BA988British Airways · LHR → BER
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA988 LondonLHR · 16:00 BerlinBER · 19:05

BA988 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Berlin (BER) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowExpected · today
16:00

departs LHR · on schedule

⚖ BA988 typically leaves +29 and lands −11. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+37+73+110 min
11-02
+57 gate · +36 arrival
11-01
+33 gate · −9 arrival
10-31
+20 gate · −20 arrival
10-29
+21 gate · −16 arrival
10-28
+35 gate · −3 arrival
10-27
+24 gate · −19 arrival
10-26
+110 gate · +65 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 −11 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
BERBerlinHigh riskBER delay board →
LHR→BERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+3 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 at London

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 11°C to 13°C
Low8°Clikely 6°C to 9°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Berlin

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High10°Clikely 9°C to 11°C
Low5°Clikely 2°C to 7°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Berlin flights today

same route · British Airways
BA972departs 06:00
BA974departs 07:10
BA976departs 08:25
BA980departs 10:00
BA978departs 10:15
BA982departs 12:45

If BA988 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 BA988 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA988 across the LHR and BER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 8/10 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 BA988 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
11-02LHR 15:10 16:07 (+57)BER 18:15 18:51 (+36)
11-01LHR 15:55 16:28 (+33)BER 19:00 18:51 (−9)
10-31LHR 15:55 16:15 (+20)BER 19:00 18:40 (−20)
10-29LHR 16:20 16:41 (+21)BER 19:25 19:09 (−16)
10-28LHR 15:55 16:30 (+35)BER 19:00 18:57 (−3)
10-27LHR 16:00 16:24 (+24)BER 19:05 18:46 (−19)
10-26LHR 15:10 17:00 (+110)BER 18:15 19:20 (+65)
10-25LHR 15:55 16:22 (+27)BER 19:00 18:45 (−15)
10-22LHR 08:45 08:59 (+14)BER 11:40 11:27 (−13)
10-20LHR 08:25 08:55 (+30)BER 11:20 11:17 (−3)

Aircraft

Recent tails: GEUUI, GDBCJ, GTTNI, GEUPK.

Board clocks recorded as LHR and BER published them.

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