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Find cheap flights from Istanbul to San Diego from $492

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Istanbul to San Diego departing on 6/21. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Istanbul to San Diego, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from Istanbul to San Diego (IST-SAN)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Istanbul to San Diego 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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8:30 am - 3:25 pmIST-SAN
16h 55m1 stop
5:15 pm - 12:25 amSAN-IST
21h 10m1 stop
$762British Airways
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vie., may. 17 - vie., may. 24
8:25 pm - 8:26 pmIST-SAN
34h 01m2 stops
8:00 pm - 12:25 amSAN-IST
18h 25m1 stop
$772British Airways
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vie., may. 17 - vie., may. 24
8:25 pm - 7:18 pmIST-SAN
32h 53m2 stops
10:57 pm - 12:25 amSAN-IST
39h 28m2 stops
$785British Airways
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vie., may. 17 - vie., may. 24
8:30 am - 11:44 pmIST-SAN
25h 14m2 stops
6:22 am - 7:05 pmSAN-IST
26h 43m3 stops
$1,029American Airlines
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vie., may. 17 - vie., may. 24
7:50 am - 10:47 pmIST-SAN
24h 57m2 stops
8:00 am - 8:45 pmSAN-IST
26h 45m2 stops
$1,168Air Canada
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jue., ago. 1 - dom., ago. 18
7:55 pm - 3:25 pmIST-SAN
29h 30m1 stop
5:15 pm - 12:30 amSAN-IST
21h 15m1 stop
$1,186British Airways
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jue., ago. 1 - dom., ago. 18
8:25 am - 3:25 pmIST-SAN
17h 00m1 stop
7:31 pm - 12:30 amSAN-IST
42h 59m2 stops
$1,380American Airlines
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mar., jun. 11 - mar., jun. 11
12:45 am - 9:32 amIST-SAN
18h 47m1 stop
8:36 pm - 11:40 pmSAN-IST
17h 04m1 stop
$2,249Turkish Airlines
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mié., jul. 31 - dom., ago. 18
12:10 am - 3:48 pmIST-SAN
49h 38m3 stops
9:05 pm - 4:45 amSAN-IST
45h 40m2 stops
$2,824Ethiopian Air
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jue., may. 16 - vie., may. 24
12:10 am - 3:48 pmIST-SAN
49h 38m3 stops
9:05 pm - 4:45 amSAN-IST
45h 40m3 stops
$2,917Ethiopian Air
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jue., may. 16 - vie., may. 24

Flights from Istanbul to San Diego - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Istanbul to San Diego?

The average price of all flights from Istanbul Airport to San Diego clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Istanbul to San Diego, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from San Diego, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul Airport to San Diego?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Istanbul Airport to San Diego, 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 Istanbul Airport to San Diego is February, where tickets cost $680 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of tickets is $1,240 and $1,129 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Istanbul Airport to San Diego, 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 Istanbul Airport to San Diego, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 64 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Istanbul to San Diego?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to San Diego from Istanbul were found on Qatar Airways ($757) and British Airways ($781), and the lowest round-trip tickets were found on British Airways ($762) and American Airlines ($1,029).

Good to know

Low season

April

High season

March

Cheapest flight

$492
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 17% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 17% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Istanbul to San Diego

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Istanbul to San Diego based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking Istanbul to San Diego flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Istanbul Airport to San Diego?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Istanbul Airport to San Diego was $492 for a one-way ticket and $762 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Istanbul and San Diego?

    A passport is required to fly from Istanbul to San Diego.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Istanbul to San Diego?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Istanbul to San Diego?

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Istanbul to San Diego, KLM or American Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Istanbul to San Diego are KLM and American Airlines. With an average price for the route of $692 and an overall rating of 7.8, KLM is the most popular choice. American Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,192 and an overall rating of 7.3.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Istanbul to San Diego?

    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 Istanbul to San Diego.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Diego from Istanbul 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 Istanbul to San Diego?

    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 San Diego with an airline and back to Istanbul with another airline. Booking your flights between Istanbul and SAN 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 Istanbul to San Diego?

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

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Top 4 airlines serving from Istanbul to San Diego

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Istanbul to San Diego. 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 Istanbul to San Diego? 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.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10932 reviews
8.6crew
8.2boarding
7.9comfort
7.4food
8.0entertainment
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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.

Had a broken tray in business class. Crew just shrugged it off.

I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Great experience overall. Check in at Austin was congested as they only have about 6 check in kiosks, one was broken, and there was a lot of Spring Break travelers.

I was sitting at comfort +. One of the Asian male crew was so loud when he delivered service. When he asked questions or what food you need, he was shouting. He must be a prison guard before going Delta.

Bag drop off was slow and annoying. Only 2 agents at the entire delta desk, and no one directing traffic for what line to be in, many confused people slowed down the process. Boarding was fine. Seats in Delta comfort plus were fine. Snacks were great! Definitely a bonus. The entertainment system was awful — old, slow, not responsive, and completely unable to play games due to some kind of error. But on the other hand, thank you to Delta for the free WiFi. That made it better.

Everything was very good other than I had selected a specific seat when I booked the flight and they changed it once I checked-in the day before my flight. I was still in first class but lost my aisle seat for a window seat. Being tall, the aisle offers more comfort so I always select an aisle seat.

Flight diverted in SD. Later take off in Seattle by 1.3hrs

Space and comfort was good. Staff could have been more helpful and friendly.

Crew was not friendly when I went to request a seat change.

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

The flight was delayed for 2 hrs. Because they didn’t have a crew to fly. And it is not a first time for klm to do that. Last time they cancelled my filght and rebooked me 3 days later. Not reliable airline

We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

Booked connecting flights with KlM. My serving flight was the furthest part of the airport. On arrival in Zurich. My two cases arrived but only one carry on belong to my son. His three suitcase didn't arrive. After enquiring we discovered they were still in Amsterdam. We landed at 11.12. We eventually left the airport just after one.

I thought KLM was the best airline but the Lima - Amsterdam was 1 hours late, the Brussels - Amsterdam was 2.30 hours late and the Amsterdam - Lima was 30 minutes late

no issues at all... Kudos to the food. This time was really really good

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

Overall a good experience. We were disappointed when we had to check our carry on due to the plane being full. KLM hadn’t notified us and we had valuable items in the carry on but they still made us check it. Some of the food was great and some was mediocre. Crew is really kind and funny.

One of the vstewardeses wanted to bump me of the plane for absolutely nothing. There is CCTV in the plane ans everything can be verified. Very disappointing , you all will see, o other 5 years and the passangers who does not smile to flight attendent will be bumped off...

It was nice to be on a legacy airline, people try at least.

Somehow I got “offloaded” even though I had my boarding pass and was in transit Food is horrible Staff were nice and cheerful No headphones were provided on 11 hours flight

Fight crew was not very attentive and the bastions were gross!

Our flight was great we left Kona earlier and got into LAX almost an 1hour earlier as well. LAX AA is in repair so to get out and found our bus to get pick up was a bit confusing.

Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.

The staff were very helpful with lots of refreshments on offer. The toilets were clean. The seats were comfortable and entertainment was good. No complaints, it was excellent.

amazing! they were so kind and allowed us to sit on empty seats so we could stretch our legs and sleep good. Food is amazing as well plus dessert in the middle of the flight!

5 hour flight - full flight - not enough room to use my computer - slightly delayed - Admirals club was excellent quality food, drink made up for flight seating. No food offerred on flight, you ahd to prebook.

We experience delays on departure and connecting flights resulting in 14 hour to our next departure. We were accommodated with a night's stay but was only provided a 12 dollar meals accommodation. The airlines rules state.at least 50 dollars. In any case, it can not make up for the whole day missed on our vacation in Sydney Australia.

I can say I will not be taking this airline again any time soon. Seat were uncomfortable and too tight. Lack of chair screen and little overhead space.

American Airlines canceled the flight twice and was unable to facilitate a change of city for us after our travel plans became affected. We lost alot of money due to this and it seems like the airline was trying their best not to facilitate this. Mind you, I am a very loyal member.

I really did not like being ordered to pull my shade down by the attendants. One of them was very rude to me about it, standing there until I closed it like I was a child brusquely reaching across me to close an adjoining one. They claim it was so people who wanted to could sleep. It’s a 10:30am flight not a red eye. Closing your shade or leaving it up for natural light should be a choice. Ruined my flight!

My baggage did not arrived with me. Took 3 days to get it after so may calls and follow up

The crew was very attentive and kept busy serving a variety of treats!

Terrible. Flight was 3 hours delayed and I missed my other flight to my final destination

Offered vegetable curry when it was actually tofu which I don’t care for.

The flight was good the crew excellent…but take off delayed three hours!!!

Both mine and my husband's chairs were broken. Also it took 2 hours to get our bags after our flight which was wild.

perhaps eye contact with the cabin crew, instead of abruptness and an impatience to serve.

Not enough trash pickups throughout the flight. Everything else was great.

Overall good, the gluten free food is very hit/miss though and you must tell them you have an allergy days in advance.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Istanbul to San Diego found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/21vie.
3 stops
42h 50mIST-SAN
$492
6/17lun.
3 stops
26h 39mIST-SAN
$648
9/18mié.
2 stopsQatar Airways
33h 29mIST-SAN
$757
6/15sáb.
3 stops
26h 13mIST-SAN
$774
9/18mié.
2 stopsQatar Airways
33h 29mIST-SAN
$778
5/24vie.
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 55mIST-SAN
$781
9/18mié.
1 stopBritish Airways
19h 50mIST-SAN
$791
8/5lun.
2 stopsKLM
21h 26mIST-SAN
$884
6/20jue.
3 stopsAmerican Airlines
37h 11mIST-SAN
$988
6/19mié.
3 stopsAmerican Airlines
37h 11mIST-SAN
$1,072

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Last minute flights from Istanbul to San Diego

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 Istanbul to San Diego that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/1mié.
multi-stopBritish Airways
31h 55mIST-SAN
5/7mar.
multi-stopBritish Airways
21h 10mSAN-IST
$880
5/1mié.
multi-stopBritish Airways
31h 55mIST-SAN
6/11mar.
multi-stopBritish Airways
21h 50mSAN-IST
$884
5/1mié.
multi-stopBritish Airways
39h 42mIST-SAN
5/7mar.
multi-stopBritish Airways
18h 25mSAN-IST
$890
5/1mié.
multi-stopBritish Airways
35h 50mIST-SAN
6/11mar.
multi-stopBritish Airways
21h 50mSAN-IST
$894
5/1mié.
multi-stop
40h 12mIST-SAN
5/7mar.
multi-stop
19h 05mSAN-IST
$1,541
5/3vie.
multi-stop
28h 23mIST-SAN
6/11mar.
multi-stop
21h 45mSAN-IST
$1,623
4/30mar.
multi-stopEthiopian Air
49h 38mIST-SAN
6/11mar.
multi-stopEthiopian Air
37h 50mSAN-IST
$2,978
4/30mar.
multi-stopEthiopian Air
49h 38mIST-SAN
5/7mar.
multi-stopEthiopian Air
37h 56mSAN-IST
$3,086
5/1mié.
multi-stopEmirates
30h 20mIST-SAN
6/10lun.
multi-stopEmirates
40h 23mSAN-IST
$4,828
5/2jue.
multi-stopEmirates
30h 20mIST-SAN
6/11mar.
multi-stopEmirates
43h 53mSAN-IST
$4,854

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Istanbul - San Diego Flights

Departure:

Istanbul (IST)Türkiye

Destination:

San Diego (SAN)United States

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San Diego - Istanbul

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