TK196Turkish Airlines · IST → PEK
live · 2m ago
Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK196 IstanbulIST · 16:30 BeijingPEK · 05:10

TK196 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Beijing (PEK) for the Tue, Oct 27 departure.

Right nowDescending into Beijing · off blocks 17:55 · 85 min late
07:03

estimated arrival at PEK · local time · ~11 min from now

LivePosition · updated 2m ago
IST36 mi · ~11 min leftPEK
11,800 ftAltitudedescending
406 mphSpeed353 kt
91°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 58m

Typical gate push+45 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~45 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+85 gate
10-27
+85 gate
10-26
+0 gate
10-25
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-24
+10 gate
10-23
+45 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
PEKBeijingOn-time likelyPEK delay board →
IST→PEKevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
25%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.7%Chance of cancellation
+0 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by IST (Istanbul), currently flying MVFR (marginal 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 Beijing with Turkish Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
3.3%1.2× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
10%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 96% 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Istanbul to Beijing flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK88departs 01:40

If TK196 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from Istanbul to Beijing 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 TK196 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK196 across the IST and PEK boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~45 min late. Based on 6 confirmed departures · 3/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK196 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-28IST 16:30 17:55 (+85)PEK
10-27IST 16:30 17:55 (+85)PEK
10-26IST 15:15 (+0)PEK
10-25IST 15:15 (+0)PEK 05:10 (+0)
10-24IST 15:20 15:30 (+10)PEK
10-23IST 16:00 16:45 (+45)PEK

Aircraft

Recent tails: TC-LMD.

Board clocks recorded as IST and PEK published them.

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