TK1028Turkish Airlines · SOF → IST
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1028 SofiaSOF · 09:35 IstanbulIST · 11:05

TK1028 by Turkish Airlines flies from Sofia (SOF) to Istanbul (IST) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowExpected · today
09:35

departs SOF · on schedule

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~20 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-21
+0 arrival
08-20
+0 arrival
08-19
+12 gate · −20 arrival
08-18
+16 gate · −20 arrival
08-17
+6 gate · −35 arrival
08-16
+20 gate · +0 arrival
08-15
+20 gate · +0 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 · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SOFSofiaOn-time likelySOF delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
SOF→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
26%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.8%Chance of cancellation
+2 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SOF (Sofia), currently flying VFR (visual). For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

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 Sofia to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK1128departs 12:35
TK1032departs 15:50
TK1030departs 21:10

If TK1028 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Sofia to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SOF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK1028 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1028 across the SOF and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 8/8 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 TK1028 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
08-21SOF 09:35IST 11:05 (+0)
08-20SOF 09:35IST 11:05 (+0)
08-19SOF 09:35 09:47 (+12)IST 11:05 10:45 (−20)
08-18SOF 09:35 09:51 (+16)IST 11:05 10:45 (−20)
08-17SOF 09:35 09:41 (+6)IST 11:05 10:30 (−35)
08-16SOF 09:35 09:55 (+20)IST 11:05 (+0)
08-15SOF 09:35 09:55 (+20)IST 11:05 (+0)
08-14SOF 09:35 10:11 (+36)IST 11:05 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-JSJ, TC-JVS, TC-LTG, TC-JPL.

Board clocks recorded as SOF and IST published them.

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