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Ankara Esenboğa flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Ankara Esenboğa on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 15,435 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and atc equipment. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Ankara Esenboğa flight 3 hours late?

The day the flight was due to leave, in local time where it left. For an overnight flight, that is the evening you set off.

Same flight number twice that day? Add the departure code

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
28 January 20192,28719Weather
22 January 20191,79226Weather
17 December 20191,02226Weather
18 December 201994421Weather
8 January 201981220Weather
18 January 202474812Weather
6 January 202073620Weather
25 November 202562515Weather
23 January 202262413Weather
9 January 202555515Weather
20 December 202455417Weather
4 November 202153710Weather
19 December 201947512Weather
23 January 201945312Weather
5 January 201944310Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
8 July 2026180Aerodrome capacity
7 July 202660Other
29 January 2026280Weather
26 January 20262347Weather
25 January 202690Weather
6 January 20261214Weather
1 January 2026271Weather
25 December 20251172Weather
27 November 2025821Weather
26 November 20252988Weather
25 November 202562515Weather
12 November 2025311Weather
28 January 2025923Weather
27 January 20253097Weather
24 January 20252266Weather

Data to 30 September 2026. Eurocontrol publishes about a month in arrears.

What usually goes wrong at Ankara Esenboğa

Weather98%
ATC equipment2%
ATC capacity0%
Other0%

Share of logged delay minutes across the worst and most recent days shown above. Weather, ATC staffing, ATC capacity and equipment failures are the causes airlines most often plead as extraordinary; airport capacity and unspecified delay are arguable.

Questions

Is a delay at Ankara Esenboğa caused by weather always an extraordinary circumstance?

No. The airline must show that the weather actually affected your flight and that it took all reasonable measures. Eurocontrol logs weather delay at Ankara Esenboğa on specific days; if your day is not one of them, the weather defence has nothing behind it. If it is, the airline still has to connect it to your flight.

How do I find out if my Ankara Esenboğa flight was delayed 3 hours?

Enter the flight number and date in the checker above. It pulls the recorded arrival time, works out the delay against the schedule, and shows what Eurocontrol and the airport weather logged for Ankara Esenboğa that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Ankara Esenboğa delay?

Any airline departing Ankara Esenboğa is covered by EU261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier.

Source: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause, daily. See also your rights and the compensation calculator.