EK121Emirates · DXB → IST
live · 28m ago
Route confirmed Emirates

EK121 DubaiDXB · 14:20 IstanbulIST · 17:55

EK121 by Emirates flies from Dubai (DXB) to Istanbul (IST) for the Mon, Oct 12 departure.

Right nowEstimated · gate B8 · as of 02:09
14:20

departs DXB · on schedule

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~11 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-12
+0 arrival
10-11
+21 gate · +0 arrival
10-10
+9 gate · +0 arrival
10-09
+8 gate · +0 arrival
10-08
+11 gate · +0 arrival
10-07
+20 gate · +10 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +0 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DXBDubaiOn-time likelyDXB delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
DXB→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.2%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at DXB and IST are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Dubai to Istanbul flights today

same route · Emirates
EK123departs 10:40
EK9503departs 11:00
EK117departs 18:00

If EK121 is cancelled, these are the other Emirates nonstop flights from Dubai to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DXB local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How EK121 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for EK121 across the DXB and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how EK121 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-12DXB 14:20IST 17:55 (+0)
10-11DXB 14:20 14:41 (+21)IST 17:55 (+0)
10-10DXB 14:20 14:29 (+9)IST 17:55 (+0)
10-09DXB 14:20 14:28 (+8)IST 17:55 (+0)
10-08DXB 14:20 14:31 (+11)IST 17:55 (+0)
10-07DXB 14:25 14:45 (+20)IST 17:55 18:05 (+10)

Board clocks recorded as DXB and IST published them.

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