BA461British Airways · MAD → LHR
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA461 MadridMAD · 17:30 LondonLHR · 18:55

BA461 by British Airways flies from Madrid (MAD) to London (LHR) for the Mon, Sep 7 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today
17:30

departs MAD · on schedule

Typical gate push+3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-07
−11 arrival
09-06
+4 gate · +4 arrival
09-05
−2 gate · −31 arrival
08-31
+3 gate · −11 arrival
08-28
+40 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 · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
LHRLondonOn-time likelyLHR delay board →
MAD→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.1%Chance of cancellation

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. 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 BA461 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA461 across the MAD and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 4/5 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 BA461 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
09-07MAD 17:30LHR 18:55 18:44 (−11)
09-06MAD 17:30 17:34 (+4)LHR 18:55 18:59 (+4)
09-05MAD 17:30 17:28 (−2)LHR 18:55 18:24 (−31)
08-31MAD 17:30 17:33 (+3)LHR 18:55 18:44 (−11)
08-28MAD 17:30LHR 18:55 19:35 (+40)

Board clocks recorded as MAD and LHR published them.

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