TK503Turkish Airlines · IST → DSS
live · 39m ago
Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK503 IstanbulIST · 13:25 DakarDSS · 17:50

TK503 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Dakar (DSS) for the Tue, Sep 22 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Dakar · off blocks 13:25 · on schedule
17:50

estimated arrival at DSS · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeTK503 · position estimated
ISTIstanbulDSSDakar
Estimated from the boardsarr 17:50

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:25. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+10 minmedian over 2 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-22
+0 gate
09-19
+0 gate
09-18
+0 gate · +10 arrival
09-15
+0 gate · −13 arrival
09-12
+0 gate

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 +10 min · 0 cancelled · 5 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
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
S

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Istanbul to Dakar flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK501departs 01:05
TK505departs 19:20

If TK503 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 TK503 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK503 across the IST and DSS boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min late. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK503 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 13:25 (+0)DSS 17:50
09-19IST 13:25 (+0)DSS
09-18IST 13:25 (+0)DSS 17:50 18:00 (+10)
09-15IST 13:25 (+0)DSS 17:50 17:37 (−13)
09-12IST 13:25 (+0)DSS

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-JNK, TC-JNA.

Board clocks recorded as IST and DSS published them.

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