BA486British Airways · LHR → BCN
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA486 LondonLHR · 14:15 BarcelonaBCN · 18:30

BA486 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Barcelona (BCN) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowEn route to Barcelona · off blocks 14:51 · 36 min late
18:30

estimated arrival at BCN · local time · landing about now

En routeBA486 · position estimated
LHRLondonBCNBarcelona
Estimated from the boardsarr 18:30

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:51 · typical taxi-out at LHR ≈ 12.8 min.

Typical gate push+44 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+8 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~36 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+38+76+114 min
10-28
+36 gate · −3 arrival
10-27
+44 gate · +8 arrival
10-26
+114 gate · +80 arrival
10-25
+1 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
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
BCNBarcelonaOn-time likelyBCN delay board →
LHR→BCNevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.7%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and BCN 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

London to Barcelona with British Airways · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
2.4%0.5× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%0.8× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 8 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other London to Barcelona flights today

same route · British Airways
BA472departs 06:10
BA474departs 07:40
BA476departs 08:55
BA466departs 09:25
BA480departs 10:30
BA478departs 11:00

If BA486 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from London to Barcelona 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 BA486 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA486 across the LHR and BCN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 BA486 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
10-28LHR 14:15 14:51 (+36)BCN 17:30 17:27 (−3)
10-27LHR 14:40 15:24 (+44)BCN 17:55 18:03 (+8)
10-26LHR 16:10 18:04 (+114)BCN 19:25 20:45 (+80)
10-25LHR BCN 17:20 17:21 (+1)

Board clocks recorded as LHR and BCN published them.

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