BA285British Airways · LHR → SFO
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA285 LondonLHR · 10:45 San FranciscoSFO · 13:50

BA285 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to San Francisco (SFO) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowEn route to San Francisco · off blocks 12:48 · 123 min late
15:10

estimated arrival at SFO · local time

En routeBA285 · position estimated
LHRLondonSFOSan Francisco
Estimated from the boardsarr 15:10

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:48 · typical taxi-out at LHR ≈ 9.2 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+85 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+50 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~35 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+70+141+211 min
08-18
+123 gate · +80 arrival
08-17
+37 gate · −11 arrival
08-16
+211 gate · +180 arrival
08-15
+85 gate · +50 arrival
08-14
+58 gate · +20 arrival
08-13
+21 gate · −4 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 +50 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
SFOSan FranciscoModerate riskSFO delay board →
LHR→SFOevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+18 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and SFO 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.

Other London to San Francisco flights today

same route · British Airways
BA287departs 14:30

If BA285 is cancelled, this is the other British Airways nonstop flight from London to San Francisco on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LHR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How BA285 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA285 across the LHR and SFO boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~20 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 2/5 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 BA285 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
08-18LHR 10:45 12:48 (+123)SFO 13:50 15:10 (+80)
08-17LHR 10:45 11:22 (+37)SFO 13:50 13:39 (−11)
08-16LHR 10:45 14:16 (+211)SFO 13:50 16:50 (+180)
08-15LHR 10:45 12:10 (+85)SFO 13:50 14:40 (+50)
08-14LHR 10:45 11:43 (+58)SFO 13:50 14:10 (+20)
08-13LHR 10:45 11:06 (+21)SFO 13:50 13:46 (−4)

Board clocks recorded as LHR and SFO published them.

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