London to New York
🇬🇧LHR🇺🇸JFKLondon Heathrow Airport to John F. Kennedy International AirportUnited Kingdom to United States
Distance
5,540 km
3,442 miles
Frequency
179 departures a week
S26 schedule
Airlines
5
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Delta Air Lines, codeshares included
Typical delay
21 min
104 departures
The route
Great circle, 5,540 kmHow delayed is this route?
Measured over monthsDepartures from London Heathrow Airport on this route are typically 21 minutes late (likely 19 to 23), across 104 departures we tracked between 2026-03-13 and 2026-08-23.
median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.
Airlines on this route
5 airlines with a flight number here- BABritish Airways
- VSVirgin Atlantic
- DLDelta Air Lines
- AAAmerican Airlines
- B6JetBlue Airways
Every airline that puts its own flight number on this route. On a busy pair most of them are codeshare partners selling seats on another airline's aircraft, so this is wider than the list of airlines that actually operate it.
Flights on this route
4 of 35 flight numbers tracked often enough to describe| Flight | Airline | Departs | Aircraft | Departures seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS 3 | Virgin Atlantic | 08:20 | not seen yet | 23 |
| BA 117 | British Airways | 08:20 | B772 on 75% of sightings, also A35K | 20 |
| B6 2220 | JetBlue Airways | 06:15 | not seen yet | 17 |
| AA 105 | American Airlines | 12:10 | not seen yet | 11 |
Departure times are local to London Heathrow Airport. A flight appears here once we have tracked it at least 10 times.