BA457British Airways · MAD → LHR
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA457 MadridMAD · 10:35 LondonLHR · 12:00

BA457 by British Airways flies from Madrid (MAD) to London (LHR) for the Fri, Oct 23 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
10:35

departs MAD · on schedule

Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~8 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-22
+3 gate · −5 arrival
10-21
+3 gate · −8 arrival
10-20
+23 gate · +6 arrival
10-19
−5 gate · −29 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
MADMadridModerate riskMAD delay board →
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
MAD→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.2%Chance of cancellation
+3 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MAD 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.

Other Madrid to London flights today

same route · British Airways
BA459departs 12:10
BA447departs 17:30
BA461departs 17:30
BA463departs 18:25
BA465departs 21:00

If BA457 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from Madrid to London on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAD local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How BA457 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA457 across the MAD and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~5 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how BA457 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
10-22MAD 10:30 10:33 (+3)LHR 11:55 11:50 (−5)
10-21MAD 10:35 10:38 (+3)LHR 12:00 11:52 (−8)
10-20MAD 10:35 10:58 (+23)LHR 12:00 12:06 (+6)
10-19MAD 10:35 10:30 (−5)LHR 12:00 11:31 (−29)

Board clocks recorded as MAD and LHR published them.

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