$360 Find Cheap Flights from New York to Istanbul

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from New York to Istanbul.
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Cheapest round-trip
$863
Multiple Airlines
Tue 9/1Wed 9/16
JFK - SAW • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$871
Typical prices: $946-$769
Turkish Airlines
Mon 8/31Wed 9/16
JFK - IST • Non-stop
Advice from real travelers
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On this long flight, a travel pillow can make rest much easier.
At JFK, the check-in line for Turkish Airlines may be easy to miss.
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Cheap Flights from New York to Istanbul (NYC-IST)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New York 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from New York to Istanbul

Tue, Sep 1 - Wed, Sep 16
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 9:50 pm
JFK
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SAW
25h 25m
1 stop
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5:55 pm - 11:25 am
SAW
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JFK
24h 30m
1 stop
$863Multiple Airlines
Mon, Sep 14 - Mon, Sep 21
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3:30 pm - 6:35 pm
JFK
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IST
44h 05m
2 stops
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8:05 pm - 9:00 am
IST
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JFK
19h 55m
1 stop
$863Qatar Airways
Wed, Aug 26 - Mon, Oct 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 11:50 am
JFK
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SAW
15h 25m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 7:10 pm
SAW
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JFK
17h 40m
2 stops
$864Multiple Airlines
Wed, Sep 2 - Fri, Sep 18
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 9:45 am
JFK
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IST
13h 20m
1 stop
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9:25 am - 10:30 pm
IST
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JFK
20h 05m
2 stops
$864Multiple Airlines
Mon, Aug 3 - Fri, Aug 14
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9:50 pm - 9:25 pm
JFK
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IST
16h 35m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
1:55 pm - 8:05 pm
IST
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JFK
13h 10m
1 stop
$866Lufthansa
Sun, Aug 16 - Wed, Aug 26
British Airways Logo
8:20 pm - 7:15 pm
JFK
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IST
15h 55m
1 stop
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8:15 am - 3:20 pm
IST
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JFK
14h 05m
1 stop
$868British Airways
Wed, Aug 5 - Wed, Aug 26
British Airways Logo
8:55 pm - 12:25 am
JFK
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IST
20h 30m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
8:15 am - 8:20 pm
IST
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JFK
19h 05m
1 stop
$870British Airways
Sat, Sep 26 - Sat, Oct 10
Turkish Airlines Logo
12:25 am - 5:15 pm
JFK
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IST
9h 50mnonstop
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7:20 am - 10:55 am
IST
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JFK
10h 35mnonstop
$871Turkish Airlines
Sun, Sep 13 - Thu, Sep 24
Turkish Airlines Logo
12:25 am - 5:05 pm
EWR
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IST
9h 40mnonstop
Turkish Airlines Logo
6:50 pm - 10:30 pm
IST
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EWR
10h 40mnonstop
$881Turkish Airlines
Sat, Jul 4 - Wed, Jul 22
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4:00 pm - 5:05 pm
LGA
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SAW
18h 05m
2 stops
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8:50 am - 9:29 pm
SAW
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LGA
19h 39m
2 stops
$987KLM
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for New York to Istanbul flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from New York to Istanbul?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from New York to Istanbul departing in September.

What is the cheapest New York to Istanbul flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The absolute cheapest return flight from New York to Istanbul costs $781 on the route between New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK) and Istanbul Airport (IST). The most popular route is between New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK) and Istanbul Airport (IST).

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from New York to Istanbul?

The average price of all round-trip flights from New York to Istanbul clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from New York to Istanbul, you should consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to New York, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Istanbul?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New York to Istanbul, 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 New York to Istanbul is February, where tickets cost $627 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,241 and $1,060 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New York to Istanbul?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from New York to Istanbul, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from New York to Istanbul, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

When to book flights from New York to Istanbul

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from New York to Istanbul based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

Flights from New York to Istanbul: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from New York to Istanbul 
Verified travelerFlew with Turkish Airlines
EWR
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IST
Jan 2025
It’s a long flight. Find the most comfortable travel pillow it helps a lot.
Verified travelerFlew with Turkish Airlines
JFK
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IST
Aug 2024
Look for business class separate line, it’s a little farther than the regular check in line. You may miss if not paying attention

FAQs for booking flights from New York to Istanbul

  • What is the cheapest flight from New York to Istanbul?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from New York to Istanbul was $351 for a one-way ticket and $863 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between New York and Istanbul?

    A passport is required to fly from New York to Istanbul.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from New York to Istanbul?

    On your way to Istanbul, you’ll fly out from one of these New York airports: Newark, New York John F Kennedy Intl, or New York LaGuardia. You’ll be landing in one of Istanbul’s 2 airports: Istanbul or Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from New York to Istanbul?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from New York to Istanbul?

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Istanbul from New York?

    London is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from New York to Istanbul.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New York to Istanbul?

    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 New York to Istanbul.

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

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

    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 with an airline and back to New York with another airline.

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

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

Prefer to fly direct from New York to Istanbul?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from New York to Istanbul.
Find which airlines fly direct from New York to Istanbul, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

New York to Istanbul

Monday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Friday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Sunday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

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Direct returns

Istanbul to New York

Monday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Tuesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Wednesday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Thursday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Friday

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Saturday

Turkish Airlines

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Sunday

Turkish Airlines

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from New York to Istanbul

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from New York 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 New York 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.
7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1527 reviews
8.4Crew
7.8Boarding
7.2Entertainment
7.3Food
7.7Comfort
Airline reviews

As always, it’s a pleasure to travel with KLM. It is one of my favorite airlines.

10.0 ExcellentGeorge, May 2026
OTP - AMS
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As always, it’s a pleasure to travel with KLM. It is one of my favorite airlines.

Outstanding even though the 330 was one of the oldest in the fleet. The difference was the attentiveness and responsiveness of a really experienced flight attendant. For airline food great variety of interesting choices and good tastes supported by a good wine selection.

Brand new plane lots of room the snack was very flavourful and enjoyable

There were no charge points for phones on the economy seats. The seats were comfortable overall. Food was okay.. flight was on time

The flight was delayed. The aircraft was unclean. Promised seat was not given due to change in Aircraft. Not one crew on ground was in a position to give any response. Amsterdam Airport is AVIODABLE Over crowded. Over Expensive. Poor Services.

It was really nice experience by flying this klm flight.I personally recommend everyone to please try this klm flight

The crew were unprofessional with a racist element. I was physically abused as well from one of the crew members

Crew is not the cheerful type. very slow meal service (this is their style as have flown this many times)

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Delay on my previous leg, had to run to catch my flight. But that happens. Overall ok.

Entertainment system is okay, flight attendants were ok. Leg space very narrow, I couldn’t get what I wanted to eat, dinner nor breakfast.

Excellent experience with business class area. Staff was attentive and food was amazing. Only one bathroom for business class which was logistically difficult for the staff while preparing meals. Need to offer fluids with meals. I did not get enough water to drink. But overall I rate it 5 star.

On time, great food, good drink selection! Only down was alcohol-free lounge. Lufthansa had a much better offering!

Seat assignments for family traveling with 2 children. Loud crowd during sleep time

It was crowded… the bathrooms dirty and smelly. The seats have been made even smaller.

delayed to take off from detroit by 3 hours lost baggage in istanbul and now in venice without baggage

Seats were very tight with poor legroom - and I am average height. During the 12 hour flight, tiny paper cups of drinks we're only offered during the super and breakfast services, with the crew nowhere to be seen in between. One of the bathrooms was out of order, leading to long lines waiting to use the remaining two available to the economy class passengers.

short flight but we still got a very nice lunch and the crew did an excellent job in taking care of us

For that price on Business class, I expected to have the pod seats. These were configured as 2/3/2 and my seat mate talked half the flight with a friend across the isle, loudly. Very uncouth.

The ground crew members at check in counter were courteous. The boarding was seamless. Flight departed as scheduled. Service on board was great

First the flt was delayed over 2 hrs bc of plane mechanics that should have been handled better! No text or email was sent so only found out at the airport so there we sat for 5 hours! THATS RIDICULOUS! The gate area was filthy! No agents showed up till hr before so no additional info was given-waited online for 15 mins while the gate agent chatted and got together then given last seat in back of plane!! No priority for senior or anything-took attendants over 2hrs to serve drinks and snack-WHY are they not served together? By time snack came needed another drink! Worst service in my life!

All the TV screens in my rows was non functional . The map shown for an international route was antiqued..

Boarding process was terrible. No assigned seat until the gate, then a long line to get seat assignment.

The space between seat rows seemed to be larger than other airlines. I didn’t check their food or entertainment since I slept most of the way. They do seem to have a lot of options for purchase though.

Kayak sucked. You gave me a confirmation number that was not useable by the jet blue system. Nor did you send any check in emails. I’ll not be using your site again. Nice work.

Automated scanning was slow and somewhat haphazard. Too many people were unfamiliar with the tech and were forced to learn on the fly. The hands off approach of the gate staff made it more uncomfortable. This needs work. Overall the flight and cabin crew were excellent.

Crew were fantastic and so catering and wonderful! Full score for the entire crew!

Terrible. They canceled our early morning flight after midnight on the day of and had no available flights to rebook my family on for the next 72 hours. Yet they still had other flights that were not cancelled from JFK so it couldn’t be based on the weather. It felt like they canceled the flight based on it not being profitable enough for them. I am not interested in traveling with the again. The absolute worse customer service and lack of accountability.

First time flying with JetBlue and never again. I went to the counter to request meet and assist because I'm 74 and my wife is 79. I walk with a cane and my wife is handicapped and has her own wheel chair. I told the agent that my wife and luggage was at the entrance door. The ticketing agent said to me that they don't offer meet and assist. I need to bring them our luggage and then go back and get my wife in order to get my boarding pass. As I went back to get my luggage a Southwest agent along with a TSA agent recognized the situation and came over and took my wife and luggage to the JetBlue ticketing counter alongside the line and told the JetBlue agent to issue to take our luggage as soon as they could.

Flight was fine, price was good but food onboard was abysmal. I was on there for breakfast and lunch and dinner 845am EST to 845pm GMT and all I got was a yoghurt parfait, fruit and a piece of cake. Later snacks included an ice-cream brownie and a pizza twist. I was hungry by the time I landed and the airport amenities were closed. Not happy.

Was never allowed on and not refunded the full amount of the ticket plus charged a $300 processing fee.

Not great!!! Seats in Business class were horrible; no cushion!!!

The staff was bit rude when I asked for an extra drink after one beer, asked for one wine glass.

I was deceived on the Kayak site expecting a ticket, but instead finding a "standby" reservation. When I tried to change the ticket, I paid almost twice the price of the original ticket. Then, the airline refused to give me the reserved seat I had chosen and paid for. I think I deserve a refund for this leg of my trip because I was doubly charged and did not receive what I had paid for. I put in a complaint with Lufthansa because the ticket was sold originally sold as a flight they listed. Someone here needs to take responsibility.

Excellent service; they helped me reschedule so I can fly in an earlier flight

Crew was professional and great, flight was clean. However food was pathetic. I ordered a Hindu meal assuming no meat but they served chicken. Need to be very specific- Hindu meal should be categorize as Vegetarian - no meat or egg. Or it should be specific that we are serving meat.

I booked extra leg room, due to seat neighbor i now consider extra shoulder and arm room as well. Seems like the seats shrink in width now The crew was very friendly and professional ( 100%). Food was good not great, breakfast was bad, a dry slice of bread would have been better. Facilities clean.

I think they overbooked Frankfurt to New York and bumped me off. This changed my return travel I arrived home about 4 hours late. Almost 24 total travel time Totally unacceptable Would not travel with United

I liked everything BUT the temperature. It was freezing and now I am sick.

Flight was delayed over one hour and I had to pay to select my seat, even though my booking supposedly had free selection (I paid extra for this at time of booking)

Flight was good but temp in the cabin was cold.

The seats in Premier Economy were very comfortable. The food was better than average. The way British Airways handled our seating was atrocious.

Worst airline in the world. They downgraded me from business class to economy with no compensation.

Even if you wait for connecting passengers you should not be an hour late departing waiting their luggage. Your passengers may have connections in the other end and you harm them.

WiFi wasn’t available to economy until the end of the flight.

Getting the boarding passes between the BA and AA apps was very clunky.

The airline was not clear about a new departure time so we got to the airport early anyway. The flight left early which was great because of weather. The check in process was very easy and staff were friendly and helpful. The crew was great and our flight was very good.

Although business class, the seating was really cramped. The food was so so.

Smooth trip no turbulence which is always a bonus for me lol! In cattle class so an element of being a bit squished (but not as bad as other shorter haul airlines) smaller plane than the one we flew out on and entertainment system wasn’t as modern but still definitely passed the time. Lovely crew x

I was sleeping during dinner service, no one bothered to offer meal later, I remained hungry….until I got a morning sandwich!

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Cabin class types available on flights from New York to Istanbul

Cabin classes available on flights from New York to Istanbul. Prices are the lowest found on KAYAK over the last 7 days. Price and availability is not guaranteed.