ExceptionalNonstop · 1.5h
LAX to LASUnited States
Las Vegas
$38
usually $125
−70%
Most monthly lows $67–$247. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · LAX → IST
Los Angeles to Istanbul
Best fare, round trip
$717
−10%
below its usual $800
you keep $83
Found
- Depart
- Tue 24 Nov
- Return
- Thu 3 Dec
- Stay
- 9 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 15.5h
- Airline
Royal Air Maroc
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $722 and $900. The drop beats 21% of measured fares on the board, over 9 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
TürkiyeIstanbulTwo continents, one skyline of minarets. Turkish Airlines’ mega-hub means constant fare battles.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIstanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)Every route into IstanbulFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $717 and peak in April near $964, 34% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 15.5 hours outbound, on a 9-night trip — ticketed under Royal Air Maroc, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $717 for 11,020 km each way, that works out to about $33 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 14 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Istanbul, this fare ranks 5th — 58% above the $454 from Kuala Lumpur. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 57 routes of similar length we watch out of Los Angeles, where the middle fare is $729. The best time to be in Istanbul: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 24 Nov, $717
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $962 then versus $926 now, across 20 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 $378, on 15 Sep.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $918, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $824, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $857, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $721, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $982, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $731, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $730, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Wednesday 28 October: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $721, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4567891011Thursday 12 November: $910, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $917, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14Sunday 15 November: $913, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 16 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.171819Friday 20 November: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Monday 23 November: $825, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $717, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $886, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $722, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345Sunday 6 December: $869, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78Wednesday 9 December: $883, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.101112Sunday 13 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 14 December: $985, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 15 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.16171819Sunday 20 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Tuesday 22 December: $1.7k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Thursday 24 December: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $997, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Sunday 27 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $980, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $890, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $934, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $840, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Monday 4 January: $983, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.567Friday 8 January: $856, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9101112131415161718192021222324Monday 25 January: $799, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 165 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $717
10% below the $800 typical fare
$721Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$717Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$722Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$799Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$818Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$740Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$964Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$959Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$900Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Los Angeles to Istanbul, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- LAX · Burbank (BUR) · Long Beach (LGB) ↔ Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)
- Flight time
- ≈15.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈11,020 km each way
- Typical price
- $800 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Royal Air Maroc
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
LA → IST, answered.
Is $717 a good price for Los Angeles to Istanbul?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $800 round-trip and this fare is 10% under it. 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 Los Angeles to Istanbul?
Across 9 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 LA → 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 9 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Istanbul?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Royal Air Maroc. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). 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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