VL853Lufthansa City Airlines · HEL → FRA
live · 27m ago
Route confirmed Lufthansa City Airlines

VL853 HelsinkiHEL · 06:55 Frankfurt am MainFRA · 08:30

VL853 by Lufthansa City Airlines flies from Helsinki (HEL) to Frankfurt am Main (FRA) for the Mon, Oct 19 departure.

Right nowScheduled · gate 32 · as of 02:39
06:55

departs HEL · on schedule

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+16 minmedian over 2 operations

The route today

live boards
HELHelsinkiModerate riskHEL delay board →
FRAFrankfurt am MainOn-time likelyFRA delay board →
HEL→FRAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
30%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.9%Chance of cancellation
+4 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by HEL (Helsinki), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 Helsinki to Frankfurt am Main flights today

same route · Lufthansa City Airlines
VL849departs 13:50
VL851departs 17:45

If VL853 is cancelled, these are the other Lufthansa City Airlines nonstop flights from Helsinki to Frankfurt am Main on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How VL853 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VL853 across the HEL and FRA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +16 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how VL853 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
10-18HEL 06:45 06:50 (+5)FRA 08:20 08:15 (−5)
10-17HEL FRA 08:20 08:36 (+16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: DAIJQ, DAIJB.

Board clocks recorded as HEL and FRA published them.

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