Direct flights from Madrid (MAD) to Istanbul (SAW): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 46 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 2,756 km, an estimated 4 hours 2 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Madrid and Istanbul. Updated 19 October 2026 at 13:33 UTC.
The MAD board at 15:33 shows departure at 15:10 instead of 14:30.
Checked MAD board 15:33 · SAW board 15:33
route health from live MAD and SAW delay boards
Median arrival delay is +46 min. 0 of 4 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 MAD: 19% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +4 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 MAD 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.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.
Pro Flight Search — Madrid (MAD) to Istanbul (SAW) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/MAD-SAW
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at MAD is the weaker end, route health score 74/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule evening departures around 17:00 from MAD. 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 2,756 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 225–266 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.
.