LGW → HELLondon to Helsinki

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Direct flights from London (LGW) to Helsinki (HEL): 3 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 London and Helsinki. Updated 30 October 2026 at 15:41 UTC.

LGW London smooth · +0
HEL Helsinki smooth · +0
1,858 km · ~2h 53m est.
departs 10:503x weekly
Disrupted · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
18 / 100

route health from live LGW and HEL 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 departures3x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Norwegian Air ShuttleDY

Flights DY2767 varies Mo Th Fr

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-30DY2767dep +108 → arr+86
10-29DY2767dep +57 → arr+27
10-26DY2767dep +11 → arr−21
10-25DY2769dep +20 → arr−19

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
LGWLondon +0 min smooth 🌫 mostly cloudy · E 5 kt Full LGW delay board →
HELHelsinki +0 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · NNW 5 kt Full HEL delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at LGW: a 84% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +48 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the London to Helsinki route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop LGW to HEL 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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LGW to HEL questions

Is LGW–HEL running on time right now?

High disruption likely. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 18/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from LGW to HEL?

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 LGW–HEL fly?

Norwegian Air Shuttle runs the route with about 3 flights a week (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 LGW and arrival-side delay at HEL, 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.