TK397Turkish Airlines · KUL → IST
live · 11m ago
Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK397 Kuala LumpurKUL · 07:00 IstanbulIST · 12:50

TK397 by Turkish Airlines flies from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Istanbul (IST) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowEn route to Istanbul · off blocks 07:27 · 27 min late
En route

en route from KUL to IST

En routeTK397 · position estimated
KULKuala LumpurISTIstanbul
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:27. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+27 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+20 minmedian over 3 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-08
+27 gate · +20 arrival
09-07
+27 gate · +20 arrival
08-31
+46 gate · +0 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
KULKuala LumpurModerate riskKUL delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
KUL→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
18%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.8%Chance of cancellation
-5 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by KUL (Kuala Lumpur), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK175departs 05:30
TK63departs 09:45
TK61departs 23:25

If TK397 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in KUL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK397 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK397 across the KUL and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +20 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK397 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
09-08KUL 07:00 07:27 (+27)IST 12:50 13:10 (+20)
09-07KUL 07:00 07:27 (+27)IST 12:50 13:10 (+20)
08-31KUL 07:00 07:46 (+46)IST 12:50 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-LHE.

Board clocks recorded as KUL and IST published them.

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