Route brief · IST → LCA
Istanbul → Larnaca
$147
−35% vs typical
seasonal median $225 · difference $78
Feb 4 '27 – Feb 5 '27 · 1 night
Aegean Airlines1 stop
- Usual monthly lows
- $170–$237
- Board rank
- Stronger than 85%
- Route sample
- 8 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefLCALarnacaCyprus at its cheapest entry point — a swimmable sea into November and the Troodos mountains inland.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsLarnaca (LCA) · Paphos (PFO)All routes into LarnacaWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 8 months, Feb is the cheapest for IST → LCA. Best time to be there: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Fares bottom out in February around $147 and peak in July near $316 — a $169 spread across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 3.5 hours outbound, on a 1-night trip — ticketed under Aegean Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Nov 18 · $167 (37% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 3% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $258 then versus $250 now, across 7 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 $157, on Oct 26.
September 2026
October 2026
Cheapest in Feb · around $147
35% below the $225 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Istanbul → Larnaca · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Larnaca (LCA) · Paphos (PFO)
- Flight time
- ~3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~792 km each way
- Typical price
- $225 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Aegean Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
IST → LCA, answered.
Is $147 a good price for Istanbul to Larnaca?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $225 round-trip. At $147 you're 35% below that, saving about $78, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Larnaca?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Larnaca are May–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Larnaca?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet.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, Feb comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Istanbul to Larnaca?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Aegean Airlines. Nonstop options exist on many dates at higher prices — check the live search for your exact dates.
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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