Turkish AirlinesTK
Flights TK597 12:25 Tu Fr Sa
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Direct flights from Istanbul (IST) to Banjul (BJL): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 10 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 5,367 km, an estimated 7 hours 23 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Istanbul and Banjul. Updated 15 August 2026 at 16:37 UTC.
IST
Istanbul
smooth · +0
BJL
Banjul
tracking
5,367 km · ~7h 23m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live IST and BJL delay boards
Median arrival delay is +10 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Search live fares for this route →Median arrival+10 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~7h 23mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg
Current nonstop fares
IST → BJL · one way · economy · 1 adult
TodayChecking…Direct airline fares
TomorrowChecking…Direct airline fares
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The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Turkish Airlines
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the Istanbul to Banjul route actually runs
Pro Flight Search tracks every published board update for nonstop IST to BJL flights: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises. Fares link straight to the operating airline with no markups.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search — Istanbul (IST) to Banjul (BJL) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/IST-BJL
IST to BJL questions
Is IST–BJL running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from IST to BJL?
Great-circle distance is 5,367 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 409–490 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does IST–BJL fly?
Turkish Airlines runs the route with about 3 flights a week (tue, fri, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at IST and arrival-side delay at BJL, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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