There are 6 ways to get from Wellington to Istanbul by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Wellington to Istanbul
best- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Istanbul (IST)plane WLG - IST
28h 57m₺29,309–60,389Bus to Palmerston, fly to Istanbul
cheapest- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston Northbus
- Fly from Palmerston (PMR) to Istanbul (IST)plane PMR - IST
32h 18m₺23,723–71,731Fly Wellington to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane WLG - SAW
29h 29m₺31,312–85,412Bus to Wanganui Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
- Fly from Wanganui Airport (WAG) to Istanbul (IST)plane WAG - IST
35h 19m₺24,200–72,442Bus to Palmerston, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston Northbus
- Fly from Palmerston (PMR) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane PMR - SAW
35h 11m₺31,726–111,754Train to Auckland, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Wellington to Papakuratrain
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Istanbul (IST)plane AKL - IST
38h 6m₺37,890–68,163
Wellington (WLG) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Wellington to Istanbul is to fly which costs 29.000 ₺ - 65.000 ₺ and takes 28h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Wellington to Istanbul is to fly which takes 28h 57m and costs 29.000 ₺ - 65.000 ₺.
The distance between Wellington and Istanbul is 17247 km.
It takes approximately 28h 57m to get from Wellington to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 10h behind Wellington. It is currently 03:16 in Wellington and 17:16 in Istanbul.
There are 4300+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Wellington, New Zealand and Istanbul, Turkey?
Air New Zealand, Qatar Airways, and three other airlines fly from Wellington (WLG) to Istanbul (IST) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul via Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺32,000–95,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺32,000–100,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺34,000–110,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺34,000–100,000
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺36,000–110,000
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Istanbul via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺36,000–110,000
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺38,000–120,000
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Christchurch, Singapore Changi, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–110,000
Flights from Auckland to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–90,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–80,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul via Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺29,000–80,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺32,000–85,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–85,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul via Christchurch, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺29,000–100,000
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Istanbul via Auckland, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–70,000
Flights from Auckland to Istanbul via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–85,000
Flights from Auckland to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–42,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul via Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–80,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–80,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–85,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺32,000–85,000
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Christchurch, Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺31,000–110,000
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul via Auckland, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺33,000–100,000
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul via Christchurch, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺33,000–100,000
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul via Christchurch, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺29,000–170,000
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Istanbul via Auckland, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺33,000–100,000
Flights from Auckland to Istanbul via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺27,000–80,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul via Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺32,000–95,000
Flights from Wellington to Istanbul via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺32,000–100,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul via Auckland, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–70,000
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Istanbul via Auckland, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–70,000
Flights from Auckland to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺30,000–42,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Palmerston to Istanbul via Christchurch, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺29,000–100,000
Flights from Auckland to Istanbul via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–85,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Auckland to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–60,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Wellington to Papakura
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–8,000
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
Bus operators
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston North
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,600
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺600–1,800
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston North
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,600
- Website
- InterCity
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