$460 Find Cheap Flights from California to Turkey

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 California to Turkey.

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

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 from California to Turkey with an airline and back with another airline.

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 from California to Turkey up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

California and Turkey are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Turkish Airlines (32 flights per week), Pakistan International Airlines (30 flights per week), and IndiGo (29 flights per week).

There are 48 airports in Turkey. The busiest airport is Istanbul Airport (IST), with 51% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Turkey is Istanbul Airport (IST), with an average flight price of $850.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Turkey is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $877. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where round-trip prices are $1,015 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Turkey is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $875 on average. Morning departures are around 39% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Turkey is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,216.

The cheapest ticket to Turkey from California found in the last 5 days was to Istanbul Airport, at $824 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Istanbul Airport (IST) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $824.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Turkey is August, when tickets cost $349 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,352 and $1,163 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Turkey, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 25% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Turkey from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 86 direct flights each week.

There are around 19 direct flights from within California to Turkey every day. Most flights (50%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 129 direct flights from within California to Turkey. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Turkey takes 22h 36m, covering a distance of 6898 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Istanbul Airport (IST) with an average flight time of 12h 25m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Turkey. Instead, there are 129 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Los Angeles.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Istanbul (95% of total searches to Turkey). The next most popular destinations are Ankara (1%) and Antalya (1%). Searches for flights to Dalaman (1%), to Bodrum (0%) and to Kayseri (0%) are also popular.