Turkish AirlinesTK57% on time
Flights TK30 00:25 Mo Tu We Fr Sa Su
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Direct flights from New York (EWR) to Istanbul (IST): 6 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 57% of the last 7 operated flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 15 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 7 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 8,048 km, an estimated 10 hours 49 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New York and Istanbul. Updated 21 October 2026 at 14:16 UTC.
Today, EWR → IST
Wed 21 Oct · local times- 00:25 TK30Turkish Airlines Left 00:25 Landed 16:35 −30
Checked EWR board 10:16 · IST board 16:42
EWR
New York
smooth · +0
IST
Istanbul
smooth · +0
8,048 km · ~10h 49m est.
Runs rough · 1 airline · 6x weekly · nonstop
57% on time
of the last 7 operated EWR → IST flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is +15 min. 0 of 7 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+15 minacross the last 7 operated legs
Flight time~10h 49mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures6x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Current conditions put the pressure at EWR: 28% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +4 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
next sweep in 120s
How the New York to Istanbul route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop EWR to IST flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/EWR-IST
EWR to IST questions
Is EWR–IST running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from EWR to IST?
Great-circle distance is 8,048 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 598–720 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does EWR–IST fly?
Turkish Airlines runs the route with about 6 flights a week (sun, mon, tue, wed, fri, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at EWR and arrival-side delay at IST, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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