TK1598Turkish Airlines · FRA → IST
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1598 Frankfurt am MainFRA · 06:50 IstanbulIST · 11:00

TK1598 by Turkish Airlines flies from Frankfurt am Main (FRA) to Istanbul (IST) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowEn route to Istanbul · off blocks 07:30 · 40 min late
11:45

estimated arrival at IST · local time · ~69 min from now

En routeTK1598 · position estimated
FRAFrankfurt am MainISTIstanbul
Estimated from the boardsarr 11:45

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:30 · typical taxi-out at FRA ≈ 7 min.

Typical gate push−10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+45 minmedian over 2 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
+40 gate · +45 arrival
09-06
−10 gate · −40 arrival
09-05
−10 gate

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

The route today

live boards
FRAFrankfurt am MainOn-time likelyFRA delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
FRA→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.1%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at FRA 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.

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 Frankfurt am Main to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK1586departs 07:50
TK1588departs 11:30
TK1592departs 15:05
TK1594departs 19:00
TK1223departs 22:25

If TK1598 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Frankfurt am Main to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in FRA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK1598 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1598 across the FRA and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: left about 10 min early but landed about 40 min early. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK1598 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
09-07FRA 06:50 07:30 (+40)IST 11:00 11:45 (+45)
09-06FRA 06:50 06:40 (−10)IST 11:00 10:20 (−40)
09-05FRA 06:50 06:40 (−10)IST

Aircraft

Recent tails: TCJRU.

Board clocks recorded as FRA and IST published them.

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