EK16Emirates · LGW → DXB
live · 16m ago
Route confirmed Emirates

EK16 LondonLGW · 13:40 DubaiDXB · 00:40

EK16 by Emirates flies from London (LGW) to Dubai (DXB) for the Tue, Oct 27 departure.

Right nowEn route to Dubai · off blocks 14:09 · 29 min late
En route

en route from LGW to DXB

En routeEK16 · position estimated
LGWLondonDXBDubai
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:09 · typical taxi-out at LGW ≈ 12.8 min. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+29 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~33 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-27
+29 gate · +4 arrival
10-26
+17 gate · −17 arrival
10-25
+17 gate · −19 arrival
10-24
+48 gate · −4 arrival
10-23
−4 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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LGWLondonModerate riskLGW delay board →
DXBDubaiOn-time likelyDXB delay board →
LGW→DXBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
84%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+41 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by LGW (London), currently flying VFR (visual). 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

London to Dubai with Emirates · Wed 28 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
11%0.6× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other London to Dubai flights today

same route · Emirates
EK12departs 09:05
EK10departs 21:45
EK70departs 23:55

If EK16 is cancelled, these are the other Emirates nonstop flights from London to Dubai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LGW local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How EK16 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for EK16 across the LGW and DXB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 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 EK16 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
10-27LGW 13:40 14:09 (+29)DXB 00:40 00:44 (+4)
10-26LGW 13:40 13:57 (+17)DXB 00:40 00:23 (−17)
10-25LGW 13:40 13:57 (+17)DXB 00:40 00:21 (−19)
10-24LGW 14:35 15:23 (+48)DXB 00:45 00:41 (−4)
10-23LGW DXB 00:45 00:41 (−4)

Board clocks recorded as LGW and DXB published them.

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