Heathrow Airport (LHR) delays today: 49% of the 1,209 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +35 min. 8 of 1,199 tracked flights have been cancelled (0.7%). The busiest departure hour on today's board is 08:00 local, with 45 flights scheduled to leave. The most-served destination today is New York (JFK), with 19 departures on the board. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 2 November 2026 at 21:24 UTC.
typical departure delay right now
Departures +35 min, arrivals 12 min early. 8 of 1,199 flights cancelled (0.7%). Weather may also affect throughput; check the forecast below.
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Scheduled departures per 15 minutes. The tallest banks are where queues form.
Delay at the destination often ripples back into departure holds here.
Destinations on the current board, busiest first. 165 airports are served in this departures window.
The busiest departure hour on today's board is 08:00 local, with 45 flights scheduled to leave.
Tue 3 Nov, local date
Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.
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Heathrow Airport (LHR) delays today: 49% of the 1,209 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +35 min. 8 of 1,199 tracked flights have been cancelled (0.7%).
8 of the 1199 flights tracked so far today have been cancelled.
The busiest departure hour on today's board is 08:00 local, with 45 flights scheduled to leave.
The busiest destinations on the current board are New York (JFK), Amsterdam (AMS), Dublin (DUB), Frankfurt (FRA), Madrid (MAD). In total 165 airports are served in this window.
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