How much compensation for a delayed Turkish Airlines flight from Stansted?
£350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Stansted to Istanbul, 2,455 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 401
- Landed on time
- 82.3%
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£350each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Stansted to Istanbul, 2,455 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Turkish Airlines get delayed a lot at Stansted?
fewer than 1 in 200 flights of Turkish Airlines' 401 flights a year at Stansted land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.
When is it worst?
March 2026, when Turkish Airlines flights at Stansted ran an average of 11.7 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Turkish Airlines at Stansted
In the last 12 months, Turkish Airlines operated 401 flights at Stansted, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £350 each becomes payable.
| Turkish Airlines at Stansted, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Stansted | 401 | - |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 82.3% | - |
| Average delay | 8.2 min | - |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | <0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | rare | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Turkish Airlines at Stansted, month by month
Worst month: March 2026, averaging 11.7 minutes.
Route by route
Turkish Airlines' busiest routes at Stansted
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul | 401 | 2,455 km | 8.2 min | <0.5% | £350each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Stansted is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by UK261, whichever airline you fly with. Delays of 3 or more hours pay £220 to £520 each depending on how far you were flying, and the table above gives the exact figure for each of these routes. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. If the flight is cancelled instead of delayed, broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
Turkish Airlines from other airports
Other airlines at Stansted
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, July 2025 to June 2026. Analysis by CheckFlightCompensation; the CAA is credited as the data source as its publication conditions require. Figures cover the 25 largest UK airports. Methodology and limitations.