BA59British Airways · LHR → CPT
live · 3m ago
Route confirmed British Airways

BA59 LondonLHR · 22:30 Cape TownCPT · 11:00

BA59 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Cape Town (CPT) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowDescending into Cape Town · off blocks 23:26 · 56 min late
11:06

estimated arrival at CPT · local time · ~18 min from now

LivePosition · updated 3m ago
LHR99 mi · ~18 min leftCPT
22,100 ftAltitudedescending
488 mphSpeed424 kt
179°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 2 min

⚖ BA59 typically leaves +31 and lands −6. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+31 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−6 minmedian over 14 operations
Wins back in air~37 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 14tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+33+66+99 min
10-24
+56 gate · +11 arrival
10-23
+99 gate · +47 arrival
10-22
+21 gate · −12 arrival
10-21
+25 gate · −23 arrival
10-20
+53 gate · +22 arrival
10-19
+19 gate · −6 arrival
10-18
+23 gate · +22 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 −6 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
CPTCape TownOn-time likelyCPT delay board →
LHR→CPTevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and CPT 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
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

How BA59 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA59 across the LHR and CPT boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 8/12 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 BA59 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
10-24LHR 22:30 23:26 (+56)CPT 11:00 11:11 (+11)
10-23LHR 22:30 00:09 (+99)CPT 11:00 11:47 (+47)
10-22LHR 22:30 22:51 (+21)CPT 11:00 10:48 (−12)
10-21LHR 22:30 22:55 (+25)CPT 11:00 10:37 (−23)
10-20LHR 22:30 23:23 (+53)CPT 11:00 11:22 (+22)
10-19LHR 22:30 22:49 (+19)CPT 11:00 10:54 (−6)
10-18LHR 22:30 22:53 (+23)CPT 11:00 11:22 (+22)
10-17LHR 22:30 22:44 (+14)CPT 11:00 10:33 (−27)
10-16LHR 22:30 22:49 (+19)CPT 11:00 10:44 (−16)
10-15LHR 22:30 23:05 (+35)CPT 11:00 11:05 (+5)
10-14LHR 22:30 22:52 (+22)CPT 11:00 10:53 (−7)
10-13LHR 22:30 23:55 (+85)CPT 11:00 11:52 (+52)
10-12LHR 22:30 23:08 (+38)CPT 11:00 10:43 (−17)
10-11LHR 22:30 23:01 (+31)CPT 11:00 10:25 (−35)

Aircraft

Recent tails: G-XWBJ, G-XWBG, G-XWBA, G-XWBI.

Board clocks recorded as LHR and CPT published them.

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