VL947Lufthansa City Airlines · MAN → FRA
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Route confirmed Lufthansa City Airlines

VL947 ManchesterMAN · 17:45 Frankfurt am MainFRA · 20:30

VL947 by Lufthansa City Airlines flies from Manchester (MAN) to Frankfurt am Main (FRA) for the Wed, Oct 28 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Frankfurt am Main · off blocks 17:35 · 10 min early
20:13

estimated arrival at FRA · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeVL947 · position estimated
MANManchesterFRAFrankfurt am Main
Estimated from the boardsarr 20:13

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:35 · typical taxi-out at MAN ≈ 9.9 min.

Typical gate push−3 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−5 minmedian over 2 operations
Wins back in air~2 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

The route today

live boards
MANManchesterOn-time likelyMAN delay board →
FRAFrankfurt am MainOn-time likelyFRA delay board →
MAN→FRAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+16 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at MAN and FRA 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Manchester to Frankfurt am Main with Lufthansa City Airlines · Thu 29 Oct, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.0%0.9× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.1%1.2× usual

Forecast weather: 60% chance of fog at Frankfurt am Main

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 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 Manchester to Frankfurt am Main flights today

same route · Lufthansa City Airlines
VL949departs 05:55
VL943departs 11:10

If VL947 is cancelled, these are the other Lufthansa City Airlines nonstop flights from Manchester to Frankfurt am Main on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VL947 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VL947 across the MAN and FRA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 1 completed leg so far: landed -5 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VL947 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
10-28MAN 17:45 17:35 (−10)FRA 20:30 20:13 (−17)
10-27MAN 17:45 17:42 (−3)FRA 20:30 20:25 (−5)

Aircraft

Recent tails: DAIJP.

Board clocks recorded as MAN and FRA published them.

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