KU156Kuwait Airways · IST → KWI
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Route confirmed Kuwait Airways

KU156 IstanbulIST · 13:20 Kuwait CityKWI

KU156 by Kuwait Airways flies from Istanbul (IST) to Kuwait City (KWI).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
13:00

scheduled from IST

Typical gate push+45 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+45+90+135 min
09-08
+135 gate
09-07
+135 gate
09-06
+0 gate
09-05
+0 gate
09-04
+45 gate
09-03
+125 gate
09-02
+0 gate

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

0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
KWIKuwait CityHigh riskKWI delay board →
IST→KWIevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
10%Chance of 15+ min delay
13%Chance of cancellation
-5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at IST and KWI 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.

How KU156 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for KU156 across the IST and KWI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~45 min late. Based on 7 confirmed departures · 3/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how KU156 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
09-08IST 13:20 15:35 (+135)KWI
09-07IST 13:20 15:35 (+135)KWI
09-06IST 13:45 (+0)KWI
09-05IST 13:20 (+0)KWI
09-04IST 17:55 18:40 (+45)KWI
09-03IST 13:10 15:15 (+125)KWI
09-02IST 13:20 (+0)KWI

Board clocks recorded as IST and KWI published them.

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