IST to MAN flight delays
Istanbul (IST) Manchester (MAN)
1,950 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
75.05%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.51%
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
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Turkish Airlines arrived on time 14 points more often than easyJet over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 40 points more punctual than in January — 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 two directions do not behave alike. MAN to IST arrives on time 10 points less 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.
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Turkish Airlines arrived on time most often on IST to MAN. easyJet was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in January.
Every airline on IST to MAN
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 | 1,772 | 76.33% | 0.56% | — | C |
| easyJet | 178 | 62.36% | 0% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to IST Manchester back to Istanbul 65.03% on time DCommon questions
Are flights from Istanbul to Manchester usually delayed?
75.05% of flights on the IST to MAN 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 airline is most on time from Istanbul to Manchester?
Turkish Airlines, at 76.33% on time across 1,772 flights. The least punctual on the route was easyJet at 62.36%.
How often are IST to MAN flights cancelled?
0.51% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Istanbul to Manchester?
March, when 94.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 54.3%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on IST to MAN during March 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 →