Turkish AirlinesTK
Flights TK168 17:00 Tu Fr Su
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Direct flights from Istanbul (IST) to Melbourne (MEL): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is on schedule. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 14,641 km, an estimated 19 hours 16 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Istanbul and Melbourne. Updated 25 October 2026 at 18:39 UTC.
Today, IST → MEL
Sun 25 Oct · local times- 17:20 TK168Turkish Airlines Left 17:20 ·
Checked IST board 21:39 · MEL board 22:18
IST
Istanbul
smooth · +0
MEL
Melbourne
busy · +29
14,641 km · ~19h 16m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
81 / 100
route health from live IST and MEL delay boards
Median arrival delay is +0 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+0 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~19h 16mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Tue
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Turkish Airlines
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 MEL: 36% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +8 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 Istanbul to Melbourne route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop IST to MEL 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/IST-MEL
IST to MEL questions
Is IST–MEL running on time right now?
Mostly on schedule. The arrival side at MEL is the weaker end, route health score 81/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from IST to MEL?
Great-circle distance is 14,641 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 1063–1285 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does IST–MEL fly?
Turkish Airlines runs the route with about 3 flights a week (sun, tue, fri). 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 IST and arrival-side delay at MEL, 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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