Route brief · AMS → IST
Amsterdam → Istanbul
$150
−21% vs typical
seasonal median $190 · difference $40
Nov 27 – Dec 4 · 7 nights
AjetNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $161–$202
- Board rank
- Stronger than 58%
- Route sample
- 8 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefISTIstanbulTwo continents, one skyline of minarets. Turkish Airlines’ mega-hub means constant fare battles.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIstanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)All routes into IstanbulWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 8 months, Nov is the cheapest for AMS → IST. Best time to be there: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Fares bottom out in November around $150 and peak in April near $292 — a $142 spread across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Ajet nonstop and takes about 3.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $150 for 2,213 km each way, that works out to about $34 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 13 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Istanbul, this fare ranks 9th — 43% above the $105 from Zurich. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 9 routes of similar length we watch out of Amsterdam.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Nov 12 · $148 (32% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 7% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $226 then versus $211 now, across 5 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $148, on Nov 12.
September 2026
October 2026
Cheapest in Nov · around $150
21% below the $190 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Amsterdam → Istanbul · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Schiphol (AMS) ↔ Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)
- Flight time
- ~3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,213 km each way
- Typical price
- $190 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ajet
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
AMS → IST, answered.
Is $150 a good price for Amsterdam to Istanbul?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $190 round-trip. At $150 you're 21% below that, saving about $40, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Amsterdam to Istanbul?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Istanbul are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AMS → Istanbul?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 8 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Amsterdam to Istanbul?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Ajet). The outbound leg runs around 3.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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