HEL → LGWHelsinki to London

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Direct flights from Helsinki (HEL) to London (LGW): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 27 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 1,858 km, an estimated 2 hours 53 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Helsinki and London. Updated 1 November 2026 at 09:16 UTC.

Today, HEL → LGW

Sun 1 Nov · local times
  1. 16:40 DY2768 On scheduleGate 51A LGW 17:50scheduled

Checked HEL board 10:41 · LGW board 09:03

HEL Helsinki smooth · +5
LGW London busy · +20
1,858 km · ~2h 53m est.
dep bank 08:05–16:404x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
82 / 100

route health from live HEL and LGW delay boards

Median arrival delay is +27 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+27 minacross the last 4 arrivals
Flight time~2h 53mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Norwegian Air Shuttle

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Norwegian Air ShuttleDY

Flights DY2766 varies Mo Th Fr · DY2768 16:40 Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-30DY2766dep +111 → arr+93
10-29DY2766dep +7 → arr+8
10-26DY2766dep −1 → arr+14
10-25DY2768dep +14 → arr+27

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
HELHelsinki +5 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · SSE 5 kt Full HEL delay board →
LGWLondon +20 min busy ⛅ mostly cloudy · NE 5 kt Full LGW delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at LGW: a 77% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +39 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Helsinki to London route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop HEL to LGW flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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How we measure this →

HEL to LGW questions

Is HEL–LGW running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The arrival side at LGW is the weaker end, route health score 82/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from HEL to LGW?

Great-circle distance is 1,858 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 161–189 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does HEL–LGW fly?

Norwegian Air Shuttle runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, mon, thu, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at HEL and arrival-side delay at LGW, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.