TK1998Turkish Airlines · LGW → IST
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Route confirmed Turkish Airlines

TK1998 LondonLGW · 17:25 IstanbulIST

TK1998 by Turkish Airlines flies from London (LGW) to Istanbul (IST).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:35

scheduled from LGW

Typical gate push+31 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+31 gate
10-28
+31 gate
10-27
+22 gate
10-26
+59 gate
10-25
+22 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

0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGWLondonModerate riskLGW delay board →
ISTIstanbulHigh riskIST delay board →
LGW→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
80%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.6%Chance of cancellation
+40 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by LGW (London), 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

London to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines · Fri 30 Oct, local date

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

Forecast weather: 35% chance of fog at London; 94% chance of rain at Istanbul

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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 London to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK1930departs 06:30
TK1982departs 10:50
TK1964departs 14:05

If TK1998 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from London to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How TK1998 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK1998 across the LGW and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~31 min late. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 0/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK1998 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
10-29LGW 17:25 17:56 (+31)IST
10-28LGW 17:25 17:56 (+31)IST
10-27LGW 17:25 17:47 (+22)IST
10-26LGW 17:25 18:24 (+59)IST
10-25LGW 17:25 17:47 (+22)IST

Board clocks recorded as LGW and IST published them.

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