Madrid (MAD) to Istanbul (IST): 1,679 miles (2,701 km) great-circle, about 3h 50m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $200 round-trip on Wizz Air UK, with 1 stop, departing June 13, 2026.
$200 round-trip, Wizz Air UK W95356, departing 2026-06-13 at 12:25, returning 2026-06-29. The recorded itinerary left on a Saturday, returning on a Monday 16 nights later; the fare was observed 49 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $200, it ranked 18th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from MAD (median $182). That is 11.9 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the MAD median of 17.6 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from MAD of similar length: Bucharest (1,528 mi) at $139 and Warsaw (1,411 mi) at $107.
MAD to IST is the only one of 30 MAD routes where Wizz Air UK priced cheapest. It is the 13th longest of the 30 routes we track from MAD.
Of 117 departure airports with a fare to Istanbul, Madrid (MAD) ranked 28th at $200. Lowest: $60 from Antalya (AYT); highest: $1639 from Wellington (WLG); 29 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Pegasus Airlines (13), Qatar (7), WestJet (6), Wizz Air (6), Gulf Air (5) and Turkish (5), plus 51 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Europe/Madrid, Europe/Istanbul; flight time is our estimate.