Planning your trip around the balloon mornings

How many mornings to allow

A balloon morning is a morning after a night in Cappadocia. One balloon morning is a single try; with two, the second is your backup; with three, you have one more chance.

• Arrive in the afternoon and stay one night: one balloon morning, with no backup.

• Arrive in the afternoon and stay two nights: two balloon mornings, a first try and a backup.

• Arrive the evening before your first full day: that first morning is a balloon morning too.

Why your flight goes on an early morning

SkyPlan puts your flight on an early morning of the trip so that a later one stays free as a backup if it is cancelled. With two balloon mornings that is the first; with three, the better of the first two by our estimate. If you pick a morning yourself, your pick wins, and if the chance for your dates is low, the plan says so.

Any flight chance we show is an estimate. The official go/no-go for each morning is set under SHGM (Turkish civil aviation authority) rules and published by the Kapadokya Slot Service Center.

Tell the planner your dates: it picks your balloon morning and a backup, and plans the rest of each day around sunrise and sunset.

More on balloon mornings

• How often balloons fly: official flight days

  The Kapadokya Slot Service Center’s flight days for each month and year, and how many balloons fly on a flying day.

• How balloon flights are decided

  The red, yellow and green flags, when they are set, and why a green flag is not a promise.

• If your balloon flight is cancelled

  Your backup morning, Plan B with indoor places first, and what to check about your booking.