How often are these flights late or cancelled?
Sunexpress
In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 24.2% of 4,686 movements arriving into the UK were disrupted — more than fifteen minutes late or cancelled at short notice.
Put the other way round, 75.8% of 4,686 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
24.2% of 4,686 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.
| Disruption | Short-notice cancellations | Delay among delayed movements | Over three hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24.2% of 4,686 movements | 0.7% of 4,686 movements | 20.6–50.0 minutes; delayed denominator 1,101–2,446 | 0.3% of 4,686 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?
0.3% of 4,686 movements passed the three-hour mark.
The ladder shows how many movements crossed each threshold. Cancellations are separate: 0.7% of 4,686 movements.
| Delay | Share and sample | One event per movements |
|---|---|---|
| More than 15 minutes | 23.5% of 4,686 movements | 4.3 |
| More than 30 minutes | 10.0% of 4,686 movements | 10.0 |
| More than 60 minutes | 3.0% of 4,686 movements | 33.0 |
| More than 120 minutes | 0.7% of 4,686 movements | 142.0 |
| More than 180 minutes | 0.3% of 4,686 movements | 334.7 |
| More than 360 minutes | 0.1% of 4,686 movements | 1,562.0 |
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?
0.7% of 4,686 movements passed two hours.
The histogram shows the published delay bands. Bucket shares use all reported operations, including unmatched records; cancellations are reported separately.
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: Mar 2025, 3.6% of 140 movements. Worst month: Jul 2024, 62.5% of 571 movements.
The line traces every month. Lower disruption is better; gaps are never zeros. Pandemic readings describe a different operating regime.
Every monthly observation
| Month | Disruption on arrivals |
|---|---|
| Jan 2018 | no data |
| Feb 2018 | no data |
| Mar 2018 | no data |
| Apr 2018 | no data |
| May 2018 | no data |
| Jun 2018 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jul 2018 | 47.6% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Aug 2018 | 33.3% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Sep 2018 | 47.4% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Oct 2018 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Nov 2018 | no data |
| Dec 2018 | no data |
| Jan 2019 | no data |
| Feb 2019 | no data |
| Mar 2019 | no data |
| Apr 2019 | no data |
| May 2019 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2019 | 35.7% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jul 2019 | 50.0% of 36 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Aug 2019 | 38.2% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Sep 2019 | 40.0% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Oct 2019 | 30.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Nov 2019 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Dec 2019 | no data |
| Jan 2020 | no data |
| Feb 2020 | no data |
| Mar 2020 | no data |
| Apr 2020 | no data |
| May 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jul 2020 | 8.3% of 24 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Aug 2020 | 15.4% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Sep 2020 | 12.0% of 25 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Oct 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Nov 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Dec 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jan 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Feb 2021 | no data |
| Mar 2021 | no data |
| Apr 2021 | no data |
| May 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jul 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Aug 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Sep 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Oct 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Nov 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Dec 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jan 2022 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Feb 2022 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Mar 2022 | 9.5% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Apr 2022 | 15.8% of 95 movements |
| May 2022 | 22.2% of 108 movements |
| Jun 2022 | 51.6% of 153 movements |
| Jul 2022 | 51.6% of 186 movements |
| Aug 2022 | 27.4% of 190 movements |
| Sep 2022 | 53.9% of 180 movements |
| Oct 2022 | 41.5% of 183 movements |
| Nov 2022 | 6.7% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Dec 2022 | 41.7% of 36 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jan 2023 | 30.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Feb 2023 | 6.2% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Mar 2023 | 18.8% of 64 movements |
| Apr 2023 | 19.2% of 151 movements |
| May 2023 | 17.7% of 186 movements |
| Jun 2023 | 35.2% of 264 movements |
| Jul 2023 | 61.5% of 314 movements |
| Aug 2023 | 36.3% of 331 movements |
| Sep 2023 | 30.6% of 314 movements |
| Oct 2023 | 39.7% of 315 movements |
| Nov 2023 | 30.4% of 92 movements |
| Dec 2023 | 22.1% of 68 movements |
| Jan 2024 | 23.9% of 46 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Feb 2024 | 7.2% of 69 movements |
| Mar 2024 | 8.2% of 122 movements |
| Apr 2024 | 12.7% of 284 movements |
| May 2024 | 23.0% of 409 movements |
| Jun 2024 | 52.8% of 523 movements |
| Jul 2024 | 62.5% of 571 movements |
| Aug 2024 | 33.4% of 580 movements |
| Sep 2024 | 28.2% of 570 movements |
| Oct 2024 | 27.4% of 563 movements |
| Nov 2024 | 18.9% of 164 movements |
| Dec 2024 | 26.4% of 121 movements |
| Jan 2025 | 37.3% of 83 movements |
| Feb 2025 | 11.4% of 88 movements |
| Mar 2025 | 3.6% of 140 movements |
| Apr 2025 | 9.8% of 398 movements |
| May 2025 | 19.5% of 568 movements |
| Jun 2025 | 27.4% of 657 movements |
| Jul 2025 | 28.1% of 712 movements |
| Aug 2025 | 22.5% of 723 movements |
| Sep 2025 | 31.3% of 667 movements |
| Oct 2025 | 33.9% of 657 movements |
| Nov 2025 | 13.8% of 181 movements |
| Dec 2025 | 12.4% of 113 movements |
| Jan 2026 | 51.6% of 64 movements |
| Feb 2026 | 11.4% of 70 movements |
| Mar 2026 | 6.5% of 153 movements |
| Apr 2026 | 14.9% of 322 movements |
| May 2026 | 13.1% of 527 movements |
| Jun 2026 | 26.6% of 497 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.
| Event | Direction | Disruption that month | Baseline before | Return to baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pandemic regime · Jun 2020 | Arrivals | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements | no complete baseline | not enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month |
| Pandemic regime · Jun 2020 | Departures | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements | no complete baseline | not enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Arrivals | 51.6% of 186 movements | no complete baseline | not enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Departures | 89.2% of 186 movements | no complete baseline | not enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Arrivals | 36.3% of 331 movements | 30.0% across 1,665 flights | returned after 4 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Departures | 65.4% of 332 movements | no complete baseline | not enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Arrivals | 3.6% of 140 movements | 28.5% across 4,078 flights | returned the next month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Departures | 22.9% of 140 movements | 44.9% across 4,070 flights | returned 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, 50.8% across 6 months. Lowest median: Mar, 8.2% across 5 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.
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
| Month | Median | Observed range | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.7% | 23.9–51.6% | 4 months, 213 flights |
| Feb | 9.3% | 6.2–11.4% | 4 months, 259 flights |
| Mar | 8.2% | 3.6–18.8% | 5 months, 500 flights |
| Apr | 14.9% | 9.8–19.2% | 5 months, 1,250 flights |
| May | 19.5% | 13.1–23.0% | 5 months, 1,798 flights |
| Jun | 35.5% | 26.6–52.8% | 6 months, 2,122 flights |
| Jul | 50.8% | 28.1–62.5% | 6 months, 1,861 flights |
| Aug | 33.4% | 22.5–38.2% | 6 months, 1,897 flights |
| Sep | 35.7% | 28.2–53.9% | 6 months, 1,804 flights |
| Oct | 33.9% | 27.4–41.5% | 5 months, 1,738 flights |
| Nov | 16.4% | 6.7–30.4% | 4 months, 482 flights |
| Dec | 24.3% | 12.4–41.7% | 4 months, 338 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: NCL ↔ DALAMAN, 1.9% of 53 movements. Highest disruption: STN ↔ GAZIANTEP, 50.5% of 91 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.
All route comparisons and sample flags
| Route | Disruption | Cancellations | Sample flag |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCL ↔ DALAMAN | 1.9% of 53 movements | no events in 53 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BHX ↔ IZMIR-ADNAN-MENDERES | 5.6% of 54 movements | no events in 54 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham ↔ Dalaman | 6.6% of 257 movements | no events in 257 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LBA ↔ ANTALYA | 10.5% of 114 movements | no events in 114 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ ANTALYA | 11.6% of 233 movements | no events in 233 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Izmir (Adnan Menderes) | 12.4% of 267 movements | no events in 267 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Dalaman | 14.5% of 69 movements | 1.4% of 69 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Dalaman | 16.5% of 387 movements | no events in 387 movements | descriptive comparison |
| MAN ↔ IZMIR-ADNAN-MENDERES | 17.0% of 100 movements | no events in 100 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Newcastle ↔ Antalya | 17.9% of 162 movements | no events in 162 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LGW ↔ IZMIR-ADNAN-MENDERES | 18.8% of 85 movements | no events in 85 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ DALAMAN | 22.1% of 104 movements | no events in 104 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Luton ↔ Antalya | 24.3% of 177 movements | no events in 177 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Antalya | 25.1% of 676 movements | 2.8% of 676 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham ↔ Antalya | 25.5% of 377 movements | 0.5% of 377 movements | descriptive comparison |
| GLA ↔ ANTALYA | 25.6% of 82 movements | no events in 82 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Dalaman | 28.5% of 207 movements | no events in 207 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LPL ↔ ANTALYA | 30.2% of 53 movements | no events in 53 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bristol ↔ Antalya | 30.3% of 132 movements | no events in 132 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Antalya | 34.1% of 504 movements | 0.4% of 504 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Antalya | 48.7% of 376 movements | 0.3% of 376 movements | descriptive comparison |
| STN ↔ GAZIANTEP | 50.5% of 91 movements | 1.1% of 91 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ IZMIR-ADNAN-MENDERES | 17.9% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 28 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| GLA ↔ DALAMAN | 14.7% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 34 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| STN ↔ CUKUROVA | 27.3% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 22 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
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?
11 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 airport | Disruption | Sample flag |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 17.1% of 690 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bristol | 30.8% of 133 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh | 15.1% of 365 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Glasgow | 23.1% of 117 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Leeds Bradford | 10.5% of 114 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick | 31.1% of 797 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 30.2% of 53 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Luton | 24.3% of 177 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester | 21.9% of 1,180 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Newcastle | 14.0% of 215 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted | 33.8% of 840 movements | descriptive 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
24.2% of 4,686 movements arrivals were disrupted, against 39.7% of 4,684 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
0.3% of 4,686 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
Sunexpress appears from Jun 2018 to Jun 2026 with 14,434 arrivals.
The bounds describe the published record, not every commercial service. Final point is not necessarily a nonstop destination.
Archive route pairs: 54.
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?
24.2% of 4,686 movements over July 2025 to June 2026.
How often are they cancelled?
0.7% of 4,686 movements at short notice.
How late is late?
20.6–50.0 minutes; delayed denominator 1,101–2,446
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 complainDefinitions, 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.