BA299British Airways · LHR → ORD
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA299 LondonLHR · 13:10 ChicagoORD · 15:55

BA299 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Chicago (ORD) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowLanded in Chicago · today
17:36

arrived at ORD · 101 min late

Typical gate push+39 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+14 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~25 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+52+103+155 min
10-17
+155 gate · +101 arrival
10-16
+39 gate · +14 arrival
10-15
+17 gate · +7 arrival
10-14
+24 gate · +12 arrival
10-13
+49 gate · +22 arrival
10-12
+38 gate

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

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +14 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
ORDChicagoOn-time likelyORD delay board →
LHR→ORDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
36%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.6%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at LHR and ORD 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 London to Chicago flights today

same route · British Airways
BA295departs 11:10
BA297departs 15:15

If BA299 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from London to Chicago 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 BA299 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA299 across the LHR and ORD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 3/5 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 BA299 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
10-17LHR 13:10 15:45 (+155)ORD 15:55 17:36 (+101)
10-16LHR 13:10 13:49 (+39)ORD 15:55 16:09 (+14)
10-15LHR 13:10 13:27 (+17)ORD 15:55 16:02 (+7)
10-14LHR 13:10 13:34 (+24)ORD 15:55 16:07 (+12)
10-13LHR 13:10 13:59 (+49)ORD 15:55 16:17 (+22)
10-12LHR 13:10 13:48 (+38)ORD 15:55

Board clocks recorded as LHR and ORD published them.

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