IB987Iberia · MAD → MAN
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IB987 MadridMAD · 12:20 ManchesterMAN · 13:55

IB987 by Iberia flies from Madrid (MAD) to Manchester (MAN).

Right nowNext departure Monday Operates Mon Tue Wed Thu Sat
11:40

scheduled from MAD

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Wins back in air~12 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+11 gate · +8 arrival
10-27
−9 gate · −10 arrival
10-26
+25 gate

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
MADMadridOn-time likelyMAD delay board →
MANManchesterOn-time likelyMAN delay board →
MAD→MANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
49%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+17 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MAN (Manchester), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 on this route

Forecast

Madrid to Manchester with Iberia · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.0%0.7× usual

Forecast weather: 70% chance of fog at Manchester

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Fewer than one departure a day on this route with this airline, so read it as a rough guide. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Madrid to Manchester flights today

same route · Iberia
IB1891departs 07:20

If IB987 is cancelled, this is the other Iberia nonstop flight from Madrid to Manchester on the same day, with scheduled departure times in MAD 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 IB987 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for IB987 across the MAD and MAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: left a little late (~11 min) but landed right on schedule. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how IB987 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
10-29MAD 12:20 12:31 (+11)MAN 13:55 14:03 (+8)
10-27MAD 11:40 11:31 (−9)MAN 13:05 12:55 (−10)
10-26MAD 11:50 12:15 (+25)MAN

Board clocks recorded as MAD and MAN published them.

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