TK39Turkish Airlines · JNB → IST
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TK39 JohannesburgJNB · 18:50 IstanbulIST

TK39 by Turkish Airlines flies from Johannesburg (JNB) to Istanbul (IST) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 22:07
18:50

departs JNB · on schedule

Typical gate push+18 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+50+101+151 min
10-29
+151 gate
10-24
+22 gate
10-22
+14 gate
10-20
+18 gate
10-17
+2 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
JNBJohannesburgHigh riskJNB delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
JNB→ISTevery 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

Johannesburg to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: elevated
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.2%1.4× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.3%1.0× usual

Forecast weather: 86% chance of rain at Istanbul

Forecast: GateWeather · 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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T
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T
F
S
S

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

Other Johannesburg to Istanbul flights today

same route · Turkish Airlines
TK243departs 00:20
TK43departs 18:00

If TK39 is cancelled, these are the other Turkish Airlines nonstop flights from Johannesburg to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JNB 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 TK39 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for TK39 across the JNB and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~18 min late. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how TK39 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
10-29JNB 18:50 21:21 (+151)IST
10-24JNB 17:55 18:17 (+22)IST
10-22JNB 17:55 18:09 (+14)IST
10-20JNB 17:55 18:13 (+18)IST
10-17JNB 17:55 17:57 (+2)IST

Board clocks recorded as JNB and IST published them.

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