IB979Iberia · MAD → NAP
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Route confirmed Iberia

IB979 MadridMAD · 11:45 NapoliNAP · 14:20

IB979 by Iberia flies from Madrid (MAD) to Napoli (NAP).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
11:45

scheduled from MAD

Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~15 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
10-31
+7 gate · +6 arrival
10-30
+8 gate · −7 arrival
10-29
+10 gate · −11 arrival
10-28
+18 gate · +17 arrival
10-27
−1 gate · −16 arrival
10-26
+6 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
NAPNapoliOn-time likelyNAP delay board →
MAD→NAPevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at MAD and NAP 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 Madrid

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High17°Clikely 15°C to 19°C
Low6°Clikely 3°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 Napoli

Forecast

Sun 8 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 17°C to 20°C
Low12°Clikely 10°C to 14°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 Madrid to Napoli flights today

same route · Iberia
IB1831departs 11:25
IB981departs 19:50
IB1835departs 20:15

If IB979 is cancelled, these are the other Iberia nonstop flights from Madrid to Napoli on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAD 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 IB979 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for IB979 across the MAD and NAP boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~8 min late. Based on 6 confirmed departures · 5/6 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how IB979 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
10-31MAD 11:45 11:52 (+7)NAP 14:20 14:26 (+6)
10-30MAD 11:45 11:53 (+8)NAP 14:20 14:13 (−7)
10-29MAD 11:45 11:55 (+10)NAP 14:20 14:09 (−11)
10-28MAD 11:45 12:03 (+18)NAP 14:20 14:37 (+17)
10-27MAD 11:45 11:44 (−1)NAP 14:20 14:04 (−16)
10-26MAD 11:45 11:51 (+6)NAP

Aircraft

Recent tails: EC-NAZ, EC-NTP, EC-NTO.

Board clocks recorded as MAD and NAP published them.

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