Route brief · IST → KEF
Istanbul → Reykjavík
$286
−13% vs typical
seasonal median $330 · difference $44
Oct 27 – Nov 2 · 6 nights
Wizz Air2 stops
- Usual monthly lows
- $324–$370
- Board rank
- Stronger than 31%
- Route sample
- 11 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefKEFReykjavíkWaterfalls, black beaches and the aurora — a stopover economy built on absurdly low fares.Best windowJun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)AirportsKeflavík (KEF)All routes into ReykjavíkWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 11 months, Oct is the cheapest for IST → KEF. Best time to be there: Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora).
Fares bottom out in October around $286 and peak in July near $571 — a $285 spread across the 11 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 8.5 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip — ticketed under Wizz Air, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $286 for 4,150 km each way, that works out to about $34 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 8 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Reykjavík, this fare ranks 2nd — 40% above the $205 from Rome. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul, where the middle fare is $286.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: Oct 27 · $286 (26% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 12% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $399 then versus $351 now, across 6 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 $286, on Oct 27.
September 2026
Cheapest in Oct · around $286
13% below the $330 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Istanbul → Reykjavík · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Keflavík (KEF)
- Flight time
- ~8.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~4,150 km each way
- Typical price
- $330 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Wizz Air
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)
IST → KEF, answered.
Is $286 a good price for Istanbul to Reykjavík?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $330 round-trip and this fare is 13% under it, about $44. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Reykjavík?
Across 11 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Reykjavík are Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora) — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Reykjavík?
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 11 months of cached fares, Oct 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 Reykjavík?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Wizz Air. 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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