KUL → SAWKuala Lumpur to Istanbul

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Direct flights from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Istanbul (SAW): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 2 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 8,334 km, an estimated 11 hours 11 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Kuala Lumpur and Istanbul. Updated 30 October 2026 at 19:33 UTC.

KUL Kuala Lumpur smooth · +8
SAW Istanbul tracking
8,334 km · ~11h 11m est.
departs 09:204x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
88 / 100

route health from live KUL and SAW delay boards

0 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~11h 11mestimated 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
AirAsia X

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
AirAsia XD7

Flights D7604 09:20 Mo We Fr Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-30D7604departed+42
10-28D7604departed+16

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
KULKuala Lumpur +8 min smooth 🌤 few clouds · N 0 kt Full KUL delay board →
SAWIstanbul tracking 🌤 mostly cloudy · SSE 1 kt Full SAW delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at KUL: a 8% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +-6 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop KUL to SAW 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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KUL to SAW questions

Is KUL–SAW running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at KUL is the weaker end, route health score 88/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from KUL to SAW?

Great-circle distance is 8,334 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 618–744 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does KUL–SAW fly?

AirAsia X 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 KUL and arrival-side delay at SAW, 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.