BT697AirBaltic · RIX → VLC
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Route confirmed AirBaltic

BT697 RigaRIX · 13:45 ValenciaVLC · 16:45

BT697 by AirBaltic flies from Riga (RIX) to Valencia (VLC) for the Sun, Oct 25 departure.

Right nowEn route to Valencia · off blocks 13:57 · 12 min late
En route

en route from RIX to VLC

En routeBT697 · position estimated
RIXRigaVLCValencia
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 13:57. No receiver coverage over open ocean.

Typical gate push+12 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−4 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-25
+12 gate · −10 arrival
10-24
+12 gate · −10 arrival
10-21
+0 gate · −3 arrival
10-17
+31 gate · +15 arrival
10-14
+20 gate · −4 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 −4 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
RIXRigaOn-time likelyRIX delay board →
VLCValenciaOn-time likelyVLC delay board →
RIX→VLCevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at RIX and VLC 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 BT697 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for BT697 across the RIX and VLC boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 4/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how BT697 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
10-25RIX 13:45 13:57 (+12)VLC 16:45 16:35 (−10)
10-24RIX 13:45 13:57 (+12)VLC 16:45 16:35 (−10)
10-21RIX 13:55 (+0)VLC 16:55 16:52 (−3)
10-17RIX 07:00 07:31 (+31)VLC 10:00 10:15 (+15)
10-14RIX 13:55 14:15 (+20)VLC 16:55 16:51 (−4)

Aircraft

Recent tails: YL-ABW, YL-BTF.

Board clocks recorded as RIX and VLC published them.

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