EK117Emirates · DXB → IST
live · 12m ago
Route confirmed Emirates

EK117 DubaiDXB · 18:00 IstanbulIST · 21:35

EK117 by Emirates flies from Dubai (DXB) to Istanbul (IST) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowEn route to Istanbul · off blocks 18:03 · 3 min late
En route

en route from DXB to IST

En routeEK117 · position estimated
DXBDubaiISTIstanbul
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 18:03. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-22
+3 gate · +0 arrival
10-21
−4 gate · +0 arrival
10-20
−3 gate · −20 arrival
10-19
−5 gate · +0 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
DXBDubaiOn-time likelyDXB delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
DXB→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.9%Chance of cancellation
+7 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by DXB (Dubai), currently flying VFR (visual). For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Dubai to Istanbul flights today

same route · Emirates
EK123departs 10:40
EK9503departs 11:00
EK121departs 14:20

If EK117 is cancelled, these are the other Emirates nonstop flights from Dubai to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DXB local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How EK117 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for EK117 across the DXB and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how EK117 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-22DXB 18:00 18:03 (+3)IST 21:35 (+0)
10-21DXB 18:00 17:56 (−4)IST 21:35 (+0)
10-20DXB 18:00 17:57 (−3)IST 21:35 21:15 (−20)
10-19DXB 18:00 17:55 (−5)IST 21:35 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as DXB and IST published them.

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