There are 4 ways to get from Berkeley to Istanbul by subway, plane, or train
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BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the subway from Downtown Berkeley to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Istanbul (IST)plane SFO - IST
16h 47m₺20,489–34,593BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Take the subway from Downtown Berkeley to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane SFO - SAW
18h 40m₺10,502–39,614Fly Oakland International Airport to Istanbul
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Istanbul (IST)plane OAK - IST
19h 58m₺15,210–65,292Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Istanbul (IST)plane SMF - IST
24h 42m₺19,112–57,398
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Berkeley to Istanbul is to BART and fly which costs 10.000 ₺ - 40.000 ₺ and takes 18h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Berkeley to Istanbul is to BART and fly which takes 16h 47m and costs 20.000 ₺ - 35.000 ₺.
The distance between Berkeley and Istanbul is 10855 km.
It takes approximately 16h 47m to get from Berkeley to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 10h ahead of Berkeley. It is currently 2:56 AM in Berkeley and 12:56 PM in Istanbul.
There are 4192+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Berkeley, CA, USA and Istanbul, Turkey?
Southwest Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Istanbul (IST) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺20,000–34,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–65,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Salt Lake City, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺18,000–75,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Vancouver, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–95,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Vancouver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺20,000–90,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺17,000–41,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–55,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–55,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–65,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–55,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–49,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–65,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Salt Lake City, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Portland, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺18,000–55,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–49,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–55,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺18,000–70,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–49,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Istanbul via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–65,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺18,000–70,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–39,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–37,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–55,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–55,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–65,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Vancouver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺20,000–90,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Portland, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺18,000–55,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–55,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Istanbul via Portland, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–70,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–55,000
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Downtown Berkeley to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺480–600
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺900–2,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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