Direct flights from Vienna (VIE) to Istanbul (IST): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 29 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 2 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,224 km, an estimated 2 hours 4 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Vienna and Istanbul. Updated 19 October 2026 at 11:35 UTC.
Left VIE at 11:19, 29 min after its 10:50 slot.
Landing estimate from 239,057 tracked flights of 2 to 4 hours that left 15 to 29 min late. The IST board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track TK1884 →Checked VIE board 13:32 · IST board 14:35
route health from live VIE and IST delay boards
Median arrival delay is +29 min. 0 of 2 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at VIE: 29% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +7 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
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop VIE 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.
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Pro Flight Search — Vienna (VIE) to Istanbul (IST) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at VIE is the weaker end, route health score 91/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 08:05 and evening departures around 19:50 from VIE. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the IST delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 1,224 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 116–135 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Turkish Airlines runs the route with about 35 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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