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Heathrow Airport (LHR) departures today

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Heathrow Airport (LHR) delays today: 69% of the 336 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +19 min, across 671 flights tracked so far today. 9 of 671 tracked flights have been cancelled (1.3%). The busiest departure hour on today's board is 11:00 local, with 47 flights scheduled to leave. The most-served destination today is New York (JFK), with 22 departures on the board. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 7 September 2026 at 09:11 UTC.

DEPARTURES WATCH
+19 min

typical departure delay right now

Departures +19 min, arrivals 11 min early. 3 of 342 flights cancelled (0.9%).

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JUST DEPARTEDBA007 to HND Tokyo · +44 min

Live departures board

est. departure
10:0809:45 AA087to ORD Chicago departed +23
Scheduled09:45Departed10:08
Departed 10:08, 23 minutes behind schedule
10:0909:25 BA007to HND Tokyo departed +44
Scheduled09:25Departed10:09
Departed 10:09, 44 minutes behind schedule
10:10 BA253to GCM Grand Cayman on time
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10:10 BA468to PMI Palma de Mallorca on time
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10:10 BA526to NAP Naples on time
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10:10 BA584to MXP Milan on time
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10:10 BA598to VCE Venice on time
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10:15 AC851to YYC Calgary on time
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10:15 BA1328to NCL Newcastle on time
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10:15 BA175to JFK New York on time
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10:15 BA396to CAI Cairo on time
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10:15 BA672to SKG Thessaloniki on time
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10:20 AY1332to HEL Helsinki on time
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10:20 BA143to DEL Delhi on time
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10:20 LO282to WAW Warsaw on time
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10:20 SK502to CPH Copenhagen on time
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10:25 UA017to EWR New York on time
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10:30 AA101to JFK New York on time
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10:30 AZ203to FCO Rome on time
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10:30 BA283to LAX Los Angeles on time
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10:30 BA572to LIN Milan on time
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10:30 BA690to JTR Thira on time
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10:35 BA828to DUB Dublin on time
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10:35 BA848to ZAG Zagreb on time
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10:35 BA852to PRG Prague on time
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— SK804to OSL Oslo cancelled
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10:35 UA900to SFO San Francisco on time
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10:40 BA348to MRS Marseille on time
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10:40 BA706to LCA Larnaca on time
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10:40 VS302to DEL Delhi on time
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10:45 BA285to SFO San Francisco on time
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10:45 DL017to DTW Detroit on time
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10:50 IB714to MAD Madrid on time
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10:50 KM101to MLA Malta on time
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10:50 LH2473to MUC Munich on time
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10:55 VS005to MIA Miami on time
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11:00 AA195to PHX Phoenix on time
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11:00 BA185to EWR New York on time
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11:00 BA476to BCN Barcelona on time
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11:00 BA794to LJU Ljubljana on time
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11:00 MH003to KUL Kuala Lumpur on time
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11:05 BA552to FCO Rome on time
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Board fetched 5m ago · how we report

40departed
last hour
41departing
next hour
6delayed
15+ min
9cancelled
on board

Runway demand · next 3 h

10:1511:4513:10

Scheduled departures per 15 minutes. The tallest banks are where queues form.

Trouble downstream

next 2½ h destinations
JFKNew York6 outboundon timeEWRNew York3 outboundno dataFCORome3 outboundno dataSFOSan Francisco3 outboundno data

Delay at the destination often ripples back into departure holds here.

Where Heathrow Airport (LHR) departures fly

JFKNew York22 flights
DUBDublin18 flights
AMSAmsterdam15 flights
MADMadrid14 flights
CDGParis13 flights
MUCMunich13 flights
FRAFrankfurt12 flights
GVAGeneva12 flights

Destinations on the current board, busiest first. 183 airports are served in this departures window.

Busiest departure hours at Heathrow Airport (LHR)

00:0012:0023:00

The busiest departure hour on today's board is 11:00 local, with 47 flights scheduled to leave.

When this board says…

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board's first estimatemedian actual

Every board update is stored, including the revisions. The first delay this board admits understates the median outcome. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →

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Heathrow Airport (LHR) departures: common questions

How delayed are Heathrow Airport (LHR) departures right now?

Heathrow Airport (LHR) delays today: 69% of the 336 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +19 min, across 671 flights tracked so far today. 9 of 671 tracked flights have been cancelled (1.3%).

How many flights are cancelled at Heathrow Airport (LHR) today?

9 of the 671 flights currently on the board are cancelled.

What is the busiest departure hour at Heathrow Airport (LHR)?

The busiest departure hour on today's board is 11:00 local, with 47 flights scheduled to leave.

Where do Heathrow Airport (LHR) departures fly?

The busiest destinations on the current board are New York (JFK), Dublin (DUB), Amsterdam (AMS), Madrid (MAD), Paris (CDG). In total 183 airports are served in this window.