VS129Virgin Atlantic · LHR → TPA
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Route confirmed Virgin Atlantic

VS129 LondonLHR · 14:30 TampaTPA · 18:45

VS129 by Virgin Atlantic flies from London (LHR) to Tampa (TPA) for the Sat, Oct 31 departure.

Right nowFlight closing at gate 13 · today · as of 15:47
14:30

departs LHR · on schedule

Typical gate push+23 minmedian posted departure
Wins back in air~52 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-30
+46 gate
10-29
+14 gate · −31 arrival
10-28
+23 gate
10-27
+19 gate
10-26
+51 gate
10-25
+25 gate
10-24
+24 gate · −28 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 −29 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
LHRLondonModerate riskLHR delay board →
TPATampaOn-time likelyTPA delay board →
LHR→TPAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.9%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at LHR and TPA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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

London to Tampa with Virgin Atlantic · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: high
Chance a departure is cancelled
2.7%2.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
16%1.3× usual

Forecast weather: 58% chance of fog at London; 96% chance of rain at Tampa

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · 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.

How VS129 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for VS129 across the LHR and TPA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~21 min early. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 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 VS129 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
10-30LHR 13:05 13:51 (+46)TPA
10-29LHR 13:05 13:19 (+14)TPA 18:45 18:14 (−31)
10-28LHR 13:05 13:28 (+23)TPA
10-27LHR 13:05 13:24 (+19)TPA
10-26LHR 13:05 13:56 (+51)TPA
10-25LHR 13:05 13:30 (+25)TPA
10-24LHR 12:55 13:19 (+24)TPA 17:45 17:17 (−28)
10-22LHR 12:55 13:18 (+23)TPA
10-20LHR 12:55 13:24 (+29)TPA
10-19LHR 12:55 13:17 (+22)TPA
10-17LHR 12:55 13:17 (+22)TPA

Aircraft

Recent tails: G-VBEL, G-VNEW.

Board clocks recorded as LHR and TPA published them.

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