TK438Turkish Airlines · DBV → IST
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK438 DubrovnikDBV · 09:15 IstanbulIST · 12:10

TK438 by Turkish Airlines flies from Dubrovnik (DBV) to Istanbul (IST) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowEn route to Istanbul · off blocks 09:31 · 16 min late
En route

en route from DBV to IST

En routeTK438 · position estimated
DBVDubrovnikISTIstanbul
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 09:31.

⚖ TK438 typically leaves +16 and lands +0. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+45+89+134 min
09-16
+16 gate · +0 arrival
09-15
+14 gate · −20 arrival
09-14
+21 gate · +0 arrival
09-13
+134 gate · +120 arrival
09-11
+16 gate · +0 arrival
09-09
+14 gate · +0 arrival
09-08
+13 gate · +0 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DBVDubrovnikOn-time likelyDBV delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
DBV→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
28%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.6%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by DBV (Dubrovnik), currently flying VFR (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 Dubrovnik to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK6936departs 11:55
TK440departs 20:45

If TK438 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Dubrovnik to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DBV local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK438 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK438 across the DBV and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 6/8 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 TK438 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
09-16DBV 09:15 09:31 (+16)IST 12:10 (+0)
09-15DBV 09:10 09:24 (+14)IST 12:05 11:45 (−20)
09-14DBV 09:10 09:31 (+21)IST 12:05 (+0)
09-13DBV 09:10 11:24 (+134)IST 12:05 14:05 (+120)
09-11DBV 09:15 09:31 (+16)IST 12:10 (+0)
09-09DBV 09:15 09:29 (+14)IST 12:10 (+0)
09-08DBV 09:10 09:23 (+13)IST 12:05 (+0)
09-07DBV 09:10 10:59 (+109)IST 12:05 13:20 (+75)

Board clocks recorded as DBV and IST published them.

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