BA716British Airways · LHR → IST
live · 6m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA716 LondonLHR · 06:15 IstanbulIST · 18:25

BA716 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Istanbul (IST) for the Thu, Sep 17 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Istanbul · off blocks 06:41 · 26 min late
11:43

estimated arrival at IST · local time · ~79 min from now

LivePosition · updated 8m ago
LHR726 mi · ~79 min leftIST
37,000 ftAltitudecruising
551 mphSpeed479 kt
133°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 1h 42m

Typical gate push+26 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+0 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~26 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
09-17
+26 gate
09-16
+36 gate · +0 arrival
09-15
+15 gate · −30 arrival
09-14
+30 gate · +0 arrival
09-13
+23 gate · +0 arrival
09-12
+22 gate · +0 arrival
09-11
+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 · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
ISTIstanbulHigh riskIST delay board →
LHR→ISTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
23%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.0%Chance of cancellation
-4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and IST 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
061422
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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
BA718departs 08:55
BA700departs 09:00
BA720departs 18:35

If BA716 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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How BA716 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA716 across the LHR and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 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 BA716 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
09-17LHR 06:15 06:41 (+26)IST
09-16LHR 12:20 12:56 (+36)IST 18:25 (+0)
09-15LHR 07:40 07:55 (+15)IST 13:35 13:05 (−30)
09-14LHR 08:35 09:05 (+30)IST 14:30 (+0)
09-13LHR 08:40 09:03 (+23)IST 14:35 (+0)
09-12LHR 06:10 06:32 (+22)IST 12:05 (+0)
09-11LHR IST 11:55 (+0)

Board clocks recorded as LHR and IST published them.

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