BA978British Airways · LHR → BER
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA978 LondonLHR · 10:10 BerlinBER · 13:10

BA978 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Berlin (BER) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowLanded in Berlin · today
13:04

arrived at BER · 6 min early

Typical gate push+33 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~37 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+26 gate · −6 arrival
10-27
+35 gate · −3 arrival
10-26
+30 gate · −12 arrival
10-25
+35 gate · −3 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
BERBerlinOn-time likelyBER delay board →
LHR→BERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
29%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.5%Chance of cancellation
+1 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at LHR and BER are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 Berlin with British Airways · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.7%0.9× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.9%1.0× usual

Forecast weather: 28% chance of fog at London; 61% chance of fog at Berlin

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 6 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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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other London to Berlin flights today

same route · British Airways
BA974departs 06:05
BA976departs 07:05
BA986departs 07:10
BA990departs 07:30
BA988departs 08:25
BA992departs 08:35

If BA978 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from London to Berlin 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 BA978 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA978 across the LHR and BER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 BA978 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
10-29LHR 10:10 10:36 (+26)BER 13:10 13:04 (−6)
10-27LHR 10:50 11:25 (+35)BER 13:50 13:47 (−3)
10-26LHR 10:20 10:50 (+30)BER 13:20 13:08 (−12)
10-25LHR 10:15 10:50 (+35)BER 13:15 13:12 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: GEUYM, GEUYL, GNEOZ.

Board clocks recorded as LHR and BER published them.

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