TK290Turkish Airlines · SFO → IST
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK290 San FranciscoSFO · 12:50 IstanbulIST · 11:45

TK290 by Turkish Airlines flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Istanbul (IST) for the Fri, Sep 11 departure.

Right nowEn route to Istanbul · off blocks 13:15 · 25 min late
En route

en route from SFO to IST

En routeTK290 · position estimated
SFOSan FranciscoISTIstanbul
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:15 · typical taxi-out at SFO ≈ 13.2 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+25 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+15 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~10 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
09-11
+25 gate
09-10
+25 gate · +15 arrival
09-07
+22 gate · +0 arrival
09-03
+73 gate · +40 arrival

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
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
ISTIstanbulModerate riskIST delay board →
SFO→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.7%Chance of cancellation
+22 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SFO 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 San Francisco to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK80departs 18:45

If TK290 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from San Francisco to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK290 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK290 across the SFO and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min late. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 2/3 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK290 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
09-11SFO 12:50 13:15 (+25)IST
09-10SFO 12:50 13:15 (+25)IST 11:45 12:00 (+15)
09-07SFO 12:50 13:12 (+22)IST 11:45 (+0)
09-03SFO 12:50 14:03 (+73)IST 11:45 12:25 (+40)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and IST published them.

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