TK171Turkish Airlines · HKG → IST
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK171 Hong KongHKG · 09:20 IstanbulIST · 15:10

TK171 by Turkish Airlines flies from Hong Kong (HKG) to Istanbul (IST) for the Thu, Oct 22 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Istanbul · off blocks 09:28 · 8 min late
15:54

estimated arrival at IST · local time · ~6h 03m from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
IST2,844 mi · ~6h 03m leftHKG
34,000 ftAltitudecruising
472 mphSpeed410 kt
287°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 4m

Typical gate push+87 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+80 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+38+75+113 min
10-22
+8 gate
10-21
+113 gate · +100 arrival
10-20
+7 gate · +0 arrival
10-19
+89 gate · +85 arrival
10-18
+39 gate · +40 arrival
10-17
+87 gate · +80 arrival

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +80 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HKGHong KongOn-time likelyHKG delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
HKG→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.0%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by HKG (Hong Kong), 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 Hong Kong to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK71departs 22:30

If TK171 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from Hong Kong to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HKG local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK171 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK171 across the HKG and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~80 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 1/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK171 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
10-22HKG 09:20 09:28 (+8)IST
10-21HKG 08:55 10:48 (+113)IST 15:10 16:50 (+100)
10-20HKG 09:20 09:27 (+7)IST 15:35 (+0)
10-19HKG 08:55 10:24 (+89)IST 15:20 16:45 (+85)
10-18HKG 08:55 09:34 (+39)IST 15:10 15:50 (+40)
10-17HKG 08:55 10:22 (+87)IST 15:10 16:30 (+80)

Board clocks recorded as HKG and IST published them.

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