Turkish AirlinesTK
Flights TK80 18:35 daily
live
Direct flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Istanbul (IST): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 60 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 12 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 10,765 km, an estimated 14 hours 18 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at San Francisco and Istanbul. Updated 14 November 2026 at 15:43 UTC.
Today, SFO → IST
Sat 14 Nov · local times- 18:35 6E4038IndiGo Airline On scheduleTITM ·
- 18:35 PK5080Pakistan Airlines On scheduleTITM ·
- 18:35 TK80Turkish Airlines On scheduleTITM ·
Checked SFO board 07:43 · IST board 18:40
SFO
San Francisco
smooth · +0
IST
Istanbul
smooth · +0
10,765 km · ~14h 18m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
87 / 100
route health from live SFO and IST delay boards
Median arrival delay is −60 min. 0 of 12 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival−60 minacross the last 3 arrivals
Flight time~14h 18mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg
Cancelled0.0%recent route rate · 0 of 12
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 outcomes11-136E4038departed+85
11-13PK5080departed+85
11-126E4038departed+55
11-12PK5080departed+55
11-116E4038departed+60
11-11PK5080departed+60
11-106E4038departed−3
11-10PK5080departed−3
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at SFO: a 36% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +9 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the San Francisco to Istanbul route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SFO to IST 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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Pro Flight Search: San Francisco (SFO) to Istanbul (IST) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/SFO-IST
SFO to IST questions
Is SFO–IST 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 SFO to IST?
Great-circle distance is 10,765 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 790–953 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does SFO–IST fly?
Turkish Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). 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 SFO and arrival-side delay at IST, 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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