TK186Turkish Airlines · ORD → IST
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK186 ChicagoORD · 12:45 IstanbulIST · 07:10

TK186 by Turkish Airlines flies from Chicago (ORD) to Istanbul (IST) for the Mon, Oct 26 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 03:55
12:45

departs ORD · on schedule

Typical gate push+13 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−35 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~48 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
10-25
+7 gate · −45 arrival
10-24
+13 gate · −35 arrival
10-23
+38 gate · +10 arrival
10-22
−45 arrival
10-21
−25 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 −35 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
ORD→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
8.1%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 →

When it flies

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

Other Chicago to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK6060departs 14:40
TK6092departs 17:30
TK6departs 20:10

If TK186 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ORD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK186 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK186 across the ORD and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~35 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 TK186 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
10-25ORD 12:45 12:52 (+7)IST 07:10 06:25 (−45)
10-24ORD 11:25 11:38 (+13)IST 05:45 05:10 (−35)
10-23ORD 11:25 12:03 (+38)IST 05:45 05:55 (+10)
10-22ORD IST 05:45 05:00 (−45)
10-21ORD IST 05:45 05:20 (−25)

Board clocks recorded as ORD and IST published them.

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