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Heathrow Airport (LHR) departures today

live · 59m ago

Heathrow Airport (LHR) delays today: 58% of the 835 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +31 min, across 671 flights tracked so far today. 19 of 671 tracked flights have been cancelled (2.8%). The busiest departure hour on today's board is 16:00 local, with 48 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 18 October 2026 at 15:22 UTC.

DEPARTURES DISRUPTED
+31 min

typical departure delay right now

Departures +31 min, arrivals 10 min early. 15 of 902 flights cancelled (1.7%).

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JUST DEPARTEDBA159 to BDA Bermuda · +121 min

Live departures board

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17:10 BA374to TLS Toulouse on time
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17:10 BA484to BCN Barcelona on time
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17:10 IB720to MAD Madrid on time
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17:15 BA275to LAS Las Vegas on time
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17:15 BA794to LJU Ljubljana on time
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17:15 BI004to BWN Bandar Seri Begawan on time
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17:15 LX325to ZRH Zurich on time
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17:15 LX349to GVA Geneva on time
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17:20 BA085to YVR Vancouver on time
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17:20 BA1458to EDI Edinburgh on time
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17:20 BA754to GVA Geneva on time
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17:20 BA938to MUC Munich on time
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17:21NOW
17:25 BA606to VCE Venice on time
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17:25 VS155to LAS Las Vegas on time
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17:30 BA179to JFK New York on time
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17:30 BA336to NCE Nice on time
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17:30 LH915to FRA Frankfurt on time
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17:30 SK810to OSL Oslo on time
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— SV108to RUH Riyadh cancelled
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17:3517:10 KL1012to AMS Amsterdam +25 min
Scheduled17:10Estimated17:35
Board says +25. When this board first posts +30, the median flight departs +61.
17:35 AF1281to CDG Paris on time
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17:35 BA135to BOM Mumbai on time
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17:35 BA390to BRU Brussels on time
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17:35 BA856to PRG Prague on time
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17:35 EW9467to DUS Duesseldorf on time
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17:40 AC859to YYZ Toronto on time
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17:40 BA203to BOS Boston on time
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17:40 BA818to CPH Copenhagen on time
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17:45 BA808to BLL Billund on time
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17:45 DL004to JFK New York on time
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17:45 VS147to YYZ Toronto on time
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17:50 LH2479to MUC Munich on time
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17:55 SN2096to BRU Brussels on time
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17:55 VS023to LAX Los Angeles on time
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18:00 BA1318to ABZ Aberdeen on time
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18:00 BA1372to MAN Manchester on time
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18:00 BA1406to BHD Belfast on time
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18:00 BA442to AMS Amsterdam on time
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18:00 UA921to EWR New York on time
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18:05 BA095to YUL Montreal on time
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18:05 BA834to DUB Dublin on time
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18:05 KC664to ALA Almaty on time
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Board fetched 59m ago · how we report

0departed
last hour
44departing
next hour
3delayed
15+ min
19cancelled
on board

Runway demand · next 3 h

17:2118:5120:16

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

Trouble downstream

next 2½ h destinations
JFKNew York4 outboundon timeFRAFrankfurt3 outboundon timeCDGParis3 outboundon timeDUSDuesseldorf3 outboundno data

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

Where Heathrow Airport (LHR) departures fly

JFKNew York22 flights
DUBDublin16 flights
AMSAmsterdam14 flights
MADMadrid13 flights
FRAFrankfurt13 flights
CDGParis12 flights
BCNBarcelona11 flights
ZRHZurich11 flights

Destinations on the current board, busiest first. 188 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 16:00 local, with 48 flights scheduled to leave.

When this board says…

posted +15
+47
posted +30
+61
posted +45
+73
posted +60
+92
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: 58% of the 835 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +31 min, across 671 flights tracked so far today. 19 of 671 tracked flights have been cancelled (2.8%).

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

19 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 16:00 local, with 48 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), Frankfurt (FRA). In total 188 airports are served in this window.