Cheapest€103.39
- AJet AJ811218:141h 57m20:11Istanbul ISTKars KSY
Door to door 5h 7mCO2 301.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Istanbul to Kars flight
Flights from Istanbul to Kars start at €121.09 and take 5h 7m at their fastest.
The Flights from Istanbul to Kars starts at €121.09 and takes 5h 7m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,225 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 7mDoor to door
- 1h 57mMoving
- €121.09From
- 301.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€104.57
- Turkish Airlines TA189416:131h 57m18:10Istanbul SAWKars KSY
Door to door 5h 7mCO2 301.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Pegasus Airlines | €103.98 |
 Turkish Airlines | €104.57 |
 AJet | €103.39 |
The trip ends at Kars railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Kars for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Istanbul to Kars
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €122.8690 days
- €82.1560 days
- €82.7445 days
- €83.3330 days
- €118.1421 days
- €129.9414 days
- €158.857 days
- €148.823 days
- €211.361 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €82.15.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €211.36, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €141.74Sun
- €128.17Mon
- €121.09Tue
- €132.30Wed
- €158.85Thu
- €146.46Fri
- €129.94Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Istanbul
Air
- IST
- SAW
Kars
Air
- KSY
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,225 km against 1,189 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Istanbul at 06:12 and the last at 20:40, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Istanbul to Kars
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Kars take?
The Flight from Istanbul to Kars takes 5h 7m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 1,225 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 Istanbul to Kars cost?
The Flight from Istanbul to Kars starts at €121.09 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €127.58. 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 Kars?
3 operators run the Flight from Istanbul to Kars: Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, AJet. Between them they file around 24 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 Istanbul to Kars use?
The Flight from Istanbul to Kars leaves from Istanbul SAW and arrives at Kars KSY. 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 Kars?
Fares for the Flight from Istanbul to Kars bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €82.15. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Istanbul to Kars produce?
The Flight from Istanbul to Kars produces about 301.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1225 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Istanbul to Kars on September 12, 2026: 1225 km of route against 1189 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €121.09, and 5h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The fare from KSY into Kars is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
Getting from KSY into Kars
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