UK FLIGHT DELAY INDEX

derived from CAA punctuality statistics for UK reporting airports

How often are these flights late or cancelled?

Aegean Airlines

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 20.5% of 1,723 movements arriving into the UK were disrupted — more than fifteen minutes late or cancelled at short notice.

Put the other way round, 79.5% of 1,723 movements met the fifteen-minute convention. These are historical observations, not a forecast.

Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Source: CAA punctuality statistics · snapshot 17/08/2026 10:24 · method route-record-v2.1 · Versioned claims, formulas and entity mapping.

0 operations (0.00%) excluded because their published percentages could not be reconciled to whole numbers. Excluded operations enter neither the numerator nor the denominator. Outcome figures and comparisons are unavailable when the excluded share exceeds fifteen percent.

The four numbers at a glance

20.5% of 1,723 movements were disrupted over July 2025 to June 2026.

Average delay covers delayed movements only. Its range reflects rounded source means and the unknown count of exactly punctual movements.

DisruptionShort-notice cancellationsDelay among delayed movementsOver three hours
20.5% of 1,723 movements0.1% of 1,723 movements16.0–45.1 minutes; delayed denominator 353–8890.1% of 1,723 movements
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

When late, how late?

0.1% of 1,723 movements passed the three-hour mark.

The ladder shows how many movements crossed each threshold. Cancellations are separate: 0.1% of 1,723 movements.

DelayShare and sampleOne event per movements
More than 15 minutes20.5% of 1,723 movements4.9
More than 30 minutes7.0% of 1,723 movements14.4
More than 60 minutes1.5% of 1,723 movements66.3
More than 120 minutes0.1% of 1,723 movements861.5
More than 180 minutes0.1% of 1,723 movements1,723.0
More than 360 minutesno events in 1,723 movementsNo observed events; this is not zero risk.
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Slightly late or occasionally a disaster?

0.1% of 1,723 movements passed two hours.

The histogram shows the published delay bands. Bucket shares use all reported operations, including unmatched records; cancellations are reported separately.

Nine delay buckets, minutes; share of all recorded operations>15 early28116.3%15–1 early55232.0%0–15 late53631.1%16–3023313.5%31–60945.5%61…120241.4%121…18010.1%181…36010.1%>36000.0%D=1,723
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Better or worse since the start of the archive?

Best month: Oct 2021, 1.0% of 100 movements. Worst month: Jul 2024, 52.8% of 161 movements.

The line traces every month. Lower disruption is better; gaps are never zeros. Pandemic readings describe a different operating regime.

Monthly disruption share; gaps mean no published dataJan 2018: 30.8%; sample: 1042018Feb 2018: 9.0%; sample: 78Mar 2018: 12.6%; sample: 103Apr 2018: 8.1%; sample: 99May 2018: 12.7%; sample: 102Jun 2018: 18.9%; sample: 106Jul 2018: 34.5%; sample: 116Aug 2018: 13.8%; sample: 116Sep 2018: 19.6%; sample: 112Oct 2018: 17.1%; sample: 117Nov 2018: 26.3%; sample: 118Dec 2018: 46.3%; sample: 123Jan 2019: 8.6%; sample: 1052019Feb 2019: 14.1%; sample: 92Mar 2019: 27.0%; sample: 111Apr 2019: 8.9%; sample: 123May 2019: 21.5%; sample: 121Jun 2019: 20.2%; sample: 114Jul 2019: 39.5%; sample: 119Aug 2019: 32.2%; sample: 121Sep 2019: 23.5%; sample: 115Oct 2019: 24.6%; sample: 122Nov 2019: 8.6%; sample: 116Dec 2019: 16.9%; sample: 118Jan 2020: 14.3%; sample: 1052020Feb 2020: 39.8%; sample: 88Mar 2020: 4.9%; sample: 82Apr 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×May 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jun 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jul 2020: 5.6%; sample: 36Aug 2020: 4.2%; sample: 95Sep 2020: 1.0%; sample: 96Oct 2020: 3.4%; sample: 58Nov 2020: 0.0%; sample: 36Dec 2020: 0.0%; sample: 37Jan 2021: 3.3%; sample: 302021Feb 2021: 4.8%; sample: 21Mar 2021: 0.0%; sample: 32Apr 2021: 0.0%; sample: 36May 2021: 2.5%; sample: 40Jun 2021: 4.8%; sample: 62Jul 2021: 22.0%; sample: 91Aug 2021: 25.9%; sample: 116Sep 2021: 8.3%; sample: 108Oct 2021: 1.0%; sample: 100Nov 2021: 1.2%; sample: 81Dec 2021: 4.3%; sample: 94Jan 2022: 13.0%; sample: 772022Feb 2022: 10.3%; sample: 58Mar 2022: 3.7%; sample: 81Apr 2022: 3.8%; sample: 104May 2022: 14.8%; sample: 108Jun 2022: 43.2%; sample: 118Jul 2022: 34.1%; sample: 123Aug 2022: 25.0%; sample: 124Sep 2022: 32.2%; sample: 115Oct 2022: 22.4%; sample: 116Nov 2022: 8.4%; sample: 107Dec 2022: 18.1%; sample: 116Jan 2023: 13.9%; sample: 1152023Feb 2023: 12.0%; sample: 100Mar 2023: 22.9%; sample: 109Apr 2023: 23.1%; sample: 117May 2023: 8.3%; sample: 121Jun 2023: 21.4%; sample: 159Jul 2023: 46.4%; sample: 168Aug 2023: 30.2%; sample: 169Sep 2023: 23.9%; sample: 155Oct 2023: 32.0%; sample: 150Nov 2023: 45.3%; sample: 128Dec 2023: 30.8%; sample: 133Jan 2024: 21.0%; sample: 1192024Feb 2024: 13.7%; sample: 102Mar 2024: 6.8%; sample: 117Apr 2024: 19.4%; sample: 144May 2024: 32.1%; sample: 162Jun 2024: 31.8%; sample: 154Jul 2024: 52.8%; sample: 161Aug 2024: 38.7%; sample: 163Sep 2024: 50.6%; sample: 156Oct 2024: 29.4%; sample: 153Nov 2024: 12.7%; sample: 142Dec 2024: 20.8%; sample: 149Jan 2025: 17.3%; sample: 1392025Feb 2025: 7.6%; sample: 119Mar 2025: 7.3%; sample: 150Apr 2025: 16.6%; sample: 145May 2025: 29.3%; sample: 150Jun 2025: 19.9%; sample: 146Jul 2025: 33.8%; sample: 151Aug 2025: 21.5%; sample: 149Sep 2025: 32.0%; sample: 147Oct 2025: 25.3%; sample: 150Nov 2025: 14.0%; sample: 143Dec 2025: 10.3%; sample: 145Jan 2026: 14.0%; sample: 1362026Feb 2026: 10.7%; sample: 122Mar 2026: 5.4%; sample: 148Apr 2026: 14.3%; sample: 140May 2026: 21.9%; sample: 146Jun 2026: 40.4%; sample: 146Pandemic regime Jun 2020Summer 2022 breakdown Jul 2022NATS system failure Aug 2023Heathrow fire closure Mar 2025100%0%
Every monthly observation
MonthDisruption on arrivals
Jan 201830.8% of 104 movements
Feb 20189.0% of 78 movements
Mar 201812.6% of 103 movements
Apr 20188.1% of 99 movements
May 201812.7% of 102 movements
Jun 201818.9% of 106 movements
Jul 201834.5% of 116 movements
Aug 201813.8% of 116 movements
Sep 201819.6% of 112 movements
Oct 201817.1% of 117 movements
Nov 201826.3% of 118 movements
Dec 201846.3% of 123 movements
Jan 20198.6% of 105 movements
Feb 201914.1% of 92 movements
Mar 201927.0% of 111 movements
Apr 20198.9% of 123 movements
May 201921.5% of 121 movements
Jun 201920.2% of 114 movements
Jul 201939.5% of 119 movements
Aug 201932.2% of 121 movements
Sep 201923.5% of 115 movements
Oct 201924.6% of 122 movements
Nov 20198.6% of 116 movements
Dec 201916.9% of 118 movements
Jan 202014.3% of 105 movements
Feb 202039.8% of 88 movements
Mar 20204.9% of 82 movements
Apr 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
May 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jun 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 20205.6% of 36 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 20204.2% of 95 movements
Sep 20201.0% of 96 movements
Oct 20203.4% of 58 movements
Nov 2020no events in 36 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 2020no events in 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 20213.3% of 30 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 20214.8% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 2021no events in 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 2021no events in 36 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 20212.5% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 20214.8% of 62 movements
Jul 202122.0% of 91 movements
Aug 202125.9% of 116 movements
Sep 20218.3% of 108 movements
Oct 20211.0% of 100 movements
Nov 20211.2% of 81 movements
Dec 20214.3% of 94 movements
Jan 202213.0% of 77 movements
Feb 202210.3% of 58 movements
Mar 20223.7% of 81 movements
Apr 20223.8% of 104 movements
May 202214.8% of 108 movements
Jun 202243.2% of 118 movements
Jul 202234.1% of 123 movements
Aug 202225.0% of 124 movements
Sep 202232.2% of 115 movements
Oct 202222.4% of 116 movements
Nov 20228.4% of 107 movements
Dec 202218.1% of 116 movements
Jan 202313.9% of 115 movements
Feb 202312.0% of 100 movements
Mar 202322.9% of 109 movements
Apr 202323.1% of 117 movements
May 20238.3% of 121 movements
Jun 202321.4% of 159 movements
Jul 202346.4% of 168 movements
Aug 202330.2% of 169 movements
Sep 202323.9% of 155 movements
Oct 202332.0% of 150 movements
Nov 202345.3% of 128 movements
Dec 202330.8% of 133 movements
Jan 202421.0% of 119 movements
Feb 202413.7% of 102 movements
Mar 20246.8% of 117 movements
Apr 202419.4% of 144 movements
May 202432.1% of 162 movements
Jun 202431.8% of 154 movements
Jul 202452.8% of 161 movements
Aug 202438.7% of 163 movements
Sep 202450.6% of 156 movements
Oct 202429.4% of 153 movements
Nov 202412.7% of 142 movements
Dec 202420.8% of 149 movements
Jan 202517.3% of 139 movements
Feb 20257.6% of 119 movements
Mar 20257.3% of 150 movements
Apr 202516.6% of 145 movements
May 202529.3% of 150 movements
Jun 202519.9% of 146 movements
Jul 202533.8% of 151 movements
Aug 202521.5% of 149 movements
Sep 202532.0% of 147 movements
Oct 202525.3% of 150 movements
Nov 202514.0% of 143 movements
Dec 202510.3% of 145 movements
Jan 202614.0% of 136 movements
Feb 202610.7% of 122 movements
Mar 20265.4% of 148 movements
Apr 202614.3% of 140 movements
May 202621.9% of 146 movements
Jun 202640.4% of 146 movements
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

What did the big disruptions do here?

Each event is compared with the twelve preceding calendar months and the first later return to baseline.

A worse month is not proof the named event caused it. The open data carry no delay-cause field. Recovery is observed for at most eight subsequent months.

EventDirectionDisruption that monthBaseline beforeReturn to baseline
Pandemic regime · Jun 2020Arrivalssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Pandemic regime · Jun 2020Departuressuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Arrivals34.1% of 123 movements12.6% across 1,136 flightsreturned after 4 months
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Departures68.3% of 120 movements18.7% across 1,137 flightsstill above it 8 months later
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Arrivals30.2% of 169 movements21.2% across 1,467 flightsreturned after 5 months
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Departures44.0% of 168 movements40.0% across 1,471 flightsreturned after 5 months
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Arrivals7.3% of 150 movements26.7% across 1,759 flightsreturned the next month
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Departures15.3% of 150 movements37.8% across 1,762 flightsreturned the next month
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Which time of year has been hardest?

Highest median: Jul, 37.0% across 6 months. Lowest median: Mar, 7.3% across 7 months.

Even the same calendar month differs across years. This is a record, not a forecast; pandemic years are excluded from the summaries.

Each cell is one calendar month of one year; the number is the share of that month’s arrivals that were disrupted. Darker means worse. A blank cell means no published data, not zero.

Seasonality: calendar month by year; share and nJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec20198.6% of 105 movements14.1% of 92 movements27.0% of 111 movements8.9% of 123 movements21.5% of 121 movements20.2% of 114 movements39.5% of 119 movements32.2% of 121 movements23.5% of 115 movements24.6% of 122 movements8.6% of 116 movements16.9% of 118 movements202014.3% of 105 movements39.8% of 88 movements4.9% of 82 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements5.6% of 36 movements †4.2% of 95 movements1.0% of 96 movements3.4% of 58 movementsno events in 36 movements †no events in 37 movements †20213.3% of 30 movements †4.8% of 21 movements †no events in 32 movements †no events in 36 movements †2.5% of 40 movements †4.8% of 62 movements22.0% of 91 movements25.9% of 116 movements8.3% of 108 movements1.0% of 100 movements1.2% of 81 movements4.3% of 94 movements202213.0% of 77 movements10.3% of 58 movements3.7% of 81 movements3.8% of 104 movements14.8% of 108 movements43.2% of 118 movements34.1% of 123 movements25.0% of 124 movements32.2% of 115 movements22.4% of 116 movements8.4% of 107 movements18.1% of 116 movements202313.9% of 115 movements12.0% of 100 movements22.9% of 109 movements23.1% of 117 movements8.3% of 121 movements21.4% of 159 movements46.4% of 168 movements30.2% of 169 movements23.9% of 155 movements32.0% of 150 movements45.3% of 128 movements30.8% of 133 movements202421.0% of 119 movements13.7% of 102 movements6.8% of 117 movements19.4% of 144 movements32.1% of 162 movements31.8% of 154 movements52.8% of 161 movements38.7% of 163 movements50.6% of 156 movements29.4% of 153 movements12.7% of 142 movements20.8% of 149 movements202517.3% of 139 movements7.6% of 119 movements7.3% of 150 movements16.6% of 145 movements29.3% of 150 movements19.9% of 146 movements33.8% of 151 movements21.5% of 149 movements32.0% of 147 movements25.3% of 150 movements14.0% of 143 movements10.3% of 145 movements202614.0% of 136 movements10.7% of 122 movements5.4% of 148 movements14.3% of 140 movements21.9% of 146 movements40.4% of 146 movementsno datano datano datano datano datano data
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
MonthMedianObserved rangeSample
Jan14.0%8.6–30.8%7 months, 795 flights
Feb10.7%7.6–14.1%7 months, 671 flights
Mar7.3%3.7–27.0%7 months, 819 flights
Apr14.3%3.8–23.1%7 months, 872 flights
May21.5%8.3–32.1%7 months, 910 flights
Jun21.4%18.9–43.2%7 months, 943 flights
Jul37.0%33.8–52.8%6 months, 838 flights
Aug27.6%13.8–38.7%6 months, 842 flights
Sep27.9%19.6–50.6%6 months, 800 flights
Oct25.0%17.1–32.0%6 months, 808 flights
Nov13.3%8.4–45.3%6 months, 754 flights
Dec19.5%10.3–46.3%6 months, 784 flights
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Which routes have the best and worst record?

Lowest disruption: LGW ↔ ATHENS, 2.3% of 86 movements. Highest disruption: MAN ↔ ATHENS, 34.8% of 155 movements.

The airline table uses this carrier on each route; airport and country tables combine carriers. Each figure is arrivals into its UK airport. Only sufficiently large exact samples enter the ordered comparison.

Observed disruption share by optionLgw ↔ Athens2.3% of 86 flightsEdi ↔ Athens19.9% of 151 flightsLhr ↔ Athens20.2% of 1,317 flightsMan ↔ Athens34.8% of 155 flights
All route comparisons and sample flags
RouteDisruptionCancellationsSample flag
Gatwick ↔ Athens2.3% of 86 movementsno events in 86 movementsdescriptive comparison
EDI ↔ ATHENS19.9% of 151 movementsno events in 151 movementsdescriptive comparison
Heathrow ↔ Athens20.2% of 1,317 movements0.1% of 1,317 movementsdescriptive comparison
Manchester ↔ Athens34.8% of 155 movementsno events in 155 movementsdescriptive comparison
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Which UK airports appear in this record?

4 published groups have enough arrivals to describe.

These operations are not matched for season, aircraft or time of day. The table makes no causal comparison.

UK airportDisruptionSample flag
Edinburgh19.9% of 151 movementsdescriptive comparison
Gatwick2.2% of 92 movementsdescriptive comparison
Heathrow20.2% of 1,317 movementsdescriptive comparison
Manchester34.2% of 161 movementsdescriptive comparison
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Arrivals vs departures

20.5% of 1,723 movements arrivals were disrupted, against 34.2% of 1,724 movements departures.

The directions have separate denominators. A departure delay does not establish late arrival at the final destination; legal conditions differ by direction and carrier.

Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Movements past the three-hour mark

0.1% of 1,723 movements were more than three hours late over July 2025 to June 2026.

Cancellation is counted separately and is not a three-hour delay. Monthly counts cannot establish a passenger claim.

Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Facts about this record

Aegean Airlines appears from Jan 2018 to Jun 2026 with 11,312 arrivals.

The bounds describe the published record, not every commercial service. Final point is not necessarily a nonstop destination.

Archive route pairs: 37.

Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

What this data cannot tell you

Delay cause, individual passenger experience, commercial decisions and future performance are not established here.

Also absent are aircraft type, within-month time-of-day splits and cancellations made ahead of the short-notice reporting window.

0 operations (0.00%) excluded because their published percentages could not be reconciled to whole numbers. Excluded operations enter neither the numerator nor the denominator. Outcome figures and comparisons are unavailable when the excluded share exceeds fifteen percent.

Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Quick answers

These answers use the same populations and window as the tables above.

Every percentage retains its denominator.

How disrupted are these arrivals?

20.5% of 1,723 movements over July 2025 to June 2026.

How often are they cancelled?

0.1% of 1,723 movements at short notice.

How late is late?

16.0–45.1 minutes; delayed denominator 353–889

Are services improving?

The monthly line records past changes; it is not a forecast or a causal comparison.

Which routes are compared?

The route table uses separately identified UK airport and final-point pairs, with small samples flagged.

Does this cover my flight?

Only published aggregate movements; the circumstances of any individual flight are unknown.

Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

How this was calculated

Source: CAA punctuality statistics · snapshot 17/08/2026 10:24 · method route-record-v2.1 · Versioned claims, formulas and entity mapping.

Integer bucket counts are recovered from rounding intervals over D=M+C+U with their sum constrained to M. Ambiguous counts remain ranges; failed reconciliation is quarantined.

Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.

Your trip has already gone wrong

The monthly line and events table show whether your month was typical or unusual in the published record.

Nothing here decides an individual case or what a passenger may be owed.

CAA: the official route to complain
Definitions, denominators and limits

Arrivals into UK reporting airports only unless labelled departures. Denominator: operated movements plus short-notice cancellations (M+C). A movement is not a scheduled flight. Unmatched records are data quality, not outcomes. Cells below twenty movements are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive and not ranked.