BA284British Airways · SFO → LHR
live · 7m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA284 San FranciscoSFO · 16:35 LondonLHR · 11:00

BA284 by British Airways flies from San Francisco (SFO) to London (LHR) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowIn the air to London · off blocks 16:47 · 12 min late
10:48

estimated arrival at LHR · local time · ~43 min from now

LivePosition · updated 7m ago
SFO215 mi · ~43 min leftLHR
41,000 ftAltitudecruising
520 mphSpeed452 kt
138°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 5h 58m

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−12 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~24 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-19
+12 gate · −12 arrival
10-18
+12 gate · −12 arrival
10-17
+15 gate · −29 arrival
10-16
−4 gate · −28 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
SFOSan FranciscoOn-time likelySFO delay board →
LHRLondonOn-time likelyLHR delay board →
SFO→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
52%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+24 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by SFO (San Francisco), 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 departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other San Francisco to London flights today

same route · British Airways
BA286departs 19:30

If BA284 is cancelled, this is the other British Airways nonstop flight from San Francisco to London on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How BA284 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA284 across the SFO and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~28 min early. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how BA284 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-19SFO 16:35 16:47 (+12)LHR 11:00 10:48 (−12)
10-18SFO 16:35 16:47 (+12)LHR 11:00 10:48 (−12)
10-17SFO 16:35 16:50 (+15)LHR 11:00 10:31 (−29)
10-16SFO 16:35 16:31 (−4)LHR 11:00 10:32 (−28)

Board clocks recorded as SFO and LHR published them.

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