TK71Turkish Airlines · HKG → IST
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK71 Hong KongHKG · 22:30 IstanbulIST · 05:00

TK71 by Turkish Airlines flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Istanbul (IST) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Istanbul · off blocks 22:38 · 8 min late
04:47

estimated arrival at IST · local time · ~1h 48m from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
IST874 mi · ~1h 48m leftHKG
35,000 ftAltitudecruising
511 mphSpeed444 kt
289°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 58m

⚖ TK71 typically leaves +10 and lands +0. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-22
+0 arrival
09-21
+8 gate
09-20
+6 gate · −40 arrival
09-19
+13 gate · −25 arrival
09-18
+10 gate · −25 arrival
09-17
+10 gate · +0 arrival
09-16
+10 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 · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
HKG→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.9%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at HKG and IST 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Hong Kong to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK171departs 08:55

If TK71 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from Hong Kong to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK71 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK71 across the HKG and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 10/10 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 TK71 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
09-22HKG 22:30IST 05:00 (+0)
09-21HKG 22:30 22:38 (+8)IST
09-20HKG 22:30 22:36 (+6)IST 05:00 04:20 (−40)
09-19HKG 22:30 22:43 (+13)IST 05:00 04:35 (−25)
09-18HKG 22:30 22:40 (+10)IST 05:00 04:35 (−25)
09-17HKG 22:30 22:40 (+10)IST 05:00 (+0)
09-16HKG 22:30 22:40 (+10)IST 05:00 (+0)
09-15HKG 22:30 22:48 (+18)IST 05:00 (+0)
09-14HKG 22:30 22:44 (+14)IST 05:00 (+0)
09-13HKG 22:30 22:46 (+16)IST 05:00 04:20 (−40)
09-12HKG IST 05:00 04:15 (−45)

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-LJD.

Board clocks recorded as HKG and IST published them.

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