TK20Turkish Airlines · IST → ICN
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK20 IstanbulIST · 17:00 SeoulICN · 08:35

TK20 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Seoul (ICN) for the Thu, Sep 17 departure.

Right nowEn route to Seoul · off blocks 17:20 · 20 min late
En route

en route from IST to ICN

En routeTK20 · position estimated
ISTIstanbulICNSeoul
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:20. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+15 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+15 minmedian over 6 operations

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+63+126+189 min
09-18
+10 gate · −10 arrival
09-17
+20 gate · +35 arrival
09-15
+15 gate · +15 arrival
09-13
+170 gate · +189 arrival
09-11
+10 gate · +12 arrival
09-10
+0 gate · −10 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 +15 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ISTIstanbulModerate riskIST delay board →
ICNSeoulOn-time likelyICN delay board →
IST→ICNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Early read, sample still building
20%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.0%Chance of cancellation
-3 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by IST (Istanbul), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Istanbul to Seoul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK90departs 01:50

If TK20 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from Istanbul to Seoul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IST local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK20 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK20 across the IST and ICN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 4/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK20 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
09-18IST 17:00 17:10 (+10)ICN 08:35 08:25 (−10)
09-17IST 17:00 17:20 (+20)ICN 08:35 09:10 (+35)
09-15IST 17:00 17:15 (+15)ICN 08:35 08:50 (+15)
09-13IST 17:00 19:50 (+170)ICN 08:35 11:44 (+189)
09-11IST 17:00 17:10 (+10)ICN 08:35 08:47 (+12)
09-10IST 17:00 (+0)ICN 08:35 08:25 (−10)

Board clocks recorded as IST and ICN published them.

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