BA116British Airways · JFK → LHR
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA116 New YorkJFK · 21:05 LondonLHR · 08:10

BA116 by British Airways flies from New York (JFK) to London (LHR) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowEn route to London · off blocks 21:03 · 2 min early
07:27

estimated arrival at LHR · local time · ~4h 12m from now

En routeBA116 · position estimated
JFKNew YorkLHRLondon
Estimated from the boardsarr 07:27

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 21:03 · typical taxi-out at JFK ≈ 7.6 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

⚖ BA116 typically leaves +5 and lands −24. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
−2 gate · −43 arrival
10-27
−9 gate · −23 arrival
10-26
−5 gate · −42 arrival
10-25
−4 gate · −24 arrival
10-24
−2 gate · −35 arrival
10-23
+36 gate · −18 arrival
10-22
+4 gate · −46 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −24 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JFKNew YorkOn-time likelyJFK delay board →
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
JFK→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.0%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JFK and LHR are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

New York to London with British Airways · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.2%0.6× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.8%0.9× usual

Forecast weather: 25% chance of fog at New York

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 9 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other New York to London flights today

same route · British Airways
BA178departs 07:50
BA112departs 18:30
BA174departs 18:40
BA180departs 19:10
BA176departs 19:35
BA172departs 20:55

If BA116 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from New York to London on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JFK local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How BA116 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA116 across the JFK and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~24 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how BA116 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-28JFK 21:05 21:03 (−2)LHR 08:10 07:27 (−43)
10-27JFK 21:05 20:56 (−9)LHR 08:10 07:47 (−23)
10-26JFK 21:05 21:00 (−5)LHR 08:10 07:28 (−42)
10-25JFK 21:05 21:01 (−4)LHR 08:10 07:46 (−24)
10-24JFK 21:05 21:03 (−2)LHR 08:10 07:35 (−35)
10-23JFK 20:20 20:56 (+36)LHR 08:30 08:12 (−18)
10-22JFK 20:20 20:24 (+4)LHR 08:30 07:44 (−46)
10-21JFK 20:20 21:06 (+46)LHR 08:30 08:42 (+12)
10-20JFK 20:20 20:18 (−2)LHR 08:30 07:30 (−60)
10-19JFK 20:20 20:26 (+6)LHR 08:30 07:55 (−35)
10-18JFK 20:20 20:25 (+5)LHR 08:30 08:14 (−16)
10-17JFK 20:20 21:06 (+46)LHR 08:30 08:35 (+5)
10-16JFK 20:20 21:03 (+43)LHR 08:30 08:52 (+22)
10-15JFK 20:20 20:40 (+20)LHR 08:30 08:05 (−25)

Board clocks recorded as JFK and LHR published them.

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