Istanbul (IST) to Samarkand (SKD): 1,997 miles (3,213 km) great-circle, about 4h 30m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $238 round-trip on airline C6, nonstop, departing June 12, 2026.
$238 round-trip, airline C6 C6312, departing 2026-06-12 at 11:35, returning 2026-06-16. The recorded itinerary left on a Friday, returning on a Tuesday 4 nights later; the fare was observed 48 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $238, it ranked 22nd of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from IST (median $194). That is 11.9 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the IST median of 20.9 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from IST of similar length: Tashkent (2,086 mi) at $311 and Yekaterinburg (1,777 mi) at $317.
IST to SKD is the only one of 30 IST routes where airline C6 priced cheapest. It is the 4th longest of the 30 routes we track from IST.
Of 17 departure airports with a fare to Samarkand, Istanbul (IST) ranked 1st at $238. Lowest: $238 from Istanbul (IST); highest: $2458 from Chicago (MDW); 1 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Turkish (3), airline C6 (2), Azerbaijan Airlines (2), Air Baltic (1), Air Canada (1) and airline 7Q (1), plus 7 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Europe/Istanbul, Asia/Samarkand; flight time is our estimate.