Istanbul to Beijing flight

Flights from Istanbul to Beijing start at £460.60.

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The Flights from Istanbul to Beijing starts at £460.60, run by 2 operators over 7,268 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 26 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 51mDoor to door
  • 9h 41mMoving
  • £655.85From
  • 01:40 to 16:00First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 2129.5 kgCO2

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about £1,128.85Wed7
  2. about £1,139.46Thu8
  3. about £1,023.71Fri9
  4. about £844.77Sat10
  5. about £822.02Sun11
  6. about £776.03Mon12
  7. about £667.85Tue13
  8. about £562.71Wed14
  9. about £718.90Thu15
  10. about £665.83Fri16
  11. about £698.18Sat17
  12. about £745.70Sun18
  13. about £556.64Mon19
  14. about £534.40Tue20

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

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Air China£465.66
Turkish Airlines£460.60
  • Air China
  • Turkish Airlines

The flight gets you into Beijing. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Beijing for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Beijing Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Istanbul to Beijing

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

  1. £387.3190 days
  2. £627.4160 days
  3. £451.5145 days
  4. £510.6530 days
  5. £493.4721 days
  6. £534.4014 days
  7. £667.857 days
  8. £1,023.713 days
  9. £1,128.851 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £387.31.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 191 percent. The dearest point is £1,128.85, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. £745.70Sun
  2. £556.64Mon
  3. £534.40Tue
  4. £562.71Wed
  5. £804.32Thu
  6. £665.83Fri
  7. £698.18Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Istanbul

Air
  • IST
  • SAW

Beijing

Air
  • PEK
  • PKX
  • NAY
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 7,268 km against 7,057 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 Tel Aviv, Vantaa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Questions about Istanbul to Beijing

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 Istanbul to Beijing take?

The Flight from Istanbul to Beijing covers 7,268 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Flight from Istanbul to Beijing cost?

The Flight from Istanbul to Beijing starts at £460.60 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £580.66. 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 Istanbul to Beijing?

2 operators run the Flight from Istanbul to Beijing: Air China, Turkish Airlines. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Istanbul to Beijing use?

The Flight from Istanbul to Beijing leaves from İstanbul Airport IST and arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport PEK. 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 Istanbul to Beijing?

Fares for the Flight from Istanbul to Beijing bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £387.31. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Istanbul to Beijing produce?

The Flight from Istanbul to Beijing produces about 2129.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 7268 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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