#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Ankara and New York
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Ankara 4h 40m
✈ New York 7h
From €1106 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Ankara and New York: Lisbon, Portugal
15 destinations can be reached directly from both Ankara and New York on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Frankfurt, Germany has the shortest travel time, London, United Kingdom has the cheapest flights, Amman, Jordan has the best weather, Cairo, Egypt has the lowest hotel costs, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 15 matching destinations with our destination finder .
Best by Category
Shortest travel time
Frankfurt, Germany
3h from Ankara · 7h 40m from
New York
Cheapest flights
London, United Kingdom
From €741 combined
Best weather
Amman, Jordan
24°C
Cheapest hotels
Cairo, Egypt
€24/night
Most flight options
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Cairo, Egypt
#3
Amman, Jordan
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#4
Paris, France
#5
Frankfurt, Germany
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Geneva, Switzerland
#7
Brussels, Belgium
#8
Munich, Germany
#9
Vienna, Austria
#10
London, United Kingdom
#11
Zurich, Switzerland
#12
Warsaw, Poland
#13
Amsterdam, Netherlands
#14
Berlin, Germany
#15
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Ankara and New York is usually a town neither of you can reach easily. We instead show real destinations both cities fly to directly, which is normally faster and cheaper than meeting at the literal halfway point.
Where can someone from Ankara and someone from New York meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Ankara and New York have a direct flight to it, so you arrive in the same place without changing planes. Open the finder to see every shared date, sorted by weather and combined flight cost.
How are the destinations ranked?
Each shared destination is scored on the weather forecast across the trip and the combined flight value from both cities. The finder lets you re-rank and filter by budget, trip length and travel dates.
We live in different countries. Where should we meet between Ankara and New York?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Ankara and New York, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from New York and Ankara instead?
The order does not matter. Ankara to New York and New York to Ankara produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.