TK1242Turkish Airlines · STN → IST
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1242 LondonSTN · 10:55 IstanbulIST · 17:55

TK1242 by Turkish Airlines flies from London (STN) to Istanbul (IST) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowLanded in Istanbul · position data
17:47

landed at IST · confirmed by live position

Typical gate push+34 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+245 minmedian over 2 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+94+189+283 min
10-25
+22 gate
10-24
+283 gate · +245 arrival
10-23
+34 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
STNLondonModerate riskSTN delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
STN→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
8.2%Chance of cancellation
+14 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by STN (London), 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 London to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK1246departs 06:55
TK1244departs 17:35

If TK1242 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from London to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in STN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK1242 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1242 across the STN and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +245 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK1242 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
10-25STN 10:55 11:17 (+22)IST 17:55
10-24STN 10:50 15:33 (+283)IST 16:45 20:50 (+245)
10-23STN 10:50 11:24 (+34)IST 16:45 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as STN and IST published them.

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