Istanbul to Kos flight

Flights from Istanbul to Kos start at £49.64.

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The Flights from Istanbul to Kos starts at £49.64, run by 2 operators over 497 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 7 October 2026Priced for 28 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 16mDoor to door
  • 2h 6mMoving
  • £51.67 to £119.40From
  • 99.8 kgCO2

£51.67 to £119.40 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.

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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 £119.40Thu8
  2. about £101.21Fri9
  3. about £90.09Sat10
  4. about £89.58Sun11
  5. about £70.37Mon12
  6. about £66.33Tue13
  7. about £64.31Wed14
  8. about £63.30Thu15
  9. about £75.94Fri16
  10. about £73.91Sat17
  11. about £57.73Sun18
  12. about £60.77Mon19
  13. about £51.67Tue20
  14. about £54.70Wed21

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.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Pegasus Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Bodrum Sea Lines33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets

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

A hotel room

A room in Kos for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Istanbul to Kos

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

  1. £40.5590 days
  2. £61.2760 days
  3. £54.7045 days
  4. £49.6430 days
  5. £49.6421 days
  6. £54.7014 days
  7. £64.317 days
  8. £90.093 days
  9. £119.401 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £40.55.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is £119.40, 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. £59.76Sun
  2. £60.77Mon
  3. £53.18Tue
  4. £54.70Wed
  5. £67.85Thu
  6. £75.94Fri
  7. £73.91Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Istanbul

Air
  • IST
  • SAW

Kos

Air
  • KGS
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 497 km against 480 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bodrum. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Kos

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 Kos take?

The Flight from Istanbul to Kos covers 497 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 Kos cost?

The Flight from Istanbul to Kos starts at £49.64 for one passenger, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare is £49.64. 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 Kos?

2 operators run the Flight from Istanbul to Kos: Pegasus Airlines, Bodrum Sea Lines. 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 Kos use?

The Flight from Istanbul to Kos leaves from İstanbul Airport IST and arrives at KOS. Allow about 2h 20m 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 Kos?

Fares for the Flight from Istanbul to Kos bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £40.55. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Istanbul to Kos produces about 99.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 497 km, which works out at roughly 201 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Flight from Istanbul to Kos?

Operators on the Flight from Istanbul to Kos publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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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Related journeys

The fare from KGS into Kos is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Kos

Settled in advance, so the ride into Kos costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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