There are 5 ways to get from Istanbul to Busan by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane IST - PUS
15h 50m₩653,737–904,037Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane SAW - PUS
25h 35m₩383,834–1,204,593Fly Istanbul to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane IST - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
15h 57m₩488,737–951,237Fly Istanbul to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane IST - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4bus
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
16h 31m₩481,237–960,237Fly Istanbul to Gimpo International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane IST - GMP
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
19h 52m₩661,237–1,809,237
Istanbul (IST) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Busan is to fly and train which costs ₩480,000 - ₩950,000 and takes 15h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Busan is to fly which takes 15h 50m and costs ₩650,000 - ₩950,000.
The distance between Istanbul and Busan is 8305 km.
It takes approximately 15h 50m to get from Istanbul to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 6h ahead of Istanbul. It is currently 3:30 AM in Istanbul and 9:30 AM in Busan.
There are 1113+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Busan, South Korea?
Turkish Airlines, Korean Air, and four other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) 5 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,800,000
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,000,000
Flights from Istanbul to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,800,000
Flights from Istanbul to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,500,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Almaty, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–1,600,000
Flights from Istanbul to Gimpo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,000,000
Flights from Istanbul to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,700,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,400,000
Flights from Istanbul to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩380,000–1,200,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Almaty, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,600,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Nur-Sultan, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩380,000–1,200,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,400,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tehran Imam Khomeini, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–1,700,000
Flights from Istanbul to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩400,000–1,200,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,900,000
Flights from Istanbul to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–1,700,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Almaty, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–1,600,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Nur-Sultan, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–1,700,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,400,000
Flights from Istanbul to Daegu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–2,900,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–1,700,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Istanbul to Gimpo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,000,000
Flights from Istanbul to Gimpo International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–4,000,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,200,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Istanbul to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,000,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Istanbul to Incheon International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–1,600,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Istanbul to Incheon International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–1,700,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–1,400,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩15,000–30,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩15,000–22,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
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- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- SRT
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,660
Bus operators
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
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