BA1438 LondonLHR · 07:00 EdinburghEDI · 08:25
BA1438 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Edinburgh (EDI) for the Fri, Oct 23 departure.
en route from LHR to EDI
board checked 8m ago · checking again in 45s
Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:13 · typical taxi-out at LHR ≈ 12.6 min.
Where the minutes go
last 3 operations · gate push → arrivalThe bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.
The route today
live boardsWeather lens
Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now
Measured, 90-day sampleDriven mainly by EDI (Edinburgh), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 departuresEach mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.
Other London to Edinburgh flights today
same route · British AirwaysIf BA1438 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from London to Edinburgh on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LHR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →
How BA1438 actually runs
Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA1438 across the LHR and EDI boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: left noticeably late (~23 min) but landed about 6 min early. Not enough to call it.
The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how BA1438 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.
How this operation is measured
Board log
scheduled → actual, per operationBoard clocks recorded as LHR and EDI published them.
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