How often are these flights late or cancelled?
Albania
In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 36.7% of 3,021 movements arriving into the UK were disrupted — more than fifteen minutes late or cancelled at short notice.
Put the other way round, 63.3% of 3,021 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
36.7% of 3,021 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36.7% of 3,021 movements | 0.3% of 3,021 movements | 35.9–62.6 minutes; delayed denominator 1,098–1,829 | 1.1% of 3,021 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?
1.1% of 3,021 movements passed the three-hour mark.
The ladder shows how many movements crossed each threshold. Cancellations are separate: 0.3% of 3,021 movements.
| Delay | Share and sample | One event per movements |
|---|---|---|
| More than 15 minutes | 36.3% of 3,021 movements | 2.8 |
| More than 30 minutes | 22.6% of 3,021 movements | 4.4 |
| More than 60 minutes | 10.0% of 3,021 movements | 10.0 |
| More than 120 minutes | 3.0% of 3,021 movements | 32.8 |
| More than 180 minutes | 1.1% of 3,021 movements | 94.4 |
| More than 360 minutes | 0.2% of 3,021 movements | 604.2 |
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?
3.0% of 3,021 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: Sep 2020, 6.2% of 65 movements. Worst month: Jul 2024, 77.1% of 292 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 | 31.4% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Feb 2018 | 17.2% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Mar 2018 | 35.7% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Apr 2018 | 27.6% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| May 2018 | 54.1% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jun 2018 | 63.4% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jul 2018 | 54.9% of 51 movements |
| Aug 2018 | 28.8% of 59 movements |
| Sep 2018 | 42.6% of 54 movements |
| Oct 2018 | 23.8% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Nov 2018 | 20.0% of 55 movements |
| Dec 2018 | 48.1% of 54 movements |
| Jan 2019 | 9.6% of 52 movements |
| Feb 2019 | 29.4% of 51 movements |
| Mar 2019 | 26.8% of 56 movements |
| Apr 2019 | 23.3% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| May 2019 | 28.3% of 46 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jun 2019 | 70.7% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jul 2019 | 67.2% of 64 movements |
| Aug 2019 | 47.8% of 67 movements |
| Sep 2019 | 45.6% of 57 movements |
| Oct 2019 | 28.1% of 57 movements |
| Nov 2019 | 13.2% of 53 movements |
| Dec 2019 | 24.3% of 74 movements |
| Jan 2020 | 18.3% of 71 movements |
| Feb 2020 | 35.1% of 57 movements |
| Mar 2020 | 34.9% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Apr 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| May 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jul 2020 | 15.2% of 46 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Aug 2020 | 13.4% of 67 movements |
| Sep 2020 | 6.2% of 65 movements |
| Oct 2020 | 19.6% of 51 movements |
| Nov 2020 | 4.5% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Dec 2020 | 44.7% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jan 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Feb 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Mar 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Apr 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| May 2021 | 34.3% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jun 2021 | 22.8% of 57 movements |
| Jul 2021 | 30.9% of 97 movements |
| Aug 2021 | 50.9% of 173 movements |
| Sep 2021 | 27.8% of 133 movements |
| Oct 2021 | 22.5% of 89 movements |
| Nov 2021 | 16.7% of 66 movements |
| Dec 2021 | 25.7% of 101 movements |
| Jan 2022 | 17.4% of 86 movements |
| Feb 2022 | 28.6% of 70 movements |
| Mar 2022 | 20.9% of 110 movements |
| Apr 2022 | 27.2% of 147 movements |
| May 2022 | 38.2% of 170 movements |
| Jun 2022 | 56.0% of 166 movements |
| Jul 2022 | 62.3% of 191 movements |
| Aug 2022 | 46.0% of 198 movements |
| Sep 2022 | 50.6% of 158 movements |
| Oct 2022 | 35.9% of 128 movements |
| Nov 2022 | 20.2% of 94 movements |
| Dec 2022 | 30.8% of 104 movements |
| Jan 2023 | 26.9% of 104 movements |
| Feb 2023 | 24.4% of 90 movements |
| Mar 2023 | 44.6% of 112 movements |
| Apr 2023 | 31.9% of 135 movements |
| May 2023 | 42.3% of 137 movements |
| Jun 2023 | 58.6% of 133 movements |
| Jul 2023 | 70.9% of 203 movements |
| Aug 2023 | 57.6% of 205 movements |
| Sep 2023 | 46.9% of 160 movements |
| Oct 2023 | 48.9% of 131 movements |
| Nov 2023 | 38.3% of 209 movements |
| Dec 2023 | 42.8% of 222 movements |
| Jan 2024 | 32.7% of 217 movements |
| Feb 2024 | 30.2% of 202 movements |
| Mar 2024 | 26.6% of 207 movements |
| Apr 2024 | 36.0% of 261 movements |
| May 2024 | 44.7% of 262 movements |
| Jun 2024 | 69.7% of 254 movements |
| Jul 2024 | 77.1% of 292 movements |
| Aug 2024 | 72.0% of 300 movements |
| Sep 2024 | 67.0% of 267 movements |
| Oct 2024 | 42.0% of 257 movements |
| Nov 2024 | 21.3% of 183 movements |
| Dec 2024 | 27.1% of 188 movements |
| Jan 2025 | 20.3% of 197 movements |
| Feb 2025 | 19.3% of 176 movements |
| Mar 2025 | 18.4% of 196 movements |
| Apr 2025 | 33.1% of 242 movements |
| May 2025 | 40.8% of 238 movements |
| Jun 2025 | 42.6% of 244 movements |
| Jul 2025 | 54.2% of 275 movements |
| Aug 2025 | 46.6% of 281 movements |
| Sep 2025 | 58.0% of 243 movements |
| Oct 2025 | 41.1% of 231 movements |
| Nov 2025 | 34.4% of 189 movements |
| Dec 2025 | 36.2% of 196 movements |
| Jan 2026 | 24.0% of 175 movements |
| Feb 2026 | 27.2% of 180 movements |
| Mar 2026 | 23.6% of 216 movements |
| Apr 2026 | 18.8% of 330 movements |
| May 2026 | 20.7% of 352 movements |
| Jun 2026 | 50.7% of 353 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 | 62.3% of 191 movements | 30.2% across 1,408 flights | returned after 4 months |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Departures | 85.5% of 193 movements | 48.7% across 1,351 flights | returned after 4 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Arrivals | 57.6% of 205 movements | 40.3% across 1,596 flights | returned after 3 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Departures | 59.0% of 205 movements | 53.8% across 1,584 flights | returned the next month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Arrivals | 18.4% of 196 movements | 43.6% across 2,844 flights | returned the next month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Departures | 16.6% of 193 movements | 32.8% across 2,842 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, 64.7% across 6 months. Lowest median: Nov, 20.8% across 6 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 | 24.0% | 9.6–32.7% | 7 months, 866 flights |
| Feb | 27.2% | 17.2–30.2% | 7 months, 798 flights |
| Mar | 26.6% | 18.4–44.6% | 7 months, 925 flights |
| Apr | 27.6% | 18.8–36.0% | 7 months, 1,187 flights |
| May | 40.8% | 20.7–54.1% | 7 months, 1,242 flights |
| Jun | 58.6% | 42.6–70.7% | 7 months, 1,232 flights |
| Jul | 64.7% | 54.2–77.1% | 6 months, 1,076 flights |
| Aug | 47.2% | 28.8–72.0% | 6 months, 1,110 flights |
| Sep | 48.8% | 42.6–67.0% | 6 months, 939 flights |
| Oct | 38.5% | 23.8–48.9% | 6 months, 846 flights |
| Nov | 20.8% | 13.2–38.3% | 6 months, 783 flights |
| Dec | 33.5% | 24.3–48.1% | 6 months, 838 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: LTN ↔ TIRANA, 22.3% of 1,236 movements. Highest disruption: EDI ↔ TIRANA, 71.2% of 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luton ↔ Tirana | 22.3% of 1,236 movements | 0.2% of 1,236 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LHR ↔ TIRANA | 24.6% of 410 movements | 0.2% of 410 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LGW ↔ TIRANA | 29.6% of 206 movements | 0.5% of 206 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Tirana | 56.6% of 887 movements | 0.3% of 887 movements | descriptive comparison |
| MAN ↔ TIRANA | 65.1% of 166 movements | 1.2% of 166 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ TIRANA | 71.2% of 59 movements | no events in 59 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BHX ↔ TIRANA | 32.1% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 28 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| LPL ↔ TIRANA | 32.1% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 28 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?
8 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 | 32.1% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| Edinburgh | 71.2% of 59 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick | 29.6% of 206 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow | 24.6% of 410 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 32.1% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| Luton | 22.3% of 1,236 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester | 65.1% of 166 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted | 56.6% of 887 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
36.7% of 3,021 movements arrivals were disrupted, against 21.0% of 3,009 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
1.1% of 3,021 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
Albania appears from Jan 2018 to Jun 2026 with 13,120 arrivals.
The bounds describe the published record, not every commercial service. Final point is not necessarily a nonstop destination.
Archive route pairs: 16.
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?
36.7% of 3,021 movements over July 2025 to June 2026.
How often are they cancelled?
0.3% of 3,021 movements at short notice.
How late is late?
35.9–62.6 minutes; delayed denominator 1,098–1,829
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.