TK1980Turkish Airlines · LHR → IST
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1980 LondonLHR · 11:20 IstanbulIST · 17:15

TK1980 by Turkish Airlines flies from London (LHR) to Istanbul (IST) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowExpected · today
11:20

departs LHR · on schedule

Typical gate push+38 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 7 operations
Wins back in air~38 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+31+61+92 min
10-25
−40 arrival
10-24
+19 gate · −40 arrival
10-23
+29 gate · +0 arrival
10-22
+45 gate · +0 arrival
10-21
+38 gate · +0 arrival
10-20
+92 gate · +30 arrival
10-19
+0 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
LHR→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
24%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.6%Chance of cancellation
-3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and IST are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 London to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK1988departs 06:30
TK1990departs 13:20
TK1986departs 16:45
TK1932departs 18:00
TK6932departs 21:00
TK1984departs 22:40

If TK1980 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from London to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LHR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK1980 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1980 across the LHR and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 6/7 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 TK1980 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
10-25LHR 11:20IST 17:15 16:35 (−40)
10-24LHR 11:20 11:39 (+19)IST 17:15 16:35 (−40)
10-23LHR 11:20 11:49 (+29)IST 17:15 (+0)
10-22LHR 11:20 12:05 (+45)IST 17:15 (+0)
10-21LHR 11:20 11:58 (+38)IST 17:15 (+0)
10-20LHR 11:20 12:52 (+92)IST 17:15 17:45 (+30)
10-19LHR IST 17:15 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as LHR and IST published them.

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