BA720British Airways · LHR → IST
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA720 LondonLHR · 18:35 IstanbulIST · 00:25

BA720 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Istanbul (IST) for the Tue, Sep 15 departure.

Right nowExpected · today
18:35

departs LHR · on schedule

⚖ BA720 typically leaves +25 and lands +0. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+37+75+112 min
09-15
−35 arrival
09-14
+23 gate · +0 arrival
09-13
+25 gate · −20 arrival
09-12
+15 gate · −25 arrival
09-11
+28 gate · +0 arrival
09-10
+27 gate · +0 arrival
09-09
+112 gate · +75 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 · 1 cancelled · 16 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
ISTIstanbulOn-time likelyIST 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
4.7%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
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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 07:40
BA700departs 09:00
BA718departs 11:40

If BA720 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 BA720 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA720 across the LHR and IST boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 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 BA720 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-15LHR 18:35IST 00:25 23:50 (−35)
09-14LHR 18:35 18:58 (+23)IST 00:25 (+0)
09-13LHR 19:05 19:30 (+25)IST 00:55 00:35 (−20)
09-12LHR 18:30 18:45 (+15)IST 00:20 23:55 (−25)
09-11LHR 18:50 19:18 (+28)IST 00:40 (+0)
09-10LHR 18:35 19:02 (+27)IST 00:25 (+0)
09-09LHR 19:15 21:07 (+112)IST 01:05 02:20 (+75)
09-08CANCELLED
09-07LHR 18:35 19:09 (+34)IST 00:25 (+0)
09-06LHR 19:05 19:25 (+20)IST 00:55 00:35 (−20)
09-05LHR 18:30 18:55 (+25)IST 00:20 23:55 (−25)
09-04LHR 18:50 19:24 (+34)IST 00:40 (+0)
09-03LHR 18:35 18:57 (+22)IST 00:25 00:00 (−25)
09-02LHR 19:15 20:00 (+45)IST 01:05 (+0)
09-01LHR 18:35 18:45 (+10)IST 00:25 23:50 (−35)
08-31LHR IST 00:25 (+0)

Aircraft

Recent tails: G-TTNM.

Board clocks recorded as LHR and IST published them.

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