Turkish Airlines: flights 3+ hours late or cancelled at UK airports

Of 14,837 scheduled Turkish Airlines flights to and from UK airports in 2025, 0.7% were cancelled or at least 3 hours late (95% range 0.59%–0.86%), measured at the UK airport. Source: UK CAA.

How it works ↓

Data: CAA punctuality statistics, calendar year 2025 (published 25 February 2026) · calculated 3 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

0.7%3+ hours late or cancelled

14,837scheduled flights 2025

By UK airport

UK airport	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
London Heathrow	4,632	0.6%	0.4%–0.9%	20
Manchester	2,681	0.9%	0.6%–1.3%	16
London Gatwick	2,561	0.4%	0.2%–0.7%	6
London Stansted	2,153	0.3%	0.1%–0.6%	5
Birmingham	1,603	0.8%	0.5%–1.4%	11
Edinburgh	1,207	2.0%	1.3%–2.9%	20

UK airports with at least 200 scheduled flights of this airline in 2025; linked airports (500+ flights) have a page with this airline's destinations and a comparison with the other airlines there.

Under the Turkish Airlines brand, the CAA's 2025 statistics list two operators, and both disrupted UK flights noticeably less often than the national average (1.6%). There is one exception, and it comes down to an airport.

AJet at Stansted and Edinburgh

All 2,153 AJet flights departed from Stansted: a share of 0.3%, with 5 cancellations. The main operator, Turkish Airlines, logged 12,684 flights and 0.8%. Edinburgh stands out against this backdrop: 20 cancellations on 1,207 flights, or 2.0%, three times the airline's own figure. For how all carriers perform on this route, see Edinburgh – Istanbul.

Delayed on a flight to Istanbul: £350 and care from 3 hours

From Heathrow to Istanbul it is 2,487 km, which places the route in the 1,500–3,500 km band. Under UK261 the compensation here is £350 for arriving at your final destination more than 3 hours late, while the right to care (food and drink, phone calls or emails, accommodation) applies after 3 hours' delay to departure (CAA on delays). The distance comes from the Heathrow – Istanbul page, which covers all airlines.

By operating company

Operator (as listed by the CAA)	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
Turkish Airlines	12,684	0.8%	0.65%–0.96%	73
AJet	2,153	0.3%	0.1%–0.6%	5

Caveats

This is an upper estimate of flights where compensation may be due. Weather, air traffic control, strikes by third parties and security problems are “extraordinary circumstances” and give no right to compensation; cancellations announced 14 days or more ahead do not either.
The CAA measures delay at the UK airport (departure or arrival). The legal test is the delay on arrival at the final destination.
Flights in both directions are combined. For flights from an EU airport, EU261 applies when the airline is an EU airline (€250 / €400 / €600), UK261 when it is a UK airline.
Shares differ between airlines partly because of where and when they fly: routes to islands and airports with frequent weather or air traffic control restrictions raise the share without the airline being at fault.