TK501Turkish Airlines · IST → DSS
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK501 IstanbulIST · 01:05 DakarDSS · 05:30

TK501 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Dakar (DSS).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
01:05

scheduled from IST

⚖ TK501 typically leaves +10 and lands +4. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+10 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~6 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-22
+10 gate
09-21
+10 gate · +7 arrival
09-20
+10 gate · +12 arrival
09-17
+0 gate · −22 arrival
09-16
+0 gate · −27 arrival
09-14
+0 gate · +3 arrival
09-13
+10 gate · +10 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 +4 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
DSSDakarHigh riskDSS delay board →
IST→DSSevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by DSS (Dakar), 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 Istanbul to Dakar flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK503departs 13:25
TK505departs 19:20

If TK501 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Istanbul to Dakar on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IST local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK501 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK501 across the IST and DSS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK501 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
09-22IST 01:05 01:15 (+10)DSS
09-21IST 01:05 01:15 (+10)DSS 05:30 05:37 (+7)
09-20IST 01:05 01:15 (+10)DSS 05:30 05:42 (+12)
09-17IST 01:05 (+0)DSS 05:30 05:08 (−22)
09-16IST 01:05 (+0)DSS 05:30 05:03 (−27)
09-14IST 01:05 (+0)DSS 05:30 05:33 (+3)
09-13IST 01:05 01:15 (+10)DSS 05:30 05:40 (+10)
09-10IST 01:05 01:20 (+15)DSS 05:30 05:34 (+4)
09-09IST 01:05 (+0)DSS 05:30 05:16 (−14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-JNC, TC-JNE, TC-JOG, TC-JNO.

Board clocks recorded as IST and DSS published them.

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