DL21Delta Air Lines · LHR → SEA
live · 5m ago
Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL21 LondonLHR · 17:45 SeattleSEA · 20:14

DL21 by Delta Air Lines flies from London (LHR) to Seattle (SEA) for the Sat, Oct 24 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Seattle · off blocks 18:09 · 24 min late
19:43

estimated arrival at SEA · local time · ~52 min from now

LivePosition · updated 5m ago
SEA297 mi · ~52 min leftLHR
40,000 ftAltitudecruising
526 mphSpeed457 kt
213°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 40 min

Typical gate push+46 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−35 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~81 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
10-24
+24 gate · −35 arrival
10-23
+62 gate
10-22
CANCELLED
10-21
+46 gate
10-20
+28 gate

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 −35 min · 1 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
SEASeattleHigh riskSEA delay board →
LHR→SEAevery 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
2.6%Chance of cancellation
+2 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at LHR and SEA 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 Seattle flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL9921departs 14:00

If DL21 is cancelled, this is the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flight from London to Seattle 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 DL21 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL21 across the LHR and SEA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~46 min late. Based on 4 confirmed departures · 0/4 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL21 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
10-24LHR 17:45 18:09 (+24)SEA 20:14 19:39 (−35)
10-23LHR 17:45 18:47 (+62)SEA 20:14
10-22CANCELLED
10-21LHR 17:45 18:31 (+46)SEA 20:14
10-20LHR 17:45 18:13 (+28)SEA 20:14

Board clocks recorded as LHR and SEA published them.

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