TK38Turkish Airlines · IST → JNB
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TK38 IstanbulIST JohannesburgJNB · 11:00

TK38 by Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to Johannesburg (JNB) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowLanded in Johannesburg · today
11:02

arrived at JNB · 2 min late

Typical arrival−9 minmedian over 6 operations

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+2 arrival
10-29
−27 arrival
10-24
−21 arrival
10-22
−14 arrival
10-20
−5 arrival
10-17
+21 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 −9 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
JNBJohannesburgHigh riskJNB delay board →
IST→JNBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
29%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.8%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by JNB (Johannesburg), currently flying VFR (visual). These figures come from both airports' records 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 Johannesburg with Turkish Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
2.0%0.7× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
3.4%1.3× usual

Forecast weather: 80% chance of rain at Istanbul

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · 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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Istanbul to Johannesburg flights

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK242departs 13:30 · Sun, Fri

If TK38 is cancelled, this is the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flight from Istanbul to Johannesburg, with scheduled departure times in IST local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How TK38 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK38 across the IST and JNB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK38 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
10-31IST JNB 11:00 11:02 (+2)
10-29IST JNB 11:00 10:33 (−27)
10-24IST JNB 10:15 09:54 (−21)
10-22IST JNB 10:15 10:01 (−14)
10-20IST JNB 10:15 10:10 (−5)
10-17IST JNB 10:15 10:36 (+21)

Board clocks recorded as IST and JNB published them.

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