IST → PKXIstanbul to Beijing

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Direct flights from Istanbul (IST) to Beijing (PKX): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 7,081 km, an estimated 9 hours 35 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Istanbul and Beijing. Updated 31 October 2026 at 22:03 UTC.

IST Istanbul smooth · +0
PKX Beijing smooth · +0
7,081 km · ~9h 35m est.
departs 15:304x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
87 / 100

route health from live IST and PKX delay boards

0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~9h 35mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
China Southern AirlinesCZ

Flights CZ680 varies Mo Tu Th Sa

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-31CZ680departed+0
10-29CZ680departed+0
10-27CZ680departed+0

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 · NNE 4 kt Full IST delay board →
PKXBeijing +0 min smooth 🌤 clear · 2 kt Full PKX delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at IST: a 13% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +-1 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Istanbul to Beijing route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop IST to PKX 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 PKX questions

Is IST–PKX running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 87/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from IST to PKX?

Great-circle distance is 7,081 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 530–637 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does IST–PKX fly?

China Southern Airlines runs the route with about 4 flights a week (mon, tue, thu, 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 PKX, 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.