There are 8 ways to get from Ulsan to Istanbul by bus, plane, train 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.
Recommended option
Bus to Gimhae, fly to Istanbul • 17h 44m
Cheapest option
Fly Ulsan to Istanbul • 21h 49m
6 alternative options
Train to Daegu, fly to Istanbul • 18h 41m
Train, train to Incheon, fly to Istanbul • 18h 24m
Bus to Gimhae, fly to Sabiha Gokcen • 25h 38m
Train to Pohang, fly to Istanbul • 25h 25m
Drive • 5 days 6h
Ulsan (USN) to Istanbul (IST) flights
32
Weekly Planes
24h 55m
Average Duration
11.443 ₺
Cheapest Price
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from Ulsan to Istanbul?
The cheapest way to get from Ulsan to Istanbul is to train and fly which costs ₩600,000 - ₩1500,000 and takes 18h 24m.
What is the fastest way to get from Ulsan to Istanbul?
The fastest way to get from Ulsan to Istanbul is to bus and fly which takes 17h 44m and costs ₩550,000 - ₩1500,000.
How far is it from Ulsan to Istanbul?
The distance between Ulsan and Istanbul is 8370 km. The road distance is 10807 km.
How long does it take to get from Ulsan to Istanbul?
It takes approximately 17h 44m to get from Ulsan to Istanbul, including transfers.
What is the time difference between Ulsan and Istanbul?
Istanbul is 6h behind Ulsan. It is currently 6:59 AM in Ulsan and 12:59 AM in Istanbul.
Can I drive from Ulsan to Istanbul?
Yes, the driving distance between Ulsan to Istanbul is 10807 km. It takes approximately 5 days 6h to drive from Ulsan to Istanbul.
Where can I stay near Istanbul?
There are 6540+ hotels available in Istanbul. Prices start at 753 ₺ per night.
Launch map view
- Distance: 8369.7 km
- Duration: 17h 44m
What companies run services between Ulsan, South Korea and Istanbul, Turkey?
Korean Air, Air China and three other airlines fly from Ulsan to Istanbul Esenler Otogar 5 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Gimhae to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 15.000 ₺ - 41.000 ₺
Flights from Gimhae to Istanbul via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 16.000 ₺ - 43.000 ₺
Flights from Gimhae to Istanbul via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 16.000 ₺ - 45.000 ₺
Flights from Daegu to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 19.000 ₺ - 55.000 ₺
Flights from Daegu to Istanbul via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 20.000 ₺ - 55.000 ₺
Flights from Ulsan to Istanbul via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 14.000 ₺ - 40.000 ₺
Flights from Incheon to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 25.000 ₺ - 85.000 ₺
Flights from Seoul Gimpo to Istanbul via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 17.000 ₺ - 47.000 ₺
Flights from Seoul Gimpo to Istanbul via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 16.000 ₺ - 45.000 ₺
Flights from Pohang to Istanbul via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 21.000 ₺ - 60.000 ₺
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Gimhae to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 13.000 ₺ - 40.000 ₺
Flights from Ulsan to Istanbul via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 14.000 ₺ - 39.000 ₺
Flights from Ulsan to Istanbul via Seoul Gimpo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 12.000 ₺ - 38.000 ₺
Flights from Seoul Gimpo to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 13.000 ₺ - 38.000 ₺
Flights from Pohang to Istanbul via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 19.000 ₺ - 55.000 ₺
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Gimhae to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 15.000 ₺ - 41.000 ₺
Flights from Daegu to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 19.000 ₺ - 55.000 ₺
Flights from Incheon to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 25.000 ₺ - 85.000 ₺
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Gimhae to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 17.000 ₺ - 48.000 ₺
Flights from Daegu to Istanbul via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 21.000 ₺ - 60.000 ₺
Flights from Incheon to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 23.000 ₺ - 60.000 ₺
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Gimhae to Istanbul via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 12.000 ₺ - 34.000 ₺
Flights from Daegu to Istanbul via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 15.000 ₺ - 41.000 ₺
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Ulsan to Istanbul via Seoul Gimpo, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 11.000 ₺ - 35.000 ₺
Flights from Seoul Gimpo to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 13.000 ₺ - 43.000 ₺
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Gimhae to Sabiha Gokcen via Beijing Capital, Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- 22.000 ₺ - 65.000 ₺
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Gimhae to Sabiha Gokcen via Beijing Capital, Tehran Imam Khomeini
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- 13.000 ₺ - 43.000 ₺
Flights from Gimhae to Sabiha Gokcen via Shanghai Pudong, Tehran Imam Khomeini
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 13.000 ₺ - 45.000 ₺
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Incheon to Istanbul via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 20.000 ₺ - 65.000 ₺
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Incheon to Istanbul via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 17.000 ₺ - 65.000 ₺
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Incheon to Istanbul via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- 13.000 ₺ - 41.000 ₺
Train operators
- Phone
- +82 1544 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Ulsan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- 180 ₺ - 310 ₺
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- 220 ₺ - 310 ₺
- Standing
- 180 ₺ - 260 ₺
- First Class
- 300 ₺ - 430 ₺
Train from Taehwagang Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 95 ₺ - 180 ₺
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- 130 ₺ - 180 ₺
- Standing
- 95 ₺ - 140 ₺
- First Class
- 160 ₺ - 230 ₺
Train from Gyeongju Station to Seoul Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 750 ₺ - 1.300 ₺
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- 850 ₺ - 1.300 ₺
- Standing
- 750 ₺ - 1.100 ₺
- First Class
- 1.200 ₺ - 1.900 ₺
Train from Gyeongju Station to Gwangmyeong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 700 ₺ - 1.200 ₺
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- 800 ₺ - 1.200 ₺
- Standing
- 700 ₺ - 1.100 ₺
- First Class
- 1.200 ₺ - 1.700 ₺
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- Phone
- 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.co.kr
Train from Ulsan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 240 ₺ - 270 ₺
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- 240 ₺ - 270 ₺
- First Class
- 350 ₺ - 390 ₺
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Taehwagang Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- 55 ₺ - 75 ₺
- Website
- http://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizBfTicketSearch.do
- Standing/Non-reserved
- 55 ₺ - 65 ₺
- Economy Class
- 73 ₺ - 75 ₺
Train from Taehwagang Station to Pohong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 100 ₺ - 140 ₺
- Website
- http://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizBfTicketSearch.do
- Standing/Non-reserved
- 109 ₺ - 112 ₺
- Economy Class
- 131 ₺ - 136 ₺
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- arex.or.kr
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- 100 ₺ - 130 ₺
- Website
- http://www.arex.or.kr/main.do
Bus operators
- Website
- taehwaairport.co.kr
Bus from Ulsan Taehwa Bus Terminal to Gimhae Int'l Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 209 ₺
- Schedules at
- taehwaairport.co.kr
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