Mazari Sharif to Istanbul flight

Flights from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul start at €357.09 and take 8h 28m at their fastest.

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Skyline of Kartal district, Istanbul, Turkey.

The Flights from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul starts at €357.09 and takes 8h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 3,411 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 28mDoor to door
  • 5h 18mMoving
  • €357.09 to €688.08From
  • 06:29 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 504.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€357.09 to €688.08 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. 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 €578.34Mon14
  2. about €587.19Tue15
  3. about €566.54Wed16
  4. about €688.08Thu17
  5. about €617.87Fri18
  6. about €652.68Sat19
  7. about €575.98Sun20
  8. about €375.38Mon21
  9. about €383.05Tue22
  10. about €357.09Wed23
  11. about €536.45Thu24
  12. about €406.06Fri25
  13. about €451.49Sat26
  14. about €420.81Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Cheapest€282.75
  1. Iran Aseman Airlines IA671707:301h 20m08:50Mazār-e Sharīf MZRMashhad MHD
  2. Turkish Airlines TA965609:454h 15m14:00Mashhad MHDIstanbul SAW

Changes at Mashhad, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 9h 40mCO2 854.1 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€380.69
  1. Turkish Airlines TA279806:295h 18m11:47Mazār-e Sharīf MZRIstanbul IST

Door to door 8h 28mCO2 504.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, 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€344.117h 55m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Turkish Airlines

The flight gets you into Istanbul. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Istanbul for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Mazari Sharif to Istanbul

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

  1. €398.9890 days
  2. €306.9460 days
  3. €240.2745 days
  4. €224.9330 days
  5. €409.6021 days
  6. €420.8114 days
  7. €575.987 days
  8. €566.543 days
  9. €578.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €224.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 157 percent. The dearest point is €578.34, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €420.81Sun
  2. €375.38Mon
  3. €383.05Tue
  4. €357.09Wed
  5. €536.45Thu
  6. €406.06Fri
  7. €451.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Mazār-e Sharīf

Air
  • MZR

Istanbul

Air
  • IST
  • SAW
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,411 km against 3,312 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 Mashhad, Kabul, Tehran. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 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 Mazari Sharif at 06:29 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Mazari Sharif 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 Mazari Sharif to Istanbul take?

The Flight from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul takes 8h 28m door to door, of which 5h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 3,411 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 Mazari Sharif to Istanbul cost?

The Flight from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul starts at €357.09 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €347.36. 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 Mazari Sharif to Istanbul?

1 operators run the Flight from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul: Turkish Airlines. Between them they file around 4 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 Mazari Sharif to Istanbul use?

The Flight from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul leaves from Mazār-e Sharīf MZR and arrives at Istanbul 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 Mazari Sharif to Istanbul?

Fares for the Flight from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €224.93. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul produce?

The Flight from Mazari Sharif to Istanbul produces about 504.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3411 km, which works out at roughly 148 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Mazari Sharif to Istanbul on 13 September 2026: 3411 km of route against 3312 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €357.09, and 8h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

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A car waiting when you land in Istanbul

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