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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Detroit Metro Wayne County ⇄ Istanbul DTW–IST

Airlines flew 646 flights between Detroit Metro Wayne County DTW in Detroit, MI and Istanbul, Turkey IST in Istanbul, TR in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 163,924 passengers in 204,479 seats, 80% of them filled, and 11,583,339 pounds of freight. 5,297 miles, on 1 airline: Turk Hava Yollari A.O. (646).

646
flights, twelve months
DTW-IST: 323 · IST-DTW: 323
163,924
passengers
80% of seats filled
5,297
miles
1
airline
4 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0163146621/254/257/2510/251/265/26627/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/2562
2/2542
3/2562
4/2560
5/2562
6/2560
7/2562
8/2562
9/2560
10/2562
11/2560
12/2554
1/2662
2/2642
4/2660
5/2662
6/2660
7/2662

Passengers by month

04,3028,60512,90817,2101/254/257/2510/251/265/2616,2767/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2516,162
2/2510,318
3/2514,627
4/2514,217
5/2515,242
6/2515,043
7/2516,893
8/2517,210
9/2515,718
10/2515,288
11/2515,079
12/2515,127
1/2616,819
2/2611,097
4/2614,933
5/2611,454
6/2614,923
7/2616,276

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Turk Hava Yollari A.O. TK646163,92480%scheduled passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
B787-900 Dreamliner493304121,930
Airbus Industrie A350-90013336436,345
Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER103493,042
Airbus Industrie A330-200102892,607

DTW → IST this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

323 flights, 81,802 passengers in 102,225 seats, 2,960,141 pounds of freight. Turk Hava Yollari A.O. 323.

IST → DTW this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

323 flights, 82,122 passengers in 102,254 seats, 8,623,198 pounds of freight. Turk Hava Yollari A.O. 323.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Detroit Metro Wayne County DTW and Istanbul, Turkey IST; all routes.