BA242British Airways · MEX → LHR
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA242 Mexico CityMEX · 22:00 LondonLHR · 15:30

BA242 by British Airways flies from Mexico City (MEX) to London (LHR) for the Sun, Sep 13 departure.

Right nowExpected in London · today
15:03

arrival expected at LHR · 27 min early

Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 10 operations
Cancellation1 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+81+161+242 min
09-11
+242 arrival
09-10
+43 arrival
09-09
−24 arrival
09-08
CANCELLED
09-07
−45 arrival
09-06
−11 arrival
09-05
+30 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 −11 min · 1 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MEXMexico CityHigh riskMEX delay board →
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
MEX→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
24%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.1%Chance of cancellation
-4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MEX 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 →

When it flies

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

How BA242 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA242 across the MEX and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 7/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how BA242 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
09-11MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 19:32 (+242)
09-10MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 16:13 (+43)
09-09MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 15:06 (−24)
09-08CANCELLED
09-07MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 14:45 (−45)
09-06MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 15:19 (−11)
09-05MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 16:00 (+30)
09-04MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 15:22 (−8)
09-03MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 15:14 (−16)
09-02MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 15:15 (−15)
09-01MEX 22:00LHR 15:30 15:16 (−14)

Board clocks recorded as MEX and LHR published them.

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