BA863British Airways · BUD → LHR
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA863 BudapestBUD · 11:45 LondonLHR · 13:30

BA863 by British Airways flies from Budapest (BUD) to London (LHR) for the Wed, Nov 4 departure.

Right nowEn route to London · off blocks 12:01 · 16 min late
En route

en route from BUD to LHR

En routeBA863 · position estimated
BUDBudapestLHRLondon
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 12:01 · typical taxi-out at BUD ≈ 5 min.

Typical gate push+16 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−14 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-04
+16 gate · −14 arrival
10-23
+17 gate · −15 arrival
10-22
+11 gate · −29 arrival
10-21
+16 gate · −14 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
BUDBudapestOn-time likelyBUD delay board →
LHRLondonOn-time likelyLHR delay board →
BUD→LHRevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
32%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.2%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BUD and LHR 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 BUD

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 9°C to 12°C
Low0°Clikely −2°C to 2°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 London

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High11°Clikely 10°C to 12°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.

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 Budapest to London flights today

same route · British Airways
BA871departs 06:50
BA867departs 12:20
BA869departs 18:45
BA877departs 20:10

If BA863 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from Budapest to London on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BUD 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 BA863 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA863 across the BUD and LHR boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~14 min early. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 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 BA863 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
11-04BUD 11:45 12:01 (+16)LHR 13:30 13:16 (−14)
10-23BUD 12:55 13:12 (+17)LHR 14:40 14:25 (−15)
10-22BUD 11:40 11:51 (+11)LHR 13:25 12:56 (−29)
10-21BUD 11:45 12:01 (+16)LHR 13:30 13:16 (−14)

Board clocks recorded as BUD and LHR published them.

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