Esenboğa (ESB) – İstanbul (IST)
From Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026, 729 flights operated between Esenboğa and İstanbul (both directions), counted by us from flight boards published by Turkey's airports authority.
- Flights · last 7 days201
- Average per day≈26
- Cancelled1.1%8 of 737 scheduled flights
- Airlines6
- Rank in country#5
Flights per day
Counted by us from airport flight boards, day by day. This is not an official statistic, and today and yesterday are left out until all flights have landed.
This source does not record actual departure times, so the on-time rate cannot be measured on this route.
By direction
ESB → IST
- Flights operated
- 331
IST → ESB
- Flights operated
- 398
ESB → IST and IST → ESB counted separately.
Official monthly figures
according to Eurostat · December 2024Passengers per month
The most recent periods24 periods
| Period | Passengers 2023 | Passengers 2024 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 122,013 | 122,786 | ▲ 0.6% |
| February | 104,243 | 120,570 | ▲ 15.7% |
| March | 118,520 | 118,339 | ▼ 0.2% |
| April | 119,446 | 124,250 | ▲ 4.0% |
| May | 123,991 | 129,089 | ▲ 4.1% |
| June | 136,884 | 122,943 | ▼ 10.2% |
| July | 133,034 | 127,332 | ▼ 4.3% |
| August | 120,850 | 120,508 | ▼ 0.3% |
| September | 118,637 | 123,916 | ▲ 4.4% |
| October | 128,645 | 131,582 | ▲ 2.3% |
| November | 122,658 | 128,744 | ▲ 5.0% |
| December | 119,817 | 123,396 | ▲ 3.0% |
| Year to date (Jan–Dec) | 1,468,738 | 1,493,455 | ▲ 1.7% |
Seats offered per month
The most recent periods24 periods
| Period | Seats offered 2023 | Seats offered 2024 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 153,757 | 147,616 | ▼ 4.0% |
| February | 131,038 | 142,109 | ▲ 8.4% |
| March | 145,351 | 145,643 | ▲ 0.2% |
| April | 146,593 | 139,404 | ▼ 4.9% |
| May | 149,256 | 142,101 | ▼ 4.8% |
| June | 161,938 | 142,034 | ▼ 12.3% |
| July | 143,963 | 149,423 | ▲ 3.8% |
| August | 141,732 | 145,024 | ▲ 2.3% |
| September | 136,344 | 137,360 | ▲ 0.7% |
| October | 155,022 | 159,333 | ▲ 2.8% |
| November | 146,908 | 156,136 | ▲ 6.3% |
| December | 149,369 | 152,991 | ▲ 2.4% |
| Year to date (Jan–Dec) | 1,761,271 | 1,759,174 | ▼ 0.1% |
Load factor (calculated)
Calculated by us: passengers ÷ seats offered, both from the same source and shown on this page.
The most recent periods24 periods
| Period | Load factor 2023 | Load factor 2024 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79.4% | 83.2% | ▲ 4.8% |
| February | 79.6% | 84.8% | ▲ 6.5% |
| March | 81.5% | 81.3% | ▼ 0.2% |
| April | 81.5% | 89.1% | ▲ 9.3% |
| May | 83.1% | 90.8% | ▲ 9.3% |
| June | 84.5% | 86.6% | ▲ 2.5% |
| July | 92.4% | 85.2% | ▼ 7.8% |
| August | 85.3% | 83.1% | ▼ 2.6% |
| September | 87.0% | 90.2% | ▲ 3.7% |
| October | 83.0% | 82.6% | ▼ 0.5% |
| November | 83.5% | 82.5% | ▼ 1.2% |
| December | 80.2% | 80.7% | ▲ 0.6% |
| Year-to-date average (Jan–Dec) | 83.4% | 85.0% | ▲ 1.9% |
Monthly totals for both directions, published by Eurostat. Latest month available: December 2024. Eurostat publishes route figures about two years after the month ends, so recent months are not yet available. These are official counts from a statistics agency. The chart above is our own day-by-day count, so the two will not match exactly.
Airlines on this route
Sep 18, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026| Airline | Scheduled flights | Share | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkish Airlines TK | 731 | 99.2% | 8 |
| Other airlines (each under 5%) | 6 | 0.8% | 0 |
Counted from flight boards. Codeshares are merged into one flight; airlines under 5% of flights are grouped, because airline codes on flight boards are sometimes reused by another carrier.
Daily figures
| Period | Flights operated | ESB → IST | IST → ESB | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 |