John F Kennedy International ⇄ Istanbul JFK–IST
Airlines flew 2,194 flights between John F Kennedy International JFK in New York, NY and Istanbul, Turkey IST in Istanbul, TR in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 615,399 passengers in 711,928 seats, 86% of them filled, and 73,090,038 pounds of freight. 4,999 miles, about 1 minutes in the air, on 2 airlines: Turk Hava Yollari A.O. (2,190), Atlas Air Inc. (4).
Flights by month both directions
By month, as a table
| flights | |
|---|---|
| 1/25 | 178 |
| 2/25 | 137 |
| 3/25 | 172 |
| 4/25 | 187 |
| 5/25 | 196 |
| 6/25 | 224 |
| 7/25 | 242 |
| 8/25 | 247 |
| 9/25 | 236 |
| 10/25 | 221 |
| 11/25 | 178 |
| 12/25 | 192 |
| 1/26 | 185 |
| 2/26 | 130 |
| 3/26 | 1 |
| 4/26 | 182 |
| 5/26 | 193 |
| 6/26 | 201 |
| 7/26 | 228 |
Passengers by month
By month, as a table
| passengers | |
|---|---|
| 1/25 | 46,239 |
| 2/25 | 33,887 |
| 3/25 | 43,685 |
| 4/25 | 50,857 |
| 5/25 | 51,583 |
| 6/25 | 62,761 |
| 7/25 | 69,753 |
| 8/25 | 71,595 |
| 9/25 | 65,857 |
| 10/25 | 60,894 |
| 11/25 | 50,203 |
| 12/25 | 52,770 |
| 1/26 | 51,676 |
| 2/26 | 34,263 |
| 3/26 | 0 |
| 4/26 | 50,486 |
| 5/26 | 54,539 |
| 6/26 | 57,776 |
| 7/26 | 65,340 |
The airlines twelve months, both directions
| Airline | Flights | Passengers | Seats filled | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turk Hava Yollari A.O. TK | 2,190 | 615,399 | 86% | scheduled cargo service, scheduled passenger service |
| Atlas Air Inc. 5Y | 4 | 0 | charter cargo service |
The aircraft as the airlines report their types
| Aircraft | Flights | Seats a flight | Passengers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER | 1,485 | 349 | 449,950 |
| B787-900 Dreamliner | 529 | 300 | 134,596 |
| Airbus Industrie A350-900 | 101 | 329 | 29,306 |
| Boeing B777-F | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| Airbus Industrie A330-200 | 6 | 289 | 1,547 |
| Boeing 747-400 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Boeing 747-400F | 3 | 0 | 0 |
JFK → IST this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026
1,069 flights, 302,860 passengers in 356,453 seats, 24,095,272 pounds of freight. Turk Hava Yollari A.O. 1,066; Atlas Air Inc. 3.
IST → JFK this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026
1,125 flights, 312,539 passengers in 355,475 seats, 48,994,766 pounds of freight. Turk Hava Yollari A.O. 1,124; Atlas Air Inc. 1.
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: John F Kennedy International JFK and Istanbul, Turkey IST; all routes.