There are 6 ways to get from Istanbul to Sylhet by plane, train, plane (Deutsche Bahn), bus, or car
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 Shahjalal International Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Shahjalal International Airport (DAC)plane IST - DAC
- Take the train from Biman Bandar to Sylhettrain
17h 33m$273–416Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Osmani International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Osmani International Airport (ZYL)plane SAW - ZYL
17h 11m$136–458Fly Istanbul to Osmani International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Osmani International Airport (ZYL)plane IST - ZYL
12h 11m$306–1,008Fly Istanbul to Agartala, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Agartala (IXA)plane IST - IXA
- Take the train from Azampur to Sylhettrain
21h 12m$297–767Fly Istanbul to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, bus, drive
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU)plane IST - GAU
- Take the bus from Gauhati Airport to Shillongbus
- Drive from Shillong to Sylhetcar
20h 3m$268–675Fly Istanbul to Aizawl Lengpui Airport, train, drive
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Aizawl Lengpui Airport (AJL)plane IST - AJL
- Take the train from Sairang to Hailakanditrain
- Drive from Hailakandi to Sylhetcar
21h 50m$344–845
Istanbul (IST) to Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Sylhet is to fly which costs $130 - $460 and takes 17h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Sylhet is to fly which takes 12h 11m and costs $300 - $1,100.
The distance between Istanbul and Sylhet is 6283 km.
It takes approximately 17h 33m to get from Istanbul to Sylhet, including transfers.
Sylhet is 3h ahead of Istanbul. It is currently 9:50 AM in Istanbul and 12:50 PM in Sylhet.
There are 86+ hotels available in Sylhet.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Sylhet, Bangladesh?
Turkish Airlines, Deutsche Bahn, and five other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Osmani International Airport (ZYL) twice daily.
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Istanbul to Shahjalal International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Istanbul to Agartala via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
Flights from Istanbul to Agartala via Delhi, Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–750
Flights from Istanbul to Agartala via Ashgabat, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Istanbul to Agartala via Baku Heydar Aliyev, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
Flights from Istanbul to Agartala via Kabul, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
Flights from Istanbul to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–700
Flights from Istanbul to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Istanbul to Aizawl Lengpui Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–800
Flights from Istanbul to Aizawl Lengpui Airport via Delhi, Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Istanbul to Aizawl Lengpui Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–800
- Website
- biman-airlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Osmani International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–850
Flights from Istanbul to Osmani International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–850
Flights from Istanbul to Osmani International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–900
Flights from Istanbul to Osmani International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–900
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Osmani International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340–750
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Osmani International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–750
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Shahjalal International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–450
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Shahjalal International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- usbair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Osmani International Airport via Shahjalal International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Osmani International Airport via Kuwait, Shahjalal International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
- Website
- bahn.de
Flights from Istanbul to Osmani International Airport via Shahjalal International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- support@eticket.railway.gov.bd
- Website
- Bangladesh Railway
Train from Biman Bandar to Sylhet
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–14
- Website
- Bangladesh Railway
- Shovan chair (S_CHAIR)
- $1–3
- 1st class seat (F_SEAT)
- $2–5
- Snigdha
- $4–6
- AC class seat (AC_S)
- $5–7
- 1st class berth (F_BERTH)
- $6–8
- AC class berth (AC_B)
- $9–14
- S chair
- $3
Train from Azampur to Sylhet
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–9
- Website
- Bangladesh Railway
- Shovan chair (S_CHAIR)
- $1–2
- 1st class seat (F_SEAT)
- $1–5
- Snigdha
- $3–6
- AC class seat (AC_S)
- $4–7
- 1st class berth (F_BERTH)
- $4–5
- AC class berth (AC_B)
- $6–9
- S chair
- $3
- Phone
- 14646
- care@irctc.co.in
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Sairang to Hailakandi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $1–12
- Website
- irctc.co.in
- Sleeper Class
- $1–2
- Third AC (3A)
- $4–6
- Second AC (2A)
- $5–8
- First Class (1A)
- $9–12
- Phone
- +91 7640003050
- info@meghalayatourism.in
- Website
- meghalayatourism.in
Bus from Gauhati Airport to Shillong
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3
- Schedules at
- meghalayatourism.in
- Adult
- $3
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