TK185Turkish Airlines · IST → ORD
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK185 IstanbulIST · 07:35 ChicagoORD · 11:00

TK185 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Chicago (ORD) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
10:14

arrived at ORD · 46 min early

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~15 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+0 gate · −46 arrival
10-27
+35 gate · +5 arrival
10-26
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −27 arrival
10-24
+10 gate

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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
IST→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.2%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by ORD (Chicago), 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Istanbul to Chicago with Turkish Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.0%2.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.4%3.8× usual

Forecast weather: 97% chance of rain at Istanbul

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Istanbul to Chicago flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK5departs 14:45

If TK185 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from Istanbul to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IST local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK185 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK185 across the IST and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 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 TK185 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
10-28IST 07:35 (+0)ORD 11:00 10:14 (−46)
10-27IST 07:35 08:10 (+35)ORD 11:00 11:05 (+5)
10-26IST 07:35 (+0)ORD 11:00 10:45 (−15)
10-25IST 07:35 (+0)ORD 11:00 10:33 (−27)
10-24IST 06:30 06:40 (+10)ORD 09:40

Board clocks recorded as IST and ORD published them.

Planning around TK185? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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