How often are these flights late or cancelled?
Czech Republic
In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 29.7% of 7,189 movements arriving into the UK were disrupted — more than fifteen minutes late or cancelled at short notice.
Put the other way round, 70.3% of 7,189 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
29.7% of 7,189 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29.7% of 7,189 movements | 0.4% of 7,189 movements | 33.0–63.4 minutes; delayed denominator 2,106–3,825 | 0.8% of 7,189 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?
0.8% of 7,189 movements passed the three-hour mark.
The ladder shows how many movements crossed each threshold. Cancellations are separate: 0.4% of 7,189 movements.
| Delay | Share and sample | One event per movements |
|---|---|---|
| More than 15 minutes | 29.3% of 7,189 movements | 3.4 |
| More than 30 minutes | 17.8% of 7,189 movements | 5.6 |
| More than 60 minutes | 8.0% of 7,189 movements | 12.5 |
| More than 120 minutes | 2.6% of 7,189 movements | 38.0 |
| More than 180 minutes | 0.8% of 7,189 movements | 117.9 |
| More than 360 minutes | 0.1% of 7,189 movements | 898.6 |
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?
2.6% of 7,189 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: Oct 2020, no events in 108 movements. Worst month: Jun 2022, 58.9% of 399 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 | 27.5% of 552 movements |
| Feb 2018 | 19.6% of 557 movements |
| Mar 2018 | 32.7% of 648 movements |
| Apr 2018 | 28.0% of 656 movements |
| May 2018 | 39.7% of 663 movements |
| Jun 2018 | 51.3% of 639 movements |
| Jul 2018 | 54.2% of 673 movements |
| Aug 2018 | 45.9% of 687 movements |
| Sep 2018 | 39.3% of 631 movements |
| Oct 2018 | 32.0% of 646 movements |
| Nov 2018 | 19.9% of 608 movements |
| Dec 2018 | 37.4% of 644 movements |
| Jan 2019 | 30.3% of 601 movements |
| Feb 2019 | 25.5% of 589 movements |
| Mar 2019 | 27.1% of 680 movements |
| Apr 2019 | 22.2% of 668 movements |
| May 2019 | 25.3% of 655 movements |
| Jun 2019 | 38.5% of 618 movements |
| Jul 2019 | 41.1% of 630 movements |
| Aug 2019 | 41.3% of 625 movements |
| Sep 2019 | 40.7% of 612 movements |
| Oct 2019 | 31.8% of 647 movements |
| Nov 2019 | 16.3% of 618 movements |
| Dec 2019 | 25.2% of 655 movements |
| Jan 2020 | 14.9% of 619 movements |
| Feb 2020 | 31.1% of 602 movements |
| Mar 2020 | 19.1% of 393 movements |
| Apr 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| May 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jul 2020 | 5.5% of 146 movements |
| Aug 2020 | 3.8% of 234 movements |
| Sep 2020 | 1.0% of 203 movements |
| Oct 2020 | no events in 108 movements |
| Nov 2020 | 7.9% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Dec 2020 | 16.2% of 74 movements |
| Jan 2021 | 30.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Feb 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Mar 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Apr 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| May 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2021 | 5.8% of 69 movements |
| Jul 2021 | 14.4% of 97 movements |
| Aug 2021 | 8.6% of 140 movements |
| Sep 2021 | 9.1% of 154 movements |
| Oct 2021 | 13.7% of 204 movements |
| Nov 2021 | 9.9% of 313 movements |
| Dec 2021 | 20.0% of 350 movements |
| Jan 2022 | 16.8% of 167 movements |
| Feb 2022 | 23.5% of 247 movements |
| Mar 2022 | 14.3% of 350 movements |
| Apr 2022 | 40.0% of 427 movements |
| May 2022 | 42.5% of 445 movements |
| Jun 2022 | 58.9% of 399 movements |
| Jul 2022 | 54.6% of 328 movements |
| Aug 2022 | 39.6% of 318 movements |
| Sep 2022 | 48.3% of 354 movements |
| Oct 2022 | 38.2% of 408 movements |
| Nov 2022 | 21.8% of 385 movements |
| Dec 2022 | 52.8% of 447 movements |
| Jan 2023 | 32.8% of 360 movements |
| Feb 2023 | 20.3% of 375 movements |
| Mar 2023 | 34.6% of 462 movements |
| Apr 2023 | 26.8% of 514 movements |
| May 2023 | 27.2% of 485 movements |
| Jun 2023 | 42.5% of 461 movements |
| Jul 2023 | 45.4% of 436 movements |
| Aug 2023 | 43.1% of 452 movements |
| Sep 2023 | 37.7% of 440 movements |
| Oct 2023 | 39.0% of 521 movements |
| Nov 2023 | 26.9% of 531 movements |
| Dec 2023 | 49.1% of 640 movements |
| Jan 2024 | 27.7% of 513 movements |
| Feb 2024 | 23.5% of 494 movements |
| Mar 2024 | 18.5% of 556 movements |
| Apr 2024 | 24.7% of 570 movements |
| May 2024 | 34.2% of 600 movements |
| Jun 2024 | 43.5% of 540 movements |
| Jul 2024 | 48.4% of 566 movements |
| Aug 2024 | 39.9% of 556 movements |
| Sep 2024 | 43.5% of 559 movements |
| Oct 2024 | 29.4% of 640 movements |
| Nov 2024 | 21.6% of 672 movements |
| Dec 2024 | 38.0% of 840 movements |
| Jan 2025 | 33.0% of 616 movements |
| Feb 2025 | 21.3% of 606 movements |
| Mar 2025 | 14.1% of 682 movements |
| Apr 2025 | 18.5% of 633 movements |
| May 2025 | 26.5% of 638 movements |
| Jun 2025 | 33.7% of 581 movements |
| Jul 2025 | 39.9% of 607 movements |
| Aug 2025 | 28.8% of 608 movements |
| Sep 2025 | 35.3% of 589 movements |
| Oct 2025 | 27.2% of 643 movements |
| Nov 2025 | 26.9% of 617 movements |
| Dec 2025 | 39.5% of 735 movements |
| Jan 2026 | 38.5% of 522 movements |
| Feb 2026 | 27.2% of 558 movements |
| Mar 2026 | 16.1% of 635 movements |
| Apr 2026 | 17.0% of 583 movements |
| May 2026 | 23.3% of 571 movements |
| Jun 2026 | 36.7% of 521 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 | 54.6% of 328 movements | 22.6% across 3,293 flights | returned after 4 months |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Departures | 57.1% of 324 movements | 21.2% across 3,275 flights | returned after 7 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Arrivals | 43.1% of 452 movements | 35.9% across 5,005 flights | returned after 3 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Departures | 42.3% of 449 movements | 36.6% across 4,993 flights | returned after 3 months |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Arrivals | 14.1% of 682 movements | 33.0% across 7,321 flights | returned the next month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Departures | 15.1% of 681 movements | 28.8% across 7,321 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, 46.9% across 6 months. Lowest median: Mar, 18.5% 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 | 30.3% | 16.8–38.5% | 7 months, 3,331 flights |
| Feb | 23.5% | 19.6–27.2% | 7 months, 3,426 flights |
| Mar | 18.5% | 14.1–34.6% | 7 months, 4,013 flights |
| Apr | 24.7% | 17.0–40.0% | 7 months, 4,051 flights |
| May | 27.2% | 23.3–42.5% | 7 months, 4,057 flights |
| Jun | 42.5% | 33.7–58.9% | 7 months, 3,759 flights |
| Jul | 46.9% | 39.9–54.6% | 6 months, 3,240 flights |
| Aug | 40.6% | 28.8–45.9% | 6 months, 3,246 flights |
| Sep | 40.0% | 35.3–48.3% | 6 months, 3,185 flights |
| Oct | 31.9% | 27.2–39.0% | 6 months, 3,505 flights |
| Nov | 21.7% | 16.3–26.9% | 6 months, 3,431 flights |
| Dec | 38.7% | 25.2–52.8% | 6 months, 3,961 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: BFS ↔ PRAGUE, 15.1% of 119 movements. Highest disruption: MAN ↔ PRAGUE, 44.0% of 993 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFS ↔ PRAGUE | 15.1% of 119 movements | no events in 119 movements | descriptive comparison |
| NCL ↔ PRAGUE | 15.5% of 58 movements | no events in 58 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EMA ↔ PRAGUE | 16.5% of 103 movements | no events in 103 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow ↔ Prague | 19.5% of 1,731 movements | 0.9% of 1,731 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LBA ↔ PRAGUE | 20.0% of 110 movements | no events in 110 movements | descriptive comparison |
| GLA ↔ PRAGUE | 20.3% of 158 movements | no events in 158 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Luton ↔ Prague | 25.5% of 671 movements | 0.3% of 671 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Prague | 28.0% of 945 movements | no events in 945 movements | descriptive comparison |
| STN ↔ OSTRAVA | 31.0% of 126 movements | no events in 126 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Prague | 32.3% of 702 movements | 0.3% of 702 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BHX ↔ PRAGUE | 33.9% of 227 movements | 0.4% of 227 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BRS ↔ PRAGUE | 37.8% of 400 movements | no events in 400 movements | descriptive comparison |
| STN ↔ BRNO-TURANY | 38.1% of 270 movements | 0.7% of 270 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ PRAGUE | 38.2% of 440 movements | 0.2% of 440 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LPL ↔ PRAGUE | 43.4% of 122 movements | 1.6% of 122 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Prague | 44.0% of 993 movements | 0.3% of 993 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.
Which UK airports appear in this record?
14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Belfast International | 15.1% of 119 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham | 33.9% of 227 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bristol | 37.8% of 400 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh | 38.2% of 440 movements | descriptive comparison |
| East Midlands International | 16.5% of 103 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Glasgow | 20.3% of 158 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Leeds Bradford | 20.0% of 110 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick | 32.3% of 702 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow | 19.5% of 1,731 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 43.4% of 122 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Luton | 25.4% of 672 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester | 44.0% of 993 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Newcastle | 15.5% of 58 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted | 30.4% of 1,341 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
29.7% of 7,189 movements arrivals were disrupted, against 24.9% of 7,184 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
0.8% of 7,189 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
Czech Republic appears from Jan 2018 to Jun 2026 with 47,024 arrivals.
The bounds describe the published record, not every commercial service. Final point is not necessarily a nonstop destination.
Archive route pairs: 42.
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?
29.7% of 7,189 movements over July 2025 to June 2026.
How often are they cancelled?
0.4% of 7,189 movements at short notice.
How late is late?
33.0–63.4 minutes; delayed denominator 2,106–3,825
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.