BA986British Airways · LHR → BER
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Route confirmed British Airways

BA986 LondonLHR · 07:35 BerlinBER · 10:30

BA986 by British Airways flies from London (LHR) to Berlin (BER) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Right nowLanded in Berlin · today
10:08

arrived at BER · 22 min early

⚖ BA986 typically leaves +15 and lands −13. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-18
+8 gate · −22 arrival
10-16
+15 gate · −22 arrival
10-15
+28 gate · −7 arrival
10-14
+11 gate · −20 arrival
10-13
+14 gate · −15 arrival
10-12
+17 gate · −11 arrival
10-11
+7 gate · −25 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 −13 min · 0 cancelled · 13 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
BERBerlinOn-time likelyBER delay board →
LHR→BERevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
31%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and BER 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.

Other London to Berlin flights today

same route · British Airways
BA990departs 06:00
BA988departs 08:25
BA992departs 08:35
BA980departs 10:00
BA994departs 14:35
BA996departs 16:45

If BA986 is cancelled, these are the other British Airways nonstop flights from London to Berlin on the same day, with scheduled departure times in LHR local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How BA986 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BA986 across the LHR and BER boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~13 min early. Based on 13 confirmed landings · 12/13 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 BA986 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
10-18LHR 07:35 07:43 (+8)BER 10:30 10:08 (−22)
10-16LHR 07:25 07:40 (+15)BER 10:20 09:58 (−22)
10-15LHR 10:10 10:38 (+28)BER 13:05 12:58 (−7)
10-14LHR 07:40 07:51 (+11)BER 10:35 10:15 (−20)
10-13LHR 07:10 07:24 (+14)BER 10:05 09:50 (−15)
10-12LHR 07:10 07:27 (+17)BER 10:05 09:54 (−11)
10-11LHR 07:35 07:42 (+7)BER 10:30 10:05 (−25)
10-09LHR 07:25 07:33 (+8)BER 10:20 09:56 (−24)
10-08LHR 10:10 10:29 (+19)BER 13:05 12:53 (−12)
10-07LHR 07:40 08:19 (+39)BER 10:35 10:41 (+6)
10-06LHR 07:10 07:33 (+23)BER 10:05 10:00 (−5)
10-05LHR 07:10 07:21 (+11)BER 10:05 09:52 (−13)
10-04LHR 07:35 08:06 (+31)BER 10:30 10:47 (+17)

Aircraft

Recent tails: GEUYX, GEUUC, GTTNH, GEUYK.

Board clocks recorded as LHR and BER published them.

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