on the long one they were difficult to access. Part of my meal was frozen, though the hot portion was good.

Lufthansa fails at mentioning no luggage when booking through points. We had to pay added fees to take checked bags to Europe for 2 weeks. The staff at check in were not helpful at all. told us "if we don't like it, then book another flight". Food was bad, they ran out of half the options. Vegetarian was terrible. The flight crew was nice, and tried to make it work ok.

Wonderful service and very comfy in the bulkhead in Economy Plus! Delicious food.

The BA team at Sky Harbor is deplorable, full of unnecessary attitude and poor communication. It seems like every member of the team was looking at another to solve the problem, instead of taking agency to do so themselves. I saw no less than 6 altercations with the same gate agent where he threatened to revoke the passengers boarding pass for asking a wildly reasonable question, something as simple as where the cue to board was. I’ve complained to BA before but it seems this isn’t an issue for them, which is very disappointing

Boarding poor in London,ok in Chicago. Don’t like Heatrow/terminal5

It was very good. We got a late start by about an hour and a half. However I worked rather have that than crash. It was purely mechanical. They had our tickets ready when we came off the plane in London for the next leg. The only mishap was when we got to Lisbon my husbands luggage made or bit mine didn't. All was not lost because I did finally get it 2 days later. I was really pleased that they c made the effort.

Leg space was not enough. The meal was not satisfactory.

Liked that my American Airlines status seamlessly transferred to BA so luggage check was free. Flights were on time, boarding quick. Wish they didn’t assign connecting gate so late at Heathrow.

The entire process was flawless and as expected flying first class. The only thing that I have a complaint on...when first boarding, the plane was EXTREMELY cold; then when we were trying to sleep, it was way too hot - just better regulating (especially trying to sleep) would have made it perfect.

- OK plane. Basic accommodations. OK food. The digital window shade wasn't working.

- OK plane. Basic accommodations. OK food. The digital window shade wasn't working. - Expect to be woken up more than an hour before landing when they start dinging the bell and making announcements and turning on all cabin lights to serve a snack. I would prefer they remain quiet and only serve people who want to wake up.

Better food and more space in the seats. Also when doing the web check in both times I was going in to your site the minute you open it and there is not really many seats to choose only to buy!!!

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Sacramento to Istanbul found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/28Tue
3 stops
41h 32mSMF-IST
$593
6/1Sat
3 stops
44h 23mSMF-IST
$598
5/30Thu
3 stops
46h 13mSMF-IST
$639
5/31Fri
3 stops
44h 03mSMF-IST
$685
7/1Mon
2 stopsAir Canada
25h 10mSMF-IST
$765
6/30Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
27h 10mSMF-IST
$802
7/2Tue
2 stopsAir Canada
25h 10mSMF-IST
$975
6/30Sun
1 stopTurkish Airlines
27h 10mSMF-IST
$1,570
5/31Fri
1 stopTurkish Airlines
27h 30mSMF-IST
$1,577
6/30Sun
3 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 40mSMF-IST
$12,240

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Last minute flights from Sacramento to Istanbul

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Sacramento to Istanbul that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/22Wed
multi-stop
29h 27mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stop
27h 22mIST-SMF
$1,590
5/22Wed
multi-stop
26h 52mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stop
27h 22mIST-SMF
$1,690
5/25Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
42h 45mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stopQatar Airways
43h 10mIST-SMF
$1,729
5/22Wed
multi-stop
34h 06mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stop
29h 28mIST-SMF
$1,795
5/22Wed
multi-stopLufthansa
20h 57mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stopLufthansa
24h 48mIST-SMF
$1,829
5/22Wed
multi-stop
34h 06mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stop
19h 09mIST-SMF
$1,935
5/25Sat
multi-stop
20h 30mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stop
24h 46mIST-SMF
$2,499
5/25Sat
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
18h 10mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
37h 05mIST-SMF
$2,718
5/22Wed
multi-stop
20h 05mSMF-IST
5/28Tue
multi-stop
27h 30mIST-SMF
$3,179
5/25Sat
multi-stopAir Canada
24h 15mSMF-IST
5/29Wed
multi-stopAir Canada
24h 46mIST-SMF
$3,422

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Sacramento - Istanbul Airport Flights

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Sacramento (undefined)United States

Destination:

Istanbul Airport (IST)Türkiye

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Istanbul Airport - Sacramento

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