BHX to IST flight delays
Birmingham (BHX) Istanbul (IST)
421 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
79.09%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.19%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 23.7 points more punctual than in February — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 8.4 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from BHX overall run 10.3 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion BHX has, this route is largely escaping it.
The two directions do not behave alike. IST to BHX arrives on time 6.5 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Turkish Airlines arrived on time most often on BHX to IST. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in February.
Every airline on BHX to IST
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkish Airlines | 421 | 79.09% | 1.19% | — | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
IST to BHX Istanbul back to Birmingham 85.58% on time BOther routes from Birmingham
- BHX → BHD · Belfast D
- BHX → DUB · Dublin D
- BHX → BFS · Belfast C
- BHX → AMS · Amsterdam F
- BHX → EDI · Ingliston C
- BHX → ABZ · Aberdeen C
- BHX → CDG · Paris (Roissy-en-France C
- BHX → PMI · Palma de Mallorca F
- BHX → ALC · Alicante D
- BHX → TFS · Tenerife D
- BHX → FRA · Frankfurt am Main D
- BHX → GLA · Glasgow A
Common questions
Are flights from Birmingham to Istanbul usually delayed?
79.09% of flights on the BHX to IST route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Birmingham to Istanbul?
Only Turkish Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 421 flights and 79.09% arriving on time.
How often are BHX to IST flights cancelled?
1.19% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 12 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Birmingham to Istanbul?
March, when 93.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 69.8%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BHX to IST during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →