How often are these flights late or cancelled?
Vueling Airlines
In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 18.4% of 11,134 movements arriving into the UK were disrupted — more than fifteen minutes late or cancelled at short notice.
Put the other way round, 81.6% of 11,134 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
18.4% of 11,134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.4% of 11,134 movements | 0.7% of 11,134 movements | 23.0–56.4 minutes; delayed denominator 1,970–4,356 | 0.2% of 11,134 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?
0.2% of 11,134 movements passed the three-hour mark.
The ladder shows how many movements crossed each threshold. Cancellations are separate: 0.7% of 11,134 movements.
| Delay | Share and sample | One event per movements |
|---|---|---|
| More than 15 minutes | 17.7% of 11,134 movements | 5.7 |
| More than 30 minutes | 9.5% of 11,134 movements | 10.5 |
| More than 60 minutes | 3.9% of 11,134 movements | 26.0 |
| More than 120 minutes | 0.9% of 11,134 movements | 108.1 |
| More than 180 minutes | 0.2% of 11,134 movements | 506.1 |
| More than 360 minutes | 0.0% of 11,134 movements | 11,134.0 |
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?
0.9% of 11,134 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: Jun 2021, 2.2% of 136 movements. Worst month: Jul 2018, 48.1% of 678 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 | 16.2% of 526 movements |
| Feb 2018 | 24.6% of 533 movements |
| Mar 2018 | 19.5% of 616 movements |
| Apr 2018 | 26.7% of 636 movements |
| May 2018 | 41.7% of 695 movements |
| Jun 2018 | 46.8% of 677 movements |
| Jul 2018 | 48.1% of 678 movements |
| Aug 2018 | 44.5% of 672 movements |
| Sep 2018 | 34.5% of 647 movements |
| Oct 2018 | 35.8% of 632 movements |
| Nov 2018 | 28.2% of 458 movements |
| Dec 2018 | 28.4% of 496 movements |
| Jan 2019 | 21.9% of 471 movements |
| Feb 2019 | 22.3% of 489 movements |
| Mar 2019 | 21.0% of 568 movements |
| Apr 2019 | 20.8% of 693 movements |
| May 2019 | 32.7% of 727 movements |
| Jun 2019 | 32.0% of 716 movements |
| Jul 2019 | 45.7% of 739 movements |
| Aug 2019 | 41.2% of 730 movements |
| Sep 2019 | 39.6% of 713 movements |
| Oct 2019 | 22.7% of 686 movements |
| Nov 2019 | 14.5% of 539 movements |
| Dec 2019 | 20.9% of 564 movements |
| Jan 2020 | 15.9% of 541 movements |
| Feb 2020 | 22.1% of 516 movements |
| Mar 2020 | 41.0% of 344 movements |
| Apr 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| May 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jul 2020 | 3.5% of 114 movements |
| Aug 2020 | 4.4% of 206 movements |
| Sep 2020 | 7.5% of 146 movements |
| Oct 2020 | 4.9% of 123 movements |
| Nov 2020 | 2.9% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Dec 2020 | 8.7% of 69 movements |
| Jan 2021 | 8.3% of 36 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Feb 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Mar 2021 | no events in 26 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Apr 2021 | 5.0% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| May 2021 | 4.1% of 121 movements |
| Jun 2021 | 2.2% of 136 movements |
| Jul 2021 | 4.7% of 234 movements |
| Aug 2021 | 8.7% of 333 movements |
| Sep 2021 | 5.4% of 276 movements |
| Oct 2021 | 3.9% of 153 movements |
| Nov 2021 | 10.7% of 214 movements |
| Dec 2021 | 9.2% of 282 movements |
| Jan 2022 | 8.9% of 190 movements |
| Feb 2022 | 11.4% of 175 movements |
| Mar 2022 | 3.2% of 249 movements |
| Apr 2022 | 12.1% of 829 movements |
| May 2022 | 15.7% of 888 movements |
| Jun 2022 | 23.0% of 919 movements |
| Jul 2022 | 27.5% of 918 movements |
| Aug 2022 | 27.6% of 965 movements |
| Sep 2022 | 34.4% of 922 movements |
| Oct 2022 | 19.2% of 915 movements |
| Nov 2022 | 11.6% of 543 movements |
| Dec 2022 | 21.9% of 652 movements |
| Jan 2023 | 10.5% of 649 movements |
| Feb 2023 | 14.8% of 667 movements |
| Mar 2023 | 33.9% of 749 movements |
| Apr 2023 | 20.3% of 874 movements |
| May 2023 | 21.9% of 921 movements |
| Jun 2023 | 30.2% of 888 movements |
| Jul 2023 | 37.8% of 944 movements |
| Aug 2023 | 32.1% of 945 movements |
| Sep 2023 | 35.9% of 894 movements |
| Oct 2023 | 23.9% of 905 movements |
| Nov 2023 | 16.2% of 746 movements |
| Dec 2023 | 22.2% of 783 movements |
| Jan 2024 | 11.4% of 668 movements |
| Feb 2024 | 17.3% of 718 movements |
| Mar 2024 | 11.7% of 775 movements |
| Apr 2024 | 14.3% of 937 movements |
| May 2024 | 19.0% of 1,000 movements |
| Jun 2024 | 30.2% of 1,018 movements |
| Jul 2024 | 29.7% of 1,053 movements |
| Aug 2024 | 30.5% of 1,054 movements |
| Sep 2024 | 45.4% of 1,005 movements |
| Oct 2024 | 31.7% of 960 movements |
| Nov 2024 | 19.4% of 885 movements |
| Dec 2024 | 26.3% of 928 movements |
| Jan 2025 | 16.4% of 776 movements |
| Feb 2025 | 9.9% of 840 movements |
| Mar 2025 | 14.5% of 933 movements |
| Apr 2025 | 9.4% of 1,001 movements |
| May 2025 | 14.3% of 1,121 movements |
| Jun 2025 | 16.9% of 1,115 movements |
| Jul 2025 | 33.8% of 1,143 movements |
| Aug 2025 | 22.0% of 1,138 movements |
| Sep 2025 | 28.3% of 1,096 movements |
| Oct 2025 | 18.9% of 981 movements |
| Nov 2025 | 11.4% of 781 movements |
| Dec 2025 | 13.0% of 863 movements |
| Jan 2026 | 10.6% of 717 movements |
| Feb 2026 | 14.0% of 729 movements |
| Mar 2026 | 18.6% of 893 movements |
| Apr 2026 | 6.9% of 883 movements |
| May 2026 | 12.9% of 958 movements |
| Jun 2026 | 19.5% of 952 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 | 27.5% of 918 movements | 9.7% across 4,742 flights | still above it 8 months later |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Departures | 52.2% of 913 movements | 18.0% across 4,737 flights | still above it 8 months later |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Arrivals | 32.1% of 945 movements | 23.7% across 9,689 flights | returned after 3 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Departures | 56.0% of 945 movements | 39.8% across 9,697 flights | returned after 2 months |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Arrivals | 14.5% of 933 movements | 23.7% across 11,231 flights | returned the next month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Departures | 25.2% of 933 movements | 38.0% across 11,216 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, 35.8% across 6 months. Lowest median: Jan, 11.4% 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.
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
| Month | Median | Observed range | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.4% | 8.9–21.9% | 7 months, 3,997 flights |
| Feb | 14.8% | 9.9–24.6% | 7 months, 4,151 flights |
| Mar | 18.6% | 3.2–33.9% | 7 months, 4,783 flights |
| Apr | 14.3% | 6.9–26.7% | 7 months, 5,853 flights |
| May | 19.0% | 12.9–41.7% | 7 months, 6,310 flights |
| Jun | 30.2% | 16.9–46.8% | 7 months, 6,285 flights |
| Jul | 35.8% | 27.5–48.1% | 6 months, 5,475 flights |
| Aug | 31.3% | 22.0–44.5% | 6 months, 5,504 flights |
| Sep | 35.2% | 28.3–45.4% | 6 months, 5,277 flights |
| Oct | 23.3% | 18.9–35.8% | 6 months, 5,079 flights |
| Nov | 15.3% | 11.4–28.2% | 6 months, 3,952 flights |
| Dec | 22.1% | 13.0–28.4% | 6 months, 4,286 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: LHR ↔ SEVILLE, 6.4% of 94 movements. Highest disruption: LGW ↔ ROME-FIUMICINO, 40.2% of 301 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LHR ↔ SEVILLE | 6.4% of 94 movements | no events in 94 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham ↔ Barcelona | 7.9% of 214 movements | 0.5% of 214 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LHR ↔ PARIS-ORLY | 9.2% of 348 movements | 0.6% of 348 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Bilbao | 10.0% of 1,034 movements | 0.7% of 1,034 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LGW ↔ PARIS-ORLY | 13.3% of 535 movements | 1.9% of 535 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LGW ↔ SANTIAGO-DE-COMPOSTELA-SPAIN | 13.3% of 143 movements | no events in 143 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LHR ↔ SANTIAGO-DE-COMPOSTELA-SPAIN | 14.0% of 300 movements | 0.7% of 300 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh ↔ Barcelona | 14.1% of 191 movements | no events in 191 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Seville | 14.6% of 561 movements | 0.5% of 561 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Valencia | 15.5% of 291 movements | 0.3% of 291 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow ↔ Barcelona | 17.2% of 721 movements | 0.6% of 721 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LHR ↔ BILBAO | 17.4% of 362 movements | 0.3% of 362 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Malaga | 18.4% of 937 movements | 0.3% of 937 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Barcelona | 20.3% of 2,591 movements | 0.9% of 2,591 movements | descriptive comparison |
| CWL ↔ MALAGA | 20.7% of 121 movements | 0.8% of 121 movements | descriptive comparison |
| CWL ↔ ALICANTE | 21.1% of 152 movements | no events in 152 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LGW ↔ ASTURIAS | 22.3% of 251 movements | 0.4% of 251 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Alicante | 22.7% of 441 movements | no events in 441 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Florence | 23.7% of 775 movements | 1.4% of 775 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Barcelona | 26.7% of 532 movements | 0.9% of 532 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LGW ↔ A-CORUNA | 28.5% of 158 movements | 0.6% of 158 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Rome (Fiumicino) | 40.2% of 301 movements | no events in 301 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ BILBAO | no events in 23 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 23 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| LHR ↔ A-CORUNA | 11.4% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 35 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?
6 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 | 7.9% of 214 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Cardiff Wales | 21.9% of 283 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh | 13.3% of 226 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick | 19.0% of 8,019 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow | 14.6% of 1,860 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester | 26.7% of 532 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
18.4% of 11,134 movements arrivals were disrupted, against 32.3% of 11,134 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
0.2% of 11,134 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
Vueling Airlines appears from Jan 2018 to Jun 2026 with 64,930 arrivals.
The bounds describe the published record, not every commercial service. Final point is not necessarily a nonstop destination.
Archive route pairs: 139.
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?
18.4% of 11,134 movements over July 2025 to June 2026.
How often are they cancelled?
0.7% of 11,134 movements at short notice.
How late is late?
23.0–56.4 minutes; delayed denominator 1,970–4,356
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.