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Distance from Istanbul Ankara Yolu to O 3

N Istanbul Ankara Yolu → O 3
Road distance
2,687.7 km
Istanbul Ankara Yolu to O 3 is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 2,687.7 km in roughly 40 hrs 42 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
7,093.8 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
0.38×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
136
Info Travel board
Travel time
40 hrs 42 min
Return: 81 hrs 24 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
2442 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
66.0 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 20 planned rest stops
45 hrs 42 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R5,408.81
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R5,430.09
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R5,403.00
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R5,662.31
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R7,136.62
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R7,164.71
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R7,128.96
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R7,471.11
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R9,390.29
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R9,427.25
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R9,380.21
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R9,830.41
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
181° S
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
1° N
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
40.7425, 31.8453
End coords Destination point
-23.0448, 30.7145
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Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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Istanbul Ankara Yolu → O 3
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2,687.7 km
40 hrs 42 min
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Two-wheeler
2,687.7 km
~41 hrs 20 min
65 km/h avg
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2,687.7 km 40 hrs 42 min
Start Istanbul Ankara Yolu
Finish O 3
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  1. Head on İstanbul-Ankara Yolu
    0.4 km
  2. Take the exit ramp slight left
    0.0 km
  3. Turn slight left onto İstanbul-Ankara Yolu
    14.6 km
  4. Take the exit ramp slight right
    0.6 km
  5. Keep slight left at the fork onto Yeniçağa Kavşağı
    1.1 km
  6. Merge slight left onto Anadolu Otoyolu
    124.9 km
  7. Merge slight left onto Ankara Çevre Yolu
    33.9 km
  8. Take the exit ramp slight right onto Ankara Çevre Yolu Güney Kavşağı
    1.2 km
  9. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    220.0 km
  10. Continue straight onto Ankara -Tarsus Otoyolu
    27.8 km
  11. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    105.6 km
  12. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-8 Viyadüğü
    0.2 km
  13. Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu
    1.0 km
  14. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-10 Viyadüğü
    0.2 km
  15. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    2.2 km
  16. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-14 Viyadüğü
    0.2 km
  17. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-6 Tüneli
    0.8 km
  18. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    10.0 km
  19. Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu
    0.9 km
  20. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    63.4 km
  21. Continue straight onto K28 Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı
    0.6 km
  22. Take the exit ramp slight left onto Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı towards O-51
    2.4 km
  23. Merge slight left onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    11.8 km
  24. Go straight onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    0.1 km
  25. Keep slight left at the fork onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    0.4 km
  26. Merge slight right onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    17.9 km
  27. Continue straight onto Fehmi Özeltürkay Tüneli
    0.3 km
  28. Continue straight onto Adana-Şanlıurfa Otoyolu
    59.7 km
  29. Keep slight right at the fork onto Ceyhan-İskenderun Otoyolu
    77.0 km
  30. Keep slight left at the fork onto Belen 1 Kavşağı
    0.6 km
  31. Continue straight onto Antakya-İskenderun Yolu
    3.8 km
  32. Continue straight onto Maraşal Çakmak Caddesi
    1.0 km
  33. Continue straight onto E5 Karayolu Caddesi
    16.4 km
  34. Turn left onto Çevre Yolu Caddesi
    10.6 km
  35. Turn right onto Alpaslan Türkeş Bulvarı
    1.5 km
  36. Continue onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı yolu
    31.8 km
  37. Continue straight onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı Yolu
    8.3 km
  38. Keep slight right at the fork onto Antakya - Halep yolu
    5.7 km
  39. Continue straight
    0.7 km
  40. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto ESCWA, ITSAM
    0.0 km
  41. Continue onto ESCWA, ITSAM
    1.3 km
  42. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  43. Continue
    4.5 km
  44. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit
    0.3 km
  45. Continue
    3.7 km
  46. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق سرمدا - حلب
    0.0 km
  47. Continue onto طريق سرمدا - حلب
    16.3 km
  48. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto حلب - طريق إدلب
    0.0 km
  49. Continue onto حلب - طريق إدلب
    3.3 km
  50. Turn slight right onto طريق حلب - إدلب
    2.3 km
  51. Merge slight left onto حلب - طريق إدلب
    10.9 km
  52. Continue straight
    8.3 km
  53. Continue straight onto محلق حلب الجنوبي
    7.3 km
  54. Keep slight right at the fork onto محلق حلب الجنوبي
    0.4 km
  55. Continue straight
    2.2 km
  56. Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرمادي
    4.7 km
  57. Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرقة
    179.6 km
  58. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.8 km
  59. Keep slight right at the fork onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    35.0 km
  60. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    82.7 km
  61. Go straight onto Deir EzZor - Ar Raqqa
    5.8 km
  62. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  63. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    4.9 km
  64. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  65. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    2.3 km
  66. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  67. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.2 km
  68. Turn left
    0.1 km
  69. Turn right
    0.3 km
  70. Turn right
    0.1 km
  71. Turn right onto Rue Ash'Sham
    0.1 km
  72. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  73. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    4.4 km
  74. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  75. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    39.8 km
  76. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  77. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    1.3 km
  78. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  79. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    2.3 km
  80. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  81. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    6.0 km
  82. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  83. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    24.2 km
  84. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    48.1 km
  85. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  86. Continue
    1.0 km
  87. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  88. Continue
    0.0 km
  89. Continue straight
    3.0 km
  90. Continue right onto حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  91. Turn left
    7.7 km
  92. Continue straight
    0.2 km
  93. At the end of the road, turn left
    4.2 km
  94. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  95. Continue
    260.8 km
  96. Take the exit ramp left
    0.6 km
  97. Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1
    117.5 km
  98. Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1
    325.3 km
  99. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 8: الى السماوه - محطة وقود
    0.5 km
  100. Merge slight left
    0.1 km
  101. Continue make a U-turn
    0.0 km
  102. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 1: الى البصرة
    0.5 km
  103. Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى البصره
    177.9 km
  104. Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى سفوان
    55.9 km
  105. Turn right
    3.2 km
  106. At the end of the road, turn right
    1.4 km
  107. At the end of the road, turn left
    2.0 km
  108. At the end of the road, turn right onto شارع عبدالرحمن الصفران
    4.2 km
  109. Turn right
    0.3 km
  110. Take the exit ramp make a U-turn
    81.6 km
  111. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 6
    1.6 km
  112. Merge slight left onto طريق جاسم محمد الخرافي towards Messila
    3.1 km
  113. Take the exit ramp slight right
    0.3 km
  114. Keep slight right at the fork towards 70
    1.4 km
  115. Merge slight left onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح
    7.3 km
  116. Take the exit ramp slight right
    0.8 km
  117. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.2 km
  118. Continue
    0.9 km
  119. Merge slight left onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح
    94.2 km
  120. Continue straight
    2.6 km
  121. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.1 km
  122. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.3 km
  123. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  124. Continue
    0.8 km
  125. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    0.1 km
  126. Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    1.0 km
  127. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    0.2 km
  128. Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    27.8 km
  129. Continue make a U-turn onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    2.7 km
  130. Turn right
    4.3 km
  131. Turn right
    11.6 km
  132. Turn right onto دباية العاذرية
    3.0 km
  133. Turn right
    59.5 km
  134. Turn left onto خط الهدباء
    15.6 km
  135. Turn right onto درب المباركية
    36.9 km
  136. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
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Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
1,343.8 km
Bolu to Limpopo
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
20 hrs 21 min • 20 hrs 21 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Bolu to Limpopo
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
193.5 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
447.0 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
145.1 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R2.02
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
263.9%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at O 3
06:32 – 17:18
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
11:55
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 46 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
8 hrs 21 min
SunriseDawn break
06:32
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R11,234.75
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R53.75
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R537.55
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R11,826.05
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (177)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
21
Lane merges Yield required
11
Complex forks Path selection
12
Highway exits Deceleration zones
32
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Istanbul Ankara Yolu 40.74247, 31.84531
Midpoint
1,343.8 km
Total: 2,687.7 km
Midpoint 1,343.8 km
2,687.7 km 40 hrs 42 min
Destination O 3 -23.04483, 30.71448

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Bolu to Limpopo
One-way road span 2,687.7 km
Return-cycle span 5,375.5 km
Traversal time 40 hrs 42 min
Maneuver count 136
Maneuver density 5.1 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 1,343.8 km

Coordinate frame

Start 40.74247, 31.84531
Midpoint 34.63030, 40.82510
End -23.04483, 30.71448
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Questions 9
How far is Istanbul Ankara Yolu from O 3? +
Istanbul Ankara Yolu is about 2,687.7 km from O 3 by road.
How long does it take from Istanbul Ankara Yolu to O 3? +
The drive usually takes about 40 hrs 42 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Istanbul Ankara Yolu to O 3 in one day? +
It is possible, but for many travellers this is better treated as a very long same-day trip or an overnight trip.
Is taxi available from Istanbul Ankara Yolu to O 3? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from Istanbul Ankara Yolu to O 3? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R5,408.81 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R5,430.09 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R5,403.00 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R5,662.31 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Istanbul Ankara Yolu to O 3? +
No tollgates are currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Very long trip: This is a demanding long-distance route. Treat it as a serious travel day and consider an overnight stop.
Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +
This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. This route crosses a provincial boundary. This route looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.
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İstanbul-Ankara Yolu
From Istanbul Ankara Yolu To O 3
Yeniçağa Kavşağı
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Anadolu Otoyolu
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Ankara Çevre Yolu
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Ankara Çevre Yolu Güney Kavşağı
From Istanbul Ankara Yolu To O 3
Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
From Istanbul Ankara Yolu To O 3
Kırkgeçit-8 Viyadüğü
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Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu
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Kırkgeçit-10 Viyadüğü
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