Nice (NCE) to Istanbul (IST): 1,106 miles (1,780 km) great-circle, about 2h 45m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $225 round-trip on Wizz Air Malta, with 1 stop, departing June 4, 2026.
$225 round-trip, Wizz Air Malta W45146, departing 2026-06-04 at 10:00, returning 2026-06-07. The recorded itinerary left on a Thursday, returning on a Sunday 3 nights later; the fare was observed 40 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $225, it ranked 21st of the 29 round-trip fares we recorded from NCE (median $169). That is 20.3 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the NCE median of 28.5 cents across 29 round-trip routes.
Routes from NCE of similar length: Chisinau (1,076 mi) at $120 and Lisbon (912 mi) at $205.
Wizz Air Malta had the cheapest fare on 3 of 29 NCE routes. It is the 7th longest of the 29 routes we track from NCE.
Of 117 departure airports with a fare to Istanbul, Nice (NCE) ranked 33rd at $225. 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/Paris, Europe/Istanbul; flight time is our estimate.