KE86Korean Air · JFK → ICN
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Korean Air

KE86 New YorkJFK · 00:50 SeoulICN · 05:10

KE86 by Korean Air flies from New York (JFK) to Seoul (ICN) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate 6
00:50

departs JFK · on schedule

Typical gate push−4 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+7 minmedian over 16 operations
Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
+15 arrival
09-07
−6 gate · −16 arrival
09-06
−4 gate · −17 arrival
09-05
+4 gate · −18 arrival
09-04
+4 gate · +8 arrival
09-03
+3 gate · +29 arrival
09-02
−4 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 +7 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
ICNSeoulOn-time likelyICN delay board →
JFK→ICNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JFK and ICN 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 New York to Seoul flights today

same route · Korean Air
KE82departs 13:10

If KE86 is cancelled, this is the other Korean Air nonstop flight from New York to Seoul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JFK local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How KE86 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KE86 across the JFK and ICN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 12/14 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how KE86 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
09-08JFK 00:50ICN 05:10 05:25 (+15)
09-07JFK 00:50 00:44 (−6)ICN 05:10 04:54 (−16)
09-06JFK 00:50 00:46 (−4)ICN 05:10 04:53 (−17)
09-05JFK 00:50 00:54 (+4)ICN 05:10 04:52 (−18)
09-04JFK 00:50 00:54 (+4)ICN 05:10 05:18 (+8)
09-03JFK 00:50 00:53 (+3)ICN 05:10 05:39 (+29)
09-02JFK 00:50 00:46 (−4)ICN 05:10 05:20 (+10)
09-01JFK 00:50 01:01 (+11)ICN 05:10 05:25 (+15)
08-31JFK 00:50 00:46 (−4)ICN 05:10 05:18 (+8)
08-30JFK 00:50 00:46 (−4)ICN 05:10 05:17 (+7)
08-29JFK 00:50 00:41 (−9)ICN 05:10 04:57 (−13)
08-28JFK 00:50 00:54 (+4)ICN 05:10 05:32 (+22)
08-27JFK 00:50 00:39 (−11)ICN 05:10 05:08 (−2)
08-26JFK 00:50 00:45 (−5)ICN 05:10 04:51 (−19)
08-25JFK 00:50 00:59 (+9)ICN 05:10 05:17 (+7)
08-24JFK ICN 05:10 05:03 (−7)

Board clocks recorded as JFK and ICN published them.

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