BA986British Airways · LHR → BER
live · 25m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA986 LondonLHR · 07:10 BerlinBER · 10:05

BA986 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Berlin (BER) for the Mon, Oct 12 departure.

Right nowEn route to Berlin · off blocks 07:27 · 17 min late
10:05

estimated arrival at BER · local time · ~9h 15m from now

En routeBA986 · position estimated
LHRLondonBERBerlin
Estimated from the boardsarr 10:05

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:27 · typical taxi-out at LHR ≈ 11.9 min.

⚖ BA986 typically leaves +14 and lands −13. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-12
+17 gate · −11 arrival
10-11
+7 gate · −25 arrival
10-09
+8 gate · −24 arrival
10-08
+19 gate · −12 arrival
10-07
+39 gate · +6 arrival
10-06
+23 gate · −5 arrival
10-05
+11 gate · −13 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 −13 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

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

Early read, sample still building
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation

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. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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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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 Berlin flights today

same route · British Airways
BA988departs 08:25
BA992departs 08:35
BA980departs 10:00
BA990departs 11:15
BA994departs 14:35
BA996departs 16:45

If BA986 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 posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How BA986 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA986 across the LHR and BER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. 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 BA986 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
10-12LHR 07:10 07:27 (+17)BER 10:05 09:54 (−11)
10-11LHR 07:35 07:42 (+7)BER 10:30 10:05 (−25)
10-09LHR 07:25 07:33 (+8)BER 10:20 09:56 (−24)
10-08LHR 10:10 10:29 (+19)BER 13:05 12:53 (−12)
10-07LHR 07:40 08:19 (+39)BER 10:35 10:41 (+6)
10-06LHR 07:10 07:33 (+23)BER 10:05 10:00 (−5)
10-05LHR 07:10 07:21 (+11)BER 10:05 09:52 (−13)
10-04LHR 07:35 08:06 (+31)BER 10:30 10:47 (+17)
10-02LHR 07:25 07:37 (+12)BER 10:20 10:02 (−18)
10-01LHR 10:10 10:39 (+29)BER 13:05 13:00 (−5)
09-30LHR 07:40 07:54 (+14)BER 10:35 10:16 (−19)
09-29LHR 07:10 07:20 (+10)BER 10:05 09:39 (−26)
09-28LHR 07:10 07:20 (+10)BER 10:05 09:40 (−25)

Aircraft

Recent tails: GTTNP, GEUYT, GEUYG, GTTOB.

Board clocks recorded as LHR and BER published them.

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