IB540Iberia · LIS → MAD
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Route confirmed Iberia

IB540 LisbonLIS · 06:35 MadridMAD · 08:55

IB540 by Iberia flies from Lisbon (LIS) to Madrid (MAD) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowEn route to Madrid · off blocks 07:20 · 45 min late
En route

en route from LIS to MAD

En routeIB540 · position estimated
LISLisbonMADMadrid
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:20 · typical taxi-out at LIS ≈ 7.6 min.

Typical gate push+31 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+5 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~26 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-21
+45 gate · +18 arrival
08-20
+20 gate · −5 arrival
08-19
+31 gate · +5 arrival
08-18
+23 gate · −2 arrival
08-17
+46 gate · +18 arrival
08-16
+26 gate

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 +5 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LISLisbonModerate riskLIS delay board →
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
LIS→MADevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.0%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LIS and MAD 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 Lisbon to Madrid flights today

same route · Iberia
IB1140departs 08:25
IB530departs 08:25
IB532departs 12:30
IB1144departs 16:45
IB1164departs 19:05
IB536departs 19:05

If IB540 is cancelled, these are the other Iberia nonstop flights from Lisbon to Madrid on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LIS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How IB540 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for IB540 across the LIS and MAD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 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 IB540 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
08-21LIS 06:35 07:20 (+45)MAD 08:55 09:13 (+18)
08-20LIS 06:35 06:55 (+20)MAD 08:55 08:50 (−5)
08-19LIS 06:35 07:06 (+31)MAD 08:55 09:00 (+5)
08-18LIS 06:35 06:58 (+23)MAD 08:55 08:53 (−2)
08-17LIS 06:35 07:21 (+46)MAD 08:55 09:13 (+18)
08-16LIS 06:35 07:01 (+26)MAD 08:55

Aircraft

Recent tails: EC-HUH, EC-NDN, EC-MCS, EC-JQZ.

Board clocks recorded as LIS and MAD published them.

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