Direct flights from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Istanbul (SAW): 6 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 86% of the last 7 operated flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is on schedule. No cancellations were recorded across the 7 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 2,977 km, an estimated 4 hours 19 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Abu Dhabi and Istanbul. Updated 21 October 2026 at 07:33 UTC.
Left AUH at 05:55, 55 min after its 05:00 slot.
Landing estimate from 59,531 tracked flights of 4 to 8 hours that left 30 to 59 min late. The SAW board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track PC407 →Checked AUH board 10:03 · SAW board 10:33
of the last 7 operated AUH → SAW flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is +0 min. 0 of 7 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 AUH: 28% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +10 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop AUH 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 — Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Istanbul (SAW) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 04:40 from AUH. 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 2,977 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 240–285 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Pegasus Airlines runs the route with about 6 flights a week (sun, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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