BA53British Airways · LHR → SEA
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA53 LondonLHR · 09:25 SeattleSEA · 11:25

BA53 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Seattle (SEA) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Seattle · off blocks 09:31 · 6 min late
10:41

estimated arrival at SEA · local time · ~52 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
SEA331 mi · ~52 min leftLHR
40,000 ftAltitudecruising
524 mphSpeed455 kt
213°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 2h 48m

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-03
+6 gate · −44 arrival
10-31
+32 gate
10-29
+37 gate
10-27
+26 gate
10-24
+27 gate
10-23
+35 gate
10-22
+19 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 −44 min · 0 cancelled · 7 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
SEASeattleModerate riskSEA delay board →
LHR→SEAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+0 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at LHR and SEA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 at London

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High12°Clikely 11°C to 13°C
Low8°Clikely 5°C to 9°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Seattle

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 12°C to 15°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 7°C
  • 32% chance of fog
  • 86% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Seattle flights today

same route · British Airways
BA49departs 14:55

If BA53 is cancelled, this is the other British Airways nonstop flight from London to Seattle on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LHR 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 BA53 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA53 across the LHR and SEA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~27 min late. Based on 7 confirmed departures · 1/7 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how BA53 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
11-03LHR 09:25 09:31 (+6)SEA 11:25 10:41 (−44)
10-31LHR 09:25 09:57 (+32)SEA 12:25
10-29LHR 09:25 10:02 (+37)SEA 12:25
10-27LHR 09:25 09:51 (+26)SEA 12:25
10-24LHR 09:50 10:17 (+27)SEA 11:35
10-23LHR 09:50 10:25 (+35)SEA 11:35
10-22LHR 09:50 10:09 (+19)SEA 11:35

Board clocks recorded as LHR and SEA published them.

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