BA54British Airways · JNB → LHR
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA54 JohannesburgJNB · 21:15 LondonLHR · 07:30

BA54 by British Airways flies from Johannesburg (JNB) to London (LHR) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowExpected · gate A09
21:15

departs JNB · on schedule

⚖ BA54 typically leaves +21 and lands +3. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+3 minmedian over 13 operations
Wins back in air~18 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 13tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+138+275+413 min
10-18
+45 arrival
10-16
−22 arrival
10-15
+11 gate · −25 arrival
10-14
+8 gate · −31 arrival
10-13
+34 gate · +2 arrival
10-12
+23 gate · +413 arrival
10-10
+81 gate · +45 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 +3 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
JNBJohannesburgOn-time likelyJNB delay board →
LHRLondonOn-time likelyLHR delay board →
JNB→LHRevery 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
2.3%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at JNB and LHR 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.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

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

Other Johannesburg to London flights today

same route · British Airways
BA56departs 19:25

If BA54 is cancelled, this is the other British Airways nonstop flight from Johannesburg to London on the same day, with scheduled departure times in JNB local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How BA54 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA54 across the JNB and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 7/12 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 BA54 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-18JNB 21:15LHR 07:30 08:15 (+45)
10-16JNB 21:15LHR 07:30 07:08 (−22)
10-15JNB 21:15 21:26 (+11)LHR 07:30 07:05 (−25)
10-14JNB 21:15 21:23 (+8)LHR 07:30 06:59 (−31)
10-13JNB 21:15 21:49 (+34)LHR 07:30 07:32 (+2)
10-12JNB 04:30 04:53 (+23)LHR 07:30 14:23 (+413)
10-10JNB 21:15 22:36 (+81)LHR 07:30 08:15 (+45)
10-09JNB 21:15 22:19 (+64)LHR 07:30 08:07 (+37)
10-08JNB 21:15 21:36 (+21)LHR 07:30 07:22 (−8)
10-07JNB 21:15 22:25 (+70)LHR 07:30 08:18 (+48)
10-06JNB 21:15 21:26 (+11)LHR 07:30 07:17 (−13)
10-05JNB 21:15 21:31 (+16)LHR 07:30 07:33 (+3)
10-04JNB 21:15 21:26 (+11)LHR 07:30 14:06 (+396)

Aircraft

Recent tails: G-XLEE, G-XLED.

Board clocks recorded as JNB and LHR published them.

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