TK38Turkish Airlines · IST → JNB
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK38 IstanbulIST JohannesburgJNB · 11:00

TK38 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Johannesburg (JNB).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates Tue Thu Sat
02:05

scheduled from IST

Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+2 arrival
10-29
−27 arrival
10-24
−21 arrival
10-22
−14 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
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
JNBJohannesburgOn-time likelyJNB delay board →
IST→JNBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
29%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.8%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by JNB (Johannesburg), 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 Istanbul

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 12°C to 14°C
Low10°Clikely 9°C to 12°C
  • 86% 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 Johannesburg

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High30°Clikely 29°C to 32°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 18°C
  • 45% chance of thunder
  • 72% 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.

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 Johannesburg flights

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK242departs 13:30 · Sun, Fri

If TK38 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from Istanbul to Johannesburg, 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 TK38 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK38 across the IST and JNB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK38 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
10-31IST JNB 11:00 11:02 (+2)
10-29IST JNB 11:00 10:33 (−27)
10-24IST JNB 10:15 09:54 (−21)
10-22IST JNB 10:15 10:01 (−14)

Board clocks recorded as IST and JNB published them.

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