TK46Turkish Airlines · IST → CPT
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK46 IstanbulIST · 13:05 Cape TownCPT · 23:00

TK46 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Cape Town (CPT).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
13:05

scheduled from IST

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−16 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-03
CANCELLED
11-02
+0 gate · −3 arrival
10-31
+0 gate · −29 arrival
10-27
+0 gate · −2 arrival
10-26
+0 gate · −32 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 −16 min · 1 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
CPTCape TownOn-time likelyCPT 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
4.3%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

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. 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

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 10°C to 12°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 10°C
  • 83% 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 Cape Town

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High20°Clikely 18°C to 21°C
Low13°Clikely 11°C to 15°C

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 Cape Town flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK44departs 01:45

If TK46 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from Istanbul to Cape Town on the same day, 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 TK46 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK46 across the IST and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK46 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
11-03CANCELLED
11-02IST 13:05 (+0)CPT 23:00 22:57 (−3)
10-31IST 13:05 (+0)CPT 23:00 22:31 (−29)
10-27IST 13:05 (+0)CPT 23:00 22:58 (−2)
10-26IST 13:05 (+0)CPT 23:00 22:28 (−32)

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-LGT, TC-LHD.

Board clocks recorded as IST and CPT published them.

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