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Is VS138 delayed?

No — VS138 landed in London 2 min early, at 12:03 on Oct 1 (as of Oct 1, 11:10 UTC).

Usually on time: arrived within 15 min of schedule on 25 of the last 27 flights.

Arrived

2 min early

Official source · Updated

Departure

New York

JFK

Actual

Oct 1

Arrival

London

LHR

Actual

Scheduled 12:05

Oct 1

Times shown in airport local time

Service date: · Actual departure date; scheduled departure unavailable (America/New_York)

Flight details

Departure · UTC

Scheduled
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Estimated
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Actual

Arrival · UTC

Scheduled
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Also sold as AF9917, DL5988, KL2509, SV4841

Route overview: New York → LondonJFKLHR
New York → London

Recent arrivals

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

  • New York → London

    2 min early
  • New York → London

    38 min early
  • New York → London

    85 min late
  • New York → London

    23 min early
  • New York → London

    42 min early

Is VS138 usually late?

Observation window: Sep 1, 2026 – Oct 1, 2026

Observed arrivals
27
On time
93%
of 27 arrivals
Late
7%
of 27 arrivals
Cancelled
7%
of 29 flights
Median arrival delay
41 min early
9 in 10 arrived within
13 min early

On time means arriving no more than 15 minutes after the scheduled time; late means more than 15 minutes after. Cancelled and diverted flights are counted apart from arrivals. Results compare scheduled and actual arrival times. Cancelled or diverted flights are excluded. Some flights may be missing from the history.

How flight status works

At the airports today

New York JFK (JFK) departures

Left more than 15 min late
8 of 49
Cancelled today
2

London Heathrow (LHR) departures

Left more than 15 min late
470 of 578
Cancelled today
1

All Virgin Atlantic flights

Flight history and details
VS138 Recent arrival history
Service dateDepartureArrivalActualArrival delay (minutes)
Oct 1, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-2
Sep 29, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-38
Sep 29, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon85
Sep 27, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-23
Sep 27, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-42
Sep 26, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-35
Sep 24, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-36
Sep 23, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-50
Sep 22, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-63
Sep 21, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-59
Sep 20, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-48
Sep 19, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-43
Sep 18, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-52
Sep 18, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-44
Sep 16, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-54
Sep 15, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-26
Sep 15, 2026CancelledNew YorkLondonNot availableNot available
Sep 13, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-52
Sep 12, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-51
Sep 12, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon311
Sep 11, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-22
Sep 9, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-72
Sep 9, 2026CancelledNew YorkLondonNot availableNot available
Sep 7, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-21
Sep 6, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-40
Sep 5, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-38
Sep 4, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-37
Sep 3, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-41
Sep 1, 2026ArrivedNew YorkLondon-45

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