How punctual is Istanbul Airport?
Based on 8 days of actual departures against their scheduled times.
89%
Left within 15 minutes
Best and worst hours to fly out
Flights scheduled in the early hours leave close to time. Delay builds up through the day as aircraft fall behind, then resets overnight.
Leaves closest to schedule
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 17:00 AM0 min
- 24:00 AM2 min
- 36:00 AM2 min
- 43:00 AM4 min
- 58:00 AM5 min
Runs latest
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 1midnight23 min
- 22:00 AM11 min
- 31:00 AM10 min
- 45:00 AM10 min
- 510:00 AM10 min
Airlines
Most flights
By number of departures
- 1Turkish Airlines3,342
- 2SU54
- 3AH40
- 4SV38
- 5Pegasus29
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1GF0 min
- 25F0 min
- 3W50 min
- 4ME0 min
- 5J20 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1J166 min
- 2DP63 min
- 3IR57 min
- 4A454 min
- 5BJ38 min
Destinations
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1Senegal0 min
- 2Bahrain0 min
- 3Brazil0 min
- 4Slovenia0 min
- 5Denmark0 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 1Afghanistan45 min
- 2Taiwan30 min
- 3Russia26 min
- 4Vietnam26 min
- 5Iran25 min
Departures by hour
The heaviest hour is 3:00 PM, with 338 departures over the period. Bar height is how many flights leave; colour is how late they run.
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Day by day
Each bar is one day. Height is the number of departures; colour is the average delay that day.
19/8
23/8
26/8
Under 15 min
15–30 min
30–45 min
45–70 min
Over 70 min
By day of week
1
Wednesday
1021 departures · 6 min average delay
2
Tuesday
721 departures · 8 min average delay
3
Sunday
712 departures · 7 min average delay
4
Friday
710 departures · 7 min average delay
5
Monday
676 departures · 8 min average delay
6
Saturday
643 departures · 5 min average delay
7
Thursday
1 departure · 60 min average delay
Measured
Unlike the crowding estimate, these are real recorded departure times, not a model.