Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul flight

Flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul start at €625.54 and take 14h 21m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul starts at €625.54 and takes 14h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 8,436 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 14h 21mDoor to door
  • 11h 11mMoving
  • €820.24 to €1,671.02From
  • 06:51 to 14:38First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 2471.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€820.24 to €1,671.02 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,648.01Mon21
  2. about €1,350.06Tue22
  3. about €1,274.54Wed23
  4. about €1,671.02Thu24
  5. about €1,210.82Fri25
  6. about €1,290.47Sat26
  7. about €1,281.03Sun27
  8. about €820.24Mon28
  9. about €846.20Tue29
  10. about €1,011.40Wed30
  11. about €1,001.37Thu1
  12. about €963.02Fri2
  13. about €976.00Sat3
  14. about €881.60Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€625.54
  1. Turkish Airlines TA222514:3811h 50m22:28Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGNİstanbul Airport IST

Door to door 15hCO2 2471.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€833.22
  1. Turkish Airlines TA570806:5111h 11m14:02Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGNİstanbul Airport IST

Door to door 14h 21mCO2 2471.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€699.29
  1. Turkmenistan Airlines TA772807:308h 50m14:20Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGNAshgabat International Airport ASB
  2. Turkmenistan Airlines TA137915:144h 12m17:26Ashgabat International Airport ASBİstanbul Airport IST

Changes at Ashgabat, with 54 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 17h 6mCO2 2252.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Turkish Airlines€625.5414h 9m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Turkish Airlines

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Booking window

When to book Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €860.9590 days
  2. €731.7460 days
  3. €543.5345 days
  4. €552.9730 days
  5. €721.1221 days
  6. €881.6014 days
  7. €1,281.037 days
  8. €1,274.543 days
  9. €1,648.011 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €543.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 203 percent. The dearest point is €1,648.01, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €881.60Sun
  2. €820.24Mon
  3. €846.20Tue
  4. €1,011.40Wed
  5. €1,001.37Thu
  6. €963.02Fri
  7. €976.00Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ho Chi Minh City

Air
  • SGN

Istanbul

Air
  • IST
  • SAW
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 8,436 km against 8,190 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ashgabat, Delhi, Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Ho Chi Minh City at 06:51 and the last at 14:38, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul take?

The Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul takes 14h 21m door to door, of which 11h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 8,436 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul cost?

The Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul starts at €625.54 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €699.29. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul?

1 operators run the Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul: Turkish Airlines. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul use?

The Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul leaves from Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGN and arrives at İstanbul Airport IST. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul?

Fares for the Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €543.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 203 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul produce?

The Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul produces about 2471.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 8436 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul on 20 September 2026: 8436 km of route against 8190 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €625.54, and 14h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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