Sydney to Istanbul
Turkey · 20 months of data from May 2010 · Istanbul to Sydney
Flights between Sydney and Istanbul carry one flight number the whole way but stop somewhere en route — no aircraft has been recorded flying the pair without an intermediate stop. It is a single bookable service, not a connection.
Traffic: 12 months to May 2026
64,915 passengers flew Sydney to Istanbul in the 12 months to May 2026, out of 126,071 on the route in both directions.
The route
Distances are true from Sydney; the ring marks the distance to Istanbul.
Passengers, 2010 to 2026
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How full were the flights?
Inbound load factor, read as a floor rather than an exact figure. Some flights on this pair also carried passengers to and from other cities, and their seats cannot be split between those journeys. Dividing by every seat on every aircraft that touched the route gives the lowest the true figure can be, so actual occupancy is at or above the line. Seat data begins in 2009, so this series is shorter than the passenger chart above.
Load factor: seats data from 2009
Freight
Tonnes of air freight carried on this route — a dimension the domestic data does not have at all.
To May 2026
The route in numbers
| Busiest month on record | 16,228 · Jan 2026 |
| Data coverage | May 2010 – May 2026 (20 months) |
| Freight, 12 months to May 2026 | 2,560 tonnes |
| Destination region | Turkey |
No punctuality data is published for international services, so there are no cancellation or on-time figures on this page. That series covers domestic routes only.