BA457British Airways · MAD → LHR
live · 53m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA457 MadridMAD · 10:35 LondonLHR · 12:00

BA457 by British Airways flies from Madrid (MAD) to London (LHR) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowScheduled · today · as of 03:24
10:35

departs MAD · on schedule

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−11 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
−1 gate · −19 arrival
10-30
+5 gate · +0 arrival
10-29
+26 gate · +16 arrival
10-28
+6 gate · −13 arrival
10-27
+4 gate · −24 arrival
10-26
−9 arrival

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 −11 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
LHRLondonHigh riskLHR delay board →
MAD→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+3 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by LHR (London), currently flying IFR (instrument). These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Madrid to London with British Airways · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
4.3%1.1× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 11 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Madrid to London flights today

same route · British Airways
BA7052departs 06:50
BA7060departs 07:35
BA7066departs 09:00
BA459departs 12:05
BA7056departs 13:15
BA461departs 13:55

If BA457 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from Madrid to London on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAD local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How BA457 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA457 across the MAD and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 5/6 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 BA457 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
10-31MAD 10:25 10:24 (−1)LHR 11:50 11:31 (−19)
10-30MAD 10:40 10:45 (+5)LHR 12:05 (+0)
10-29MAD 10:40 11:06 (+26)LHR 12:05 12:21 (+16)
10-28MAD 10:40 10:46 (+6)LHR 12:05 11:52 (−13)
10-27MAD 10:30 10:34 (+4)LHR 11:55 11:31 (−24)
10-26MAD 10:40LHR 12:05 11:56 (−9)

Board clocks recorded as MAD and LHR published them.

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