TK44Turkish Airlines · IST → CPT
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK44 IstanbulIST · 01:45 Cape TownCPT · 11:50

TK44 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Cape Town (CPT) for the Tue, Sep 8 departure.

Right nowEn route to Cape Town · off blocks 05:40 · 235 min late
En route

en route from IST to CPT

En routeTK44 · position estimated
ISTIstanbulCPTCape Town
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 05:40. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ TK44 typically leaves +0 and lands −21. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+78+157+235 min
09-08
+235 gate · −30 arrival
09-07
+0 gate · −30 arrival
09-06
+0 gate · −26 arrival
09-05
+230 gate · +206 arrival
09-04
+0 gate · −24 arrival
09-03
+0 gate · −28 arrival
09-02
+0 gate · −16 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 −21 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
CPTCape TownHigh riskCPT delay board →
IST→CPTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.1%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at IST and CPT 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.

How TK44 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK44 across the IST and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~21 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 10/13 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 TK44 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
09-08IST 01:45 05:40 (+235)CPT 11:50 11:20 (−30)
09-07IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:20 (−30)
09-06IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:24 (−26)
09-05IST 01:45 05:35 (+230)CPT 11:50 15:16 (+206)
09-04IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:26 (−24)
09-03IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:22 (−28)
09-02IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:34 (−16)
09-01IST 01:45 05:40 (+235)CPT 11:50 15:01 (+191)
08-31IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:29 (−21)
08-30IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:13 (−37)
08-29IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:38 (−12)
08-28IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:16 (−34)
08-27IST 01:45 05:20 (+215)CPT 11:50 15:00 (+190)
08-26IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:31 (−19)
08-25IST 01:45 (+0)CPT 11:50 11:42 (−8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-LGS.

Board clocks recorded as IST and CPT published them.

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