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Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 148,129 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to weather and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen 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.

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Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
6 November 202112,752108Weather
2 January 202310,815108Weather
7 February 202310,336110Weather
20 February 20199,73167Weather
8 November 20219,00581Weather
6 February 20238,154128Weather
5 April 20256,88379Weather
8 February 20205,606142Weather
24 January 20265,549118Weather
7 February 20205,49989Weather
11 March 20225,38679Aerodrome capacity
22 December 20235,31994Weather
29 February 20245,10877Weather
19 January 20264,69983Weather
27 October 20254,56973Weather

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
8 August 20261,36419Weather
5 August 202631910Weather
4 August 202684625Weather
3 August 20263449Weather
22 July 202666616Weather
12 July 202647510Aerodrome capacity
16 May 20261,16533Aerodrome capacity
15 May 20261043Weather
5 April 20263,61869Weather
30 March 20261,60834Weather
29 March 20261,90918Weather
28 March 202644915Aerodrome capacity
27 March 20261,59842Aerodrome capacity
26 March 20262,03856Aerodrome capacity
25 March 20261,58043Aerodrome capacity

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

What usually goes wrong at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen

Weather83%
Aerodrome capacity17%

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.

Airlines based at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen

Turkish Airlines compensation

Questions

Is a delay at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen 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 Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen 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 Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen 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 Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen delay?

Any airline departing Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen 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.