Direct flights from Athens (ATH) to Istanbul (SAW): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 43 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 566 km, an estimated 1 hour 14 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Athens and Istanbul. Updated 25 October 2026 at 10:08 UTC.
Left ATH at 09:53, 23 min after its 09:30 slot.
Landing estimate from 208,815 tracked flights of under 2 hours that left 15 to 29 min late. The SAW board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track PC1192 →Checked ATH board 12:08 · SAW board 10:33
route health from live ATH and SAW delay boards
Median arrival delay is +43 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at ATH: 46% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +18 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
next sweep in 120s
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop ATH to SAW flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search — Athens (ATH) to Istanbul (SAW) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Some delays possible. The departure side at ATH is the weaker end, route health score 55/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 10:25 and evening departures around 20:25 from ATH. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the SAW delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 566 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 70–79 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Pegasus Airlines runs the route with about 11 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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