IST to EDI flight delays
Istanbul (IST) Ingliston (EDI)
321 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
86.39%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.56%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
5 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Only Turkish Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Istanbul to Ingliston keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
This is a thin route — 321 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Turkish Airlines arrived on time most often on IST to EDI. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in February.
Every airline on IST to EDI
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 | 321 | 86.39% | 1.56% | — | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
EDI to IST Ingliston back to Istanbul 82.59% on time BCommon questions
Are flights from Istanbul to Ingliston usually delayed?
86.39% of flights on the IST to EDI route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Istanbul to Ingliston?
Only Turkish Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 321 flights and 86.39% arriving on time.
How often are IST to EDI flights cancelled?
1.56% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 16 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Istanbul to Ingliston?
March, when 97.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 80%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on IST to EDI 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 →