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Is LH8978 delayed?

Yes — LH8978 landed in Newark 111 min late, at 14:16 on Sep 23 (as of Sep 23, 18:45 UTC). Over its last 9 recorded arrivals, 2 landed more than 15 min late.

Arrived

111 min late

Official source · Updated

Departure

Funchal

FNC

Scheduled

Not available

Arrival

Newark

EWR

Actual

Scheduled 12:25

Sep 23

Times shown in airport local time

Service date: · Scheduled arrival date; departure time unavailable (America/New_York)

Flight details

Departure · UTC

Scheduled
Not available
Estimated
Not available
Actual
Not available

Arrival · UTC

Scheduled
Estimated
Actual

Recent arrivals

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

  • Funchal → Newark

    111 min late

  • Funchal → Newark

    25 min late

  • Funchal → Newark

    34 min early

  • Funchal → Newark

    37 min early

  • Funchal → Newark

    15 min early

Is LH8978 usually late?

Observation window: Aug 31, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026

Observed arrivals
9
Late
2
Cancelled
0

Percentages and delay figures appear once 10 arrivals are recorded.

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

Newark (EWR) departures

Left more than 15 min late
6 of 71
Cancelled today
6

Related flights

Other flights LPMA → EWR

Return flights EWR → LPMA

All Lufthansa flights

Flight history and details
LH8978 Recent arrival history
Service dateDepartureArrivalActualArrival delay (minutes)
Sep 23, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark111
Sep 20, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark25
Sep 18, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark-34
Sep 16, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark-37
Sep 13, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark-15
Sep 11, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark-38
Sep 9, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark-27
Sep 6, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark-21
Sep 4, 2026ArrivedFunchalNewark-11

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