TK1981Turkish Airlines · IST → LGW
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1981 IstanbulIST · 08:05 LondonLGW · 09:10

TK1981 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to London (LGW) for the Fri, Nov 6 departure.

Right nowExpected in London · today
09:10

arrival expected at LGW · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Wins back in air~22 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-06
+0 gate
11-05
+0 gate · −19 arrival
11-04
+0 gate · −26 arrival
11-03
+0 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
ISTIstanbulModerate riskIST delay board →
LGWLondonOn-time likelyLGW delay board →
IST→LGWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
73%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.7%Chance of cancellation
+36 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by LGW (London), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Istanbul

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 9°C to 12°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 10°C
  • 73% chance of rain

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 London

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 10°C to 13°C
Low5°Clikely 1°C to 7°C
  • 33% chance of fog

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 Istanbul to London flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK1963departs 11:05
TK6922departs 13:15
TK1997departs 15:25
TK1929departs 21:30

If TK1981 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Istanbul to London on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IST 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 TK1981 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1981 across the IST and LGW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK1981 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
11-06IST 08:05 (+0)LGW 09:10
11-05IST 08:05 (+0)LGW 09:10 08:51 (−19)
11-04IST 08:05 (+0)LGW 09:10 08:44 (−26)
11-03IST 08:05 (+0)LGW 09:10

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-LTR.

Board clocks recorded as IST and LGW published them.

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