BA58British Airways · CPT → LHR
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA58 Cape TownCPT · 18:50 LondonLHR · 05:30

BA58 by British Airways flies from Cape Town (CPT) to London (LHR) for the Wed, Sep 16 departure.

Right nowIn the air to London · off blocks 19:00 · 10 min late
05:02

estimated arrival at LHR · local time · ~46 min from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
LHR372 mi · ~46 min leftCPT
40,000 ftAltitudecruising
506 mphSpeed440 kt
341°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 44m

⚖ BA58 typically leaves +10 and lands −23. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-17
−32 arrival
09-16
+10 gate · −28 arrival
09-15
+13 gate · −27 arrival
09-14
+11 gate · −23 arrival
09-13
+7 gate · −7 arrival
09-12
+10 gate · −8 arrival
09-11
+15 gate · −8 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 −23 min · 0 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CPTCape TownHigh riskCPT delay board →
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
CPT→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CPT 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.

How BA58 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA58 across the CPT and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~27 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 13/13 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 BA58 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
09-17CPT 18:50LHR 05:30 04:58 (−32)
09-16CPT 18:50 19:00 (+10)LHR 05:30 05:02 (−28)
09-15CPT 18:50 19:03 (+13)LHR 05:30 05:03 (−27)
09-14CPT 18:50 19:01 (+11)LHR 05:30 05:07 (−23)
09-13CPT 18:50 18:57 (+7)LHR 05:30 05:23 (−7)
09-12CPT 18:50 19:00 (+10)LHR 05:30 05:22 (−8)
09-11CPT 18:50 19:05 (+15)LHR 05:30 05:22 (−8)
09-10CPT 18:50 18:57 (+7)LHR 05:30 04:58 (−32)
09-09CPT 18:50 18:49 (−1)LHR 05:30 04:44 (−46)
09-08CPT 18:50 18:56 (+6)LHR 05:30 04:58 (−32)
09-07CPT 18:50 18:57 (+7)LHR 05:30 04:56 (−34)
09-06CPT 18:50 19:06 (+16)LHR 05:30 04:57 (−33)
09-05CPT 18:50 19:02 (+12)LHR 05:30 05:08 (−22)
09-04CPT 18:50 19:08 (+18)LHR 05:30 05:08 (−22)
09-03CPT 18:50 18:58 (+8)LHR 05:30 05:09 (−21)
09-02CPT LHR 05:30 05:07 (−23)

Board clocks recorded as CPT and LHR published them.

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