Frankfurt am Main to Istanbul
🇩🇪FRA🇹🇷ISTFrankfurt Main Airport to İstanbul AirportGermany to Türkiye
Distance
1,837 km
1,141 miles
Frequency
66 departures a week
S26 schedule
Airlines
3
Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, Kuzu Airlines Cargo, codeshares included
Typical delay
24 min
46 departures
The route
Great circle, 1,837 kmHow delayed is this route?
Measured over monthsDepartures from Frankfurt Main Airport on this route are typically 24 minutes late (likely 21 to 26), across 46 departures we tracked between 2026-03-16 and 2026-07-29.
median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.
Airlines on this route
3 airlines with a flight number here- TKTurkish Airlines
- LHLufthansa
- GOKuzu Airlines Cargo
Every airline that puts its own flight number on this route. On a busy pair most of them are codeshare partners selling seats on another airline's aircraft, so this is wider than the list of airlines that actually operate it.
Flights on this route
1 of 18 flight numbers tracked often enough to describe| Flight | Airline | Departs | Aircraft | Departures seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LH 1298 | Lufthansa | 08:55 | A321 | 36 |
Departure times are local to Frankfurt Main Airport. A flight appears here once we have tracked it at least 10 times.