TK1040Turkish Airlines · OTP → IST
updated 36m ago
Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1040 BucharestOTP · 15:35 IstanbulIST · 18:05

TK1040 by Turkish Airlines flies from Bucharest (OTP) to Istanbul (IST) for the Thu, Nov 12 departure.

Right nowLanded in Istanbul · today
17:45

arrived at IST · 20 min early

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 9 operations

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-12
−20 arrival
11-11
−11 gate · +0 arrival
11-10
+0 gate · +0 arrival
11-09
+0 gate · −20 arrival
11-08
+0 gate · +0 arrival
11-07
−19 gate · −30 arrival
11-06
+0 gate · +25 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 · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
OTPBucharestOn-time likelyOTP delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
OTP→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
26%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.9%Chance of cancellation
+3 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at OTP and IST are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Bucharest

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High24°Clikely 21°C to 26°C
Low11°Clikely 9°C to 13°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Istanbul

Forecast

Fri 13 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 21°C to 23°C
Low18°Clikely 17°C to 19°C
  • Gusts to 40 kt

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Bucharest to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK1044departs 10:00
TK1042departs 12:45
TK1046departs 21:35

If TK1040 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Bucharest to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in OTP local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How TK1040 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1040 across the OTP and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 8/9 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK1040 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
11-12OTP 15:35IST 18:05 17:45 (−20)
11-11OTP 15:35 15:24 (−11)IST 18:05 (+0)
11-10OTP 15:35 (+0)IST 18:05 (+0)
11-09OTP 15:45 (+0)IST 18:05 17:45 (−20)
11-08OTP 15:45 (+0)IST 18:10 (+0)
11-07OTP 15:35 15:16 (−19)IST 18:05 17:35 (−30)
11-06OTP 15:35 (+0)IST 18:05 18:30 (+25)
11-05OTP 15:35 15:49 (+14)IST 18:05 17:45 (−20)
11-04OTP IST 18:05 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-LOA.

Board clocks recorded as OTP and IST published them.

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