BA486British Airways · LHR → BCN
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA486 LondonLHR · 19:40 BarcelonaBCN · 22:50

BA486 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Barcelona (BCN) for the Fri, Sep 11 departure.

Right nowExpected · today
19:40

departs LHR · on schedule

Typical gate push+28 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+167 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
BCNBarcelonaModerate riskBCN 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
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+9 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 →

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 Barcelona flights today

same route · British Airways
BA472departs 06:10
BA474departs 07:50
BA476departs 08:55
BA478departs 11:00
BA480departs 12:30
BA482departs 14:20

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. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +167 min. Not enough to call it.

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
09-10LHR 19:30 19:58 (+28)BCN 22:40 22:28 (−12)
09-09LHR BCN 22:40 01:27 (+167)

Board clocks recorded as LHR and BCN published them.

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