TK1997Turkish Airlines · IST → LGW
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1997 IstanbulIST · 15:25 LondonLGW · 16:30

TK1997 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to London (LGW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
15:25

scheduled from IST

Typical gate push+25 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+29 minmedian over 3 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-03
+50 gate · +29 arrival
11-02
+50 gate · +29 arrival
11-01
+0 gate · −35 arrival
10-31
+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
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
LGWLondonModerate riskLGW 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
79%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.6%Chance of cancellation
+40 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by LGW (London), currently flying VFR (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 London

Forecast

Tue 3 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 11°C to 13°C
Low7°Clikely 6°C to 9°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.

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
TK1981departs 08:05
TK1963departs 11:05
TK6922departs 13:15
TK1929departs 21:30

If TK1997 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 TK1997 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1997 across the IST and LGW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~29 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 1/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK1997 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
11-03IST 15:25 16:15 (+50)LGW 16:30 16:59 (+29)
11-02IST 15:25 16:15 (+50)LGW 16:30 16:59 (+29)
11-01IST 15:25 (+0)LGW 16:30 15:55 (−35)
10-31IST 15:25 (+0)LGW

Board clocks recorded as IST and LGW published them.

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