TK1243Turkish Airlines · IST → STN
live · 12m ago
Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1243 IstanbulIST · 15:15 LondonSTN · 16:20

TK1243 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to London (STN) for the Mon, Nov 9 departure.

Right nowEn route to London · off blocks 15:15 · on schedule
En route

en route from IST to STN

En routeTK1243 · position estimated
ISTIstanbulSTNLondon
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 15:15 · typical taxi-out at IST ≈ 6.1 min.

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−26 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~26 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-09
+0 gate · −25 arrival
11-08
+0 gate · −25 arrival
11-07
+0 gate · −36 arrival
11-06
+0 gate · −27 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
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
STNLondonModerate riskSTN delay board →
IST→STNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.6%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by STN (London), currently flying LIFR (low instrument). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Istanbul

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High13°Clikely 12°C to 15°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 10°C
  • 77% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at London

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 9°C to 12°C
Low4°Clikely 1°C to 6°C
  • 51% chance of fog
  • 70% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Istanbul to London flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK1241departs 08:50
TK1245departs 20:15

If TK1243 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Istanbul to London on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IST local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How TK1243 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1243 across the IST and STN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~26 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK1243 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
11-09IST 15:15 (+0)STN 16:20 15:55 (−25)
11-08IST 15:15 (+0)STN 16:20 15:55 (−25)
11-07IST 15:15 (+0)STN 16:20 15:44 (−36)
11-06IST 15:15 (+0)STN 16:20 15:53 (−27)

Board clocks recorded as IST and STN published them.

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