BA256British Airways · DEL → LHR
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA256 DelhiDEL · 09:59 LondonLHR · 15:20

BA256 by British Airways flies from Delhi (DEL) to London (LHR) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowLanded in London · today
14:33

arrived at LHR · 47 min early

⚖ BA256 typically leaves +0 and lands −30. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−30 minmedian over 16 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 16tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-26
+0 gate · −47 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −47 arrival
10-24
+0 gate · −30 arrival
10-23
+0 gate · −26 arrival
10-22
+0 gate · −43 arrival
10-21
+0 gate · −32 arrival
10-20
+0 gate · −42 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 −30 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DELDelhiOn-time likelyDEL delay board →
LHRLondonOn-time likelyLHR delay board →
DEL→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
15%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
-4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at DEL 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 BA256 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA256 across the DEL and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~30 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 13/14 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 BA256 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-26DEL 09:59 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:33 (−47)
10-25DEL 10:50 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:33 (−47)
10-24DEL 10:27 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:50 (−30)
10-23DEL 10:26 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:54 (−26)
10-22DEL 10:05 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:37 (−43)
10-21DEL 10:28 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:48 (−32)
10-20DEL 10:23 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:38 (−42)
10-19DEL 10:05 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:40 (−40)
10-18DEL 10:22 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:43 (−37)
10-17DEL 10:37 (+0)LHR 15:20 15:02 (−18)
10-16DEL 10:26 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:54 (−26)
10-15DEL 10:50 (+0)LHR 15:20 15:08 (−12)
10-14DEL 10:23 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:52 (−28)
10-13DEL 12:38 (+0)LHR 15:20 17:10 (+110)
10-12DEL 10:25 (+0)LHR 15:20 15:00 (−20)
10-11DEL 10:14 (+0)LHR 15:20 14:41 (−39)

Aircraft

Recent tails: G-ZBJB, G-ZBJE.

Board clocks recorded as DEL and LHR published them.

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