$220 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
$543
Overall average: $879
United Airlines
Sun 1/18Wed 2/11
EWR - IST • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$553
Typical prices: $798-$1,070
Turkish Airlines
Fri 1/23Tue 1/27
EWR - IST • Non-stop
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Business class has a separate check-in line at JFK.
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Cheapest • from $546 (round-trip)
Delta
Best reviews • 7.9 score
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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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from New York to Istanbul

Sun, Jan 18 - Wed, Feb 11
United Airlines Logo
7:30 pm - 10:45 pm
EWR
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IST
19h 15m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 2:00 pm
IST
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EWR
15h 30m1 stop
$543United Airlines
Mon, Apr 13 - Sat, Apr 18
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
6:50 pm - 3:40 am
EWR
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IST
25h 50m2 stops
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
4:30 am - 1:20 pm
IST
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EWR
15h 50m2 stops
$544Scandinavian Airlines
Mon, Jan 12 - Mon, Jan 26
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:45 pm - 7:15 pm
EWR
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SAW
17h 30m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:15 am - 4:15 pm
SAW
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EWR
15h 00m1 stop
$544Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jan 19 - Thu, Feb 12
Delta Logo
3:40 pm - 3:50 am
EWR
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IST
28h 10m2 stops
Delta Logo
4:50 am - 7:50 am
IST
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EWR
35h 00m2 stops
$545Delta
Mon, Jan 19 - Tue, Feb 3
Lufthansa Logo
6:05 pm - 5:55 pm
EWR
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IST
15h 50m2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
6:30 am - 2:00 pm
IST
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EWR
15h 30m1 stop
$549Lufthansa
Fri, Jan 23 - Fri, Jan 30
Delta Logo
9:30 pm - 3:50 am
JFK
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IST
22h 20m1 stop
Delta Logo
4:50 am - 2:25 pm
IST
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JFK
17h 35m1 stop
$582Delta
Wed, Feb 18 - Wed, Feb 25
Air Canada Logo
10:35 am - 6:05 pm
LGA
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IST
23h 30m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
6:30 am - 7:02 pm
IST
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LGA
20h 32m2 stops
$584Air Canada
Tue, Jan 13 - Mon, Jan 26
KLM Logo
9:20 pm - 4:55 pm
JFK
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IST
11h 35m1 stop
KLM Logo
5:55 pm - 12:35 pm
IST
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JFK
26h 40m2 stops
$587KLM
Mon, Jan 12 - Fri, Jan 23
Air Canada Logo
7:45 pm - 5:45 pm
LGA
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IST
38h 00m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
6:30 am - 9:13 am
IST
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LGA
34h 43m2 stops
$588Air Canada
Sun, Jan 11 - Wed, Jan 14
KLM Logo
6:00 pm - 5:25 pm
LGA
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SAW
15h 25m2 stops
KLM Logo
9:00 am - 8:30 pm
SAW
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LGA
19h 30m2 stops
$658KLM
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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 January.

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 cheapest return flight from New York to Istanbul costs $579 on the route between New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport (JFK) and Istanbul Airport (IST). It is also the most popular route.

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 Tuesday 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 November, where tickets cost $720 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,231 and $1,067 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 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 8% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Cheapest flight$240
Flight from Newark Liberty Airport to Istanbul Airport

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 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from New York to Istanbul was $220 for a one-way ticket and $543 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.

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Wednesday

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Sunday

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Direct returns

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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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 8009 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
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My flight was cancelled with no explanation after I had already cleared security. I was given 4 options to rebook, only one being non-stop like I had paid for. I grabbed it. It was 4 plus hours later and then took off even later. Biggest complaint is that I booked early and had an aisle seat. They gave me a "window" seat in front of the exit row, so the seat did not decline. I weigh all of 103 #s and it was tight for me! For what I paid, I feel I was kind of ripped off. I think they should have given me the empty comfort seat for the inconvenience. There was no apology nor any explanation as to why the flight was cancelled. My guess is it benefitted Delta in some way.

6.0 GoodMary Heather, Nov 2025
LGA - MKE
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My flight was cancelled with no explanation after I had already cleared security. I was given 4 options to rebook, only one being non-stop like I had paid for. I grabbed it. It was 4 plus hours later and then took off even later. Biggest complaint is that I booked early and had an aisle seat. They gave me a "window" seat in front of the exit row, so the seat did not decline. I weigh all of 103 #s and it was tight for me! For what I paid, I feel I was kind of ripped off. I think they should have given me the empty comfort seat for the inconvenience. There was no apology nor any explanation as to why the flight was cancelled. My guess is it benefitted Delta in some way.

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

Plenty of leg room, temperature was great and staff was excellent. Would do it more often.

I truly love flying with Delta. They have always treated me with the upmost respect

The aircraft interior is old and tired on this aircraft. The entertainment system never worked despite the crews attempt to reset the system.

The flight was great. The gate location was way to far away!!!

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

I believe that a four-hour trip should have a meal. Delta had none.

Was charged for my luggage despite having been on one ticket from an international flight. Too tired to argue after 15 hours on flight. Was charged for rechecking it at JFK airport. Not sure why those off Kenya Airways were required to do that.

Flight was canceled, and no effort was made to help with rebooking, no hotel vouchers, no car transportation and minimal food voucher and most places for food were closed by the time the voucher was given. Waited for 3 hours for bags. Simply the worst travel experience I have ever had

Overall it was good. Food was bad. I ordered gluten free vegetarian meal. But I got gluten free chicken for my long flight from Seattle to Istanbul. I don’t eat any kind of meat. Second meal I got eggplant with meat which I couldn’t eat. I don’t understand why we can’t get gluten free vegetarian meal for a 12 hour flight. I eat the bread and that was it.

As a big guy the seats are way too small for me. Would prefer more comfortable seats on these long haul flights.

My flight was canceled 1 minute before boarding. The customer service was owful, no one could tell us what was going happened. I spent 30hrs instead of 15 from Washington DC to Brussels. No apologie or help

Boeing 777 is a bad choice for a such a long flight.

This is my 2nd time with the Turkish airline. Would definitely recommend. In stability we connected to Indiago would not recommend, very cramped seating. No inflight entertainment..service was inferior.

I wouldn't know what the flight was like. AI canceled my flight reservation!! There's no way to speak to an actual human to fix the issue! NEVER AGAIN! ALWAYS BOOK YOUR FLIGHT DIRECTLY WITH THE AIRLINE NEVER GO THROUGH KAYAK OR JUSTFLY.COM!!

Paying extra for premium seats was wasted. Turkish Airlines takes 2 seats for bassinet. The lady next to me had a baby with bassinet Bassinet was in front of my seat

Rude staff. I would avoid using the word racist but definitely partially or discriminatory. My 72 yrs old mother who is also disabled was traveling on this flight. She was the second passenger boarded to the plane. The First elderly couple ahead of my mother were allowed to use the airplane bathroom but my mother was denied entry stating it was for safety reasons. My mother objected the the couple in front of her were allowed but hostess still stated that due to the flight safety reasons she can’t use it. Even my mother explained that he is using blood pressure medication that’s why she have to use the restroom frequently but the crew continued arguing her. At one point the Mae attendent even suggested that if that’s the case my mother can urinate in her seat. The level of disrespect against an elderly lady is beyond my comprehension. This matter will be taken to the social media to shame the employees involved.

my experience was great with Turkish airlines . the problem i encountered was with kayak booking. When I booked . it showed that im allowed a bag . and when I got to the airport, i had to pay $165 for one bag.

Not up to Business Class standards. Two of the three toilets were out of order. The hostesses were aware and didn’t show any responsible act to do something. Food quality was not what we expect from Turkish hospitality. Overall we were not impressed and disappointed.

Everything was great. I liked the text updates so that I never miss a gate change & I have all the latest info.

No internet on a flight over three hours in this age is criminal. Staff inattentive and dismissive

Worst flight experience ever flights canceled. JetBlue told us just did not even bother standing in line to come back in one and a half hours then without any information we had to go pick up all of our luggage and spend over $2000 in accommodation just to get home. JetBlue said that the next flight available for us to get home would be three days later. Absolutely absurd hasn’t offered to give us any compensation do not fly JetBlue horrible company. They said it was based on the weather and the weather is great in all locations that we would’ve been flying to total hoax. I think it’s a conspiracy theory.

flight was delayed for hours with no explanation. The plane was a very old aircraft.

The flight departed more than 1 hour late. Leg room is bigger than most airlines

Excellent. Although they used to greet me as a mosaic member and provide a free drink, early boarding helps me to keep coming back to JetBlue.

No music app working: no economy meal on five hour flight; hour on tarmac at the end waiting for a gate. Flight itself was smooth and easy.

Communication with the customer and stay is important. Staff off with a minor inconvenience but it worked out of course. Also this was a very old Mint Class plane. They snuck this one in on us. The updated aircraft are much better.

The flight itself was fine, but the boarding process was extremely frustrating. There is no one scanning boarding passes - passengers just scan themselves and enter the jetway. By the time my husband and I got on the plane and were halfway to our seats they determined there were too many bags on the plane and everything at that point needed to be checked. This created a lot of unnecessary chaos. They should have alerted people before getting on the plane that they would need to start checking bags instead of waiting until people were already on the plane.

In flight on demand didn't work at our seats. Only a single beverage/snack run.

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 late arriving. So, we left 25 min late. Pilot made some time up during the flight. Therefore, we arrived alittle past original time.

The seat I was stuck in was so unimaginably uncomfortable. I have never had that tight of a seat in my 20 years of flying. Even budget airlines give you more space.

We were upgraded to economy plus and everything was awesome!

Insulting. Lufthansa flight from Munich to EWR had us getting our luggage when we were told in Florence that it would follow us to Indianapolis. It did not. Then very slow security in EWR caused me and three other passengers from Lufthansa flight from Munich to miss the boarding closure. Behind me were two elderly grandparents and their ten year old grandson. We were all refused entry on a plane to Indy that was still at the gate. The doors had not even closed inside the terminal yet. No apologies or compensation offered. Not even a meal voucher let alone a free hotel stay for our inconvenience. I m not sure what the other three passengers behind me did ( they were elderly with a grandson, recall), but I stated 12 hours overnight in a chilly EWR airport until next flight to Indy at 850 next morning.

The pasta in the evening meal was tasteless. Otherwise, the flight was okay.

We were charged for luggage, and our ticket was with Lufthansa and was supposed to include luggage fees. So our experience was a bit bad. Also, the flight was about 45 minutes late arriving.

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!

Very caring crew on board. Didn’t have dinner as I was sleeping. Was seating in the emergency row so I had comfortable leg room

Although the crew were great and the good nice, I might as well have been on Ryanair for the amount of space I had. Not good enough BA. I’d rather pay more and not feel like a human sardine.

Crew were fantastic can’t fault them at all. Couldn’t do enough for us

They’ve lost my bag and I have no way of really getting in touch with anyone and have received no updates.

The entertainment selection was ok, but overall not bad! The crew was great.

The payment system was not working so was unable to connect wifi the entire flight

The screen didn’t work and I didn’t get the seat upgrade I paid $300 for. They were no help with that,

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