BA680British Airways · LHR → IST
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA680 LondonLHR · 18:15 IstanbulIST · 01:10

BA680 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Istanbul (IST) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Istanbul · off blocks 18:56 · 41 min late
01:08

estimated arrival at IST · local time · ~28 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
LHR185 mi · ~28 min leftIST
33,000 ftAltitudecruising
493 mphSpeed428 kt
119°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 2h 42m

Typical gate push+28 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
+41 gate · +0 arrival
10-31
+24 gate · +0 arrival
10-30
+61 gate · +25 arrival
10-29
+18 gate
10-28
+19 gate · +0 arrival
10-27
+22 gate
10-26
+38 gate · +0 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 +0 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST delay board →
LHR→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
25%Chance of 15+ min delay
8.5%Chance of cancellation
-2 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by LHR (London), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records 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 Istanbul with British Airways · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.8%2.1× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.0%0.9× usual

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 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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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other London to Istanbul flights today

same route · British Airways
BA716departs 06:05
BA676departs 06:55
BA674departs 10:10
BA700departs 10:10
BA678departs 10:30
BA718departs 12:50

If BA680 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from London to Istanbul on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LHR local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How BA680 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA680 across the LHR and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 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 BA680 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
11-01LHR 18:15 18:56 (+41)IST 01:10 (+0)
10-31LHR 17:40 18:04 (+24)IST 00:35 (+0)
10-30LHR 18:15 19:16 (+61)IST 01:10 01:35 (+25)
10-29LHR 17:30 17:48 (+18)IST
10-28LHR 18:10 18:29 (+19)IST 01:00 (+0)
10-27LHR 17:10 17:32 (+22)IST
10-26LHR 17:55 18:33 (+38)IST 00:50 (+0)
10-25LHR 18:15 18:47 (+32)IST 01:10 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as LHR and IST published them.

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