IST → DURIstanbul to Durban

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Direct flights from Istanbul (IST) to Durban (DUR): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 6 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 7,886 km, an estimated 10 hours 37 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Istanbul and Durban. Updated 12 October 2026 at 21:37 UTC.

IST Istanbul smooth · +0
DUR Durban smooth · +0
7,886 km · ~10h 37m est.
departs 01:404x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live IST and DUR delay boards

Median arrival delay is −6 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−6 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~10h 37mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
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 days
Turkish AirlinesTK

Flights TK42 01:40 Mo We Fr Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-12TK42dep +0 → arr−15
10-11TK42dep +0 → arr+93
10-09TK42dep +0 → arr−17
10-07TK42dep +0 → arr−6

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
ISTIstanbul +0 min smooth 🌫 mostly cloudy · N 14 kt Full IST delay board →
DURDurban +0 min smooth 🌤 clear · S 6 kt Full DUR delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at DUR: 35% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +10 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Istanbul to Durban route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop IST to DUR flights through the day: 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.

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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IST to DUR questions

Is IST–DUR 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 DUR?

Great-circle distance is 7,886 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 587–706 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does IST–DUR fly?

Turkish Airlines runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, mon, wed, fri). 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 DUR, 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.