From Türkiye to Damascus
Every way we know from Türkiye to Damascus, fastest first; conditional, unconfirmed and closed ways come after the ones that simply run. Pick your passport to see what applies to you. Each line carries its source and the date it was checked.
Fastest way from Türkiye to Damascus today: fly to Damascus airport, about 2.3 hours door to door (checked 8 Oct 2026). 18 of 20 known routes are running.
Damascus airportFastestFlights: 72 h 20 minFlight 1 h 50 min – 2 h 10 min30 min by road to Damascus
Flights to Damascus airport
- AJet Ankara2 h 20 min
3 weekly (VF591): Mon, Fri, Sun.
1 h 50 min to Damascus airport · 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
AJet → - Turkish Airlines Istanbul2 h 40 min
Twice daily (TK846 and TK848) on the airport board through 31 October.
2 h 10 min to Damascus airport · 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Turkish Airlines → - AJet Istanbul Sabiha2 h 40 min
Daily (VF317) on the airport board through 31 October.
2 h 10 min to Damascus airport · 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
AJet → - Fly Cham Istanbul Sabiha2 h 40 min
About 5 weekly (XH486).
2 h 10 min to Damascus airport · 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Fly Cham → - Syrian Air Istanbul2 h 40 min
5 weekly (RB444, and RB446 on Tuesdays), landing late in the evening or around 4 a.m.
2 h 10 min to Damascus airport · 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Damascus airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Syrian Air → - Fly Cham Mersin (Çukurova)Unknown
Began September 2025 (Wed and Sat) but is not on the airport board in September or October 2026, and was not tracked in September.
1 h 30 min to Damascus airport · 30 min → Damascus
unconfirmedSource: Press reportingchecked 8 Oct 2026
Fly Cham → - Pegasus Istanbul SabihaUnknown
Filed to start 3 June 2026 (PC772, 4 weekly), but Pegasus is not on Damascus airport's airline list and no Pegasus flight to Damascus was tracked in September 2026. Book Aleppo or AJet instead.
2 h 10 min to Damascus airport · 30 min → Damascus
unconfirmedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
Pegasus →
Aleppo airport, then by roadFlights: 75 h 55 min
Flights to Aleppo airport
SunExpress Antalya5 h 55 minWednesdays and Saturdays (XQ206) since 1 August 2026. The airline asks passengers to collect boarding passes at the Aleppo check-in counter before the return.
1 h 25 min to Aleppo airport · 4 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
SunExpress →- SunExpress Izmir6 h 10 min
Fridays and Sundays (XQ808) since 2 August 2026. SunExpress's announced Damascus routes were never filed.
1 h 40 min to Aleppo airport · 4 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Flight tracking (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)checked 8 Oct 2026
SunExpress → - AJet Istanbul Sabiha6 h 20 min
Daily (VF340).
1 h 50 min to Aleppo airport · 4 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Aleppo airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
AJet → - Pegasus Istanbul Sabiha6 h 20 min
Started 2 June 2026. Daily (PC770).
1 h 50 min to Aleppo airport · 4 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Aleppo airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Pegasus → - Fly Cham Istanbul Sabiha6 h 20 min
Tuesdays (XH492).
1 h 50 min to Aleppo airport · 4 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Aleppo airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Fly Cham → - Turkish Airlines Istanbul6 h 30 min
Daily (TK844). Since 2 October also TK840 on Fridays and Sundays.
2 h to Aleppo airport · 4 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Aleppo airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Turkish Airlines → - Syrian Air Istanbul6 h 30 min
Mondays (RB444).
2 h to Aleppo airport · 4 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: Aleppo airport official sitechecked 8 Oct 2026
Syrian Air →
Bab al-Salamafrom Gaziantep7 h 30 minSyrians and Turks only
Routes through Bab al-Salama
Overland Gaziantep7 h 30 min
2 h to Bab al-Salama · 5 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 8 Oct 2026
Kasabfrom Antakya (Hatay)7 h 30 minSyrians and Turks only
Routes through Kasab
Overland Antakya (Hatay)7 h 30 min
2 h to Kasab · 5 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 1 Oct 2026
Bab al-Hawafrom Gaziantep8 hSyrians and Turks only
Routes through Bab al-Hawa
Overland Gaziantep8 h
3 h to Bab al-Hawa · 5 h → Damascus
reportedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 8 Oct 2026
Al-Raifrom Gaziantep8 hSyrians and Turks only
Routes through Al-Rai
Overland Gaziantep8 h
2 h to Al-Rai · 6 h → Damascus
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 8 Oct 2026
Jarablusfrom Gaziantep9 hSyrians and Turks only
Routes through Jarablus
Overland Gaziantep9 h
2 h 30 min to Jarablus · 6 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 1 Oct 2026
Tal Abyadfrom Şanlıurfa10 hSyrians and Turks only
Routes through Tal Abyad
Overland Şanlıurfa10 h
2 h 30 min to Tal Abyad · 7 h 30 min → Damascus
verifiedSource: General Authority for Ports and Customschecked 13 Oct 2026
Times are estimates and usually include waiting at the crossing