Confusion about flight timing - Turkish airline
I am really confused with timings on ticket.
I have my friend coming from USA to Pakistan, and I have to pick him from airport.
I want to know when he will arrive in Pakistan according to Pakistan time?
It says that he will arrive at 04:55 AM, 11,Feb. But it does not make sense, because 23:10, 10,Feb Washington time (Departure) = 09:10 AM, 11,Feb PKT and ticket says flight will arrive at 07:55, 11,Feb PKT, how can someone arrive before boarding on? :P
Can someone tell me when flight will arrive at airport in Pakistan? I am confused because time and date written does not make sense to me.
Best Answer
The date shown for each flight is the departure date, not the arrival date.
Flight TK8 from Washington Dulles to Istanbul departs on February 10th at 23:10 (11:10pm) and arrives in Istanbul on February 11th at 16:15 (4:15pm).
Flight TK740 from Istanbul to Islamabad (with a stop in Baku, Azerbaijan) departs on February 11th at 18:15 (6:15pm) and arrives in Islamabad on February 12th at 4:55 (4:55am).
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Times on flights are always given in the local time of the place the time refers to. (There may be exceptions to this but I'm not aware of any.)
So, the first flight leaves Washington at 2310 Washington time (EST, GMT-5) and arrives in Istanbul at 1615 Istanbul time (EET, GMT+2). It is confusing that the ticket doesn't explicitly say that the arrival in Istanbul is the day after departure from Washington, but it is.
This can sometimes lead to flights looking very strange: a short flight that crosses a timezone boundary can be listed as, for example, departing at 1300 and arriving at 1245.
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