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Is BA42 delayed?

No, BA42 landed in London 16 min early, at 06:24 on Nov 15 (as of Nov 15, 06:32 UTC). Of its last 19 arrivals graded against a published schedule, 0 landed more than 15 min late.

Arrived

16 min early

Official source · Updated

Departure

Cape Town

CPT

Scheduled

Not available

Arrival

London

LHR

Actual

Scheduled 06:40

Nov 15

Times shown in airport local time

Service date: · Scheduled arrival date; departure time unavailable (Europe/London)

Flight details

Departure · UTC

Scheduled
Not available
Estimated
Not available
Actual
Not available

Arrival · UTC

Scheduled
Estimated
Actual

Also sold as AA6722, AY5950, IB3504

Recent arrivals

Dates below are arrival dates in the destination airport’s time zone. The detailed history uses service dates.

  • Cape Town → London

    16 min early
  • Cape Town → London

    34 min early
  • Cape Town → London

    23 min early
  • Cape Town → London

    29 min early
  • Cape Town → London

    10 min early

Is BA42 usually late?

Period: Oct 16, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026

Landings recorded
19
Graded against schedule
19
Not graded
0
On time
19
Late
0
Cancelled
1
Diverted
0

Percentages and delay figures appear once 20 arrivals are graded.

On time means landing no more than 15 minutes after the scheduled arrival, late more than 15 minutes after, both times read to the minute. The percentages share one base: graded arrivals plus cancelled and diverted flights. A cancelled plan another plan of the flight replaced within 12 hours is not counted. Median and “9 in 10” are interpolated over the graded arrivals. Compares scheduled and actual arrival times, read to the minute. Some flights may be missing.

How flight status works

Departures on record at these airports today

London Heathrow (LHR) departures

Delayed: took off more than 27 min after schedule (15 min plus the usual 12-min taxi)
1 delayed, 1 cancelled of 33 departures on record

Counts cover the departures on record at each airport, not its full schedule.

Other flights FACT → LHR

All British Airways flights

Flight history and details
BA42 Recent arrival history
Service dateDepartureArrivalActualArrival delay (minutes)
Nov 15, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-16
Nov 14, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-34
Nov 13, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-23
Nov 12, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-29
Nov 11, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-10
Nov 10, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-31
Nov 8, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-4
Nov 7, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-25
Nov 6, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-18
Nov 5, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-32
Nov 4, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-30
Nov 3, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-21
Nov 2, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-32
Nov 1, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-12
Oct 31, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-21
Oct 30, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-2
Oct 29, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-25
Oct 28, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon13
Oct 27, 2026ArrivedCape TownLondon-19
Oct 26, 2026CancelledCape TownLondonNot availableNot available
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