How often are these flights late or cancelled?
Egypt
In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 37.8% of 7,700 movements arriving into the UK were disrupted — more than fifteen minutes late or cancelled at short notice.
Put the other way round, 62.2% of 7,700 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
37.8% of 7,700 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37.8% of 7,700 movements | 1.0% of 7,700 movements | 32.6–60.0 minutes; delayed denominator 2,833–4,978 | 0.9% of 7,700 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?
0.9% of 7,700 movements passed the three-hour mark.
The ladder shows how many movements crossed each threshold. Cancellations are separate: 1.0% of 7,700 movements.
| Delay | Share and sample | One event per movements |
|---|---|---|
| More than 15 minutes | 36.8% of 7,700 movements | 2.7 |
| More than 30 minutes | 20.3% of 7,700 movements | 4.9 |
| More than 60 minutes | 7.2% of 7,700 movements | 13.8 |
| More than 120 minutes | 1.8% of 7,700 movements | 55.0 |
| More than 180 minutes | 0.9% of 7,700 movements | 114.9 |
| More than 360 minutes | 0.3% of 7,700 movements | 350.0 |
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?
1.8% of 7,700 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, 4.7% of 86 movements. Worst month: Jul 2024, 54.5% of 497 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 | 39.9% of 193 movements |
| Feb 2018 | 21.7% of 203 movements |
| Mar 2018 | 30.1% of 236 movements |
| Apr 2018 | 23.7% of 236 movements |
| May 2018 | 30.5% of 210 movements |
| Jun 2018 | 21.6% of 204 movements |
| Jul 2018 | 23.6% of 208 movements |
| Aug 2018 | 15.9% of 207 movements |
| Sep 2018 | 17.9% of 196 movements |
| Oct 2018 | 18.6% of 220 movements |
| Nov 2018 | 21.3% of 254 movements |
| Dec 2018 | 44.7% of 255 movements |
| Jan 2019 | 27.5% of 240 movements |
| Feb 2019 | 24.2% of 240 movements |
| Mar 2019 | 35.7% of 280 movements |
| Apr 2019 | 21.0% of 262 movements |
| May 2019 | 12.6% of 238 movements |
| Jun 2019 | 19.4% of 232 movements |
| Jul 2019 | 27.5% of 240 movements |
| Aug 2019 | 18.9% of 238 movements |
| Sep 2019 | 22.2% of 225 movements |
| Oct 2019 | 13.5% of 178 movements |
| Nov 2019 | 16.3% of 184 movements |
| Dec 2019 | 38.0% of 200 movements |
| Jan 2020 | 23.5% of 204 movements |
| Feb 2020 | 48.1% of 212 movements |
| Mar 2020 | 26.1% of 199 movements |
| Apr 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| May 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jul 2020 | 2.9% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Aug 2020 | no events in 35 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Sep 2020 | 6.6% of 61 movements |
| Oct 2020 | 4.7% of 86 movements |
| Nov 2020 | 4.3% of 47 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Dec 2020 | 14.6% of 89 movements |
| Jan 2021 | 17.8% of 73 movements |
| Feb 2021 | 8.6% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Mar 2021 | 5.4% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Apr 2021 | 17.5% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| May 2021 | 20.9% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jun 2021 | 9.1% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jul 2021 | 2.6% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Aug 2021 | 40.0% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Sep 2021 | 22.2% of 36 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Oct 2021 | 22.5% of 102 movements |
| Nov 2021 | 33.0% of 209 movements |
| Dec 2021 | 32.8% of 262 movements |
| Jan 2022 | 42.8% of 201 movements |
| Feb 2022 | 35.3% of 255 movements |
| Mar 2022 | 26.5% of 325 movements |
| Apr 2022 | 30.3% of 300 movements |
| May 2022 | 48.4% of 314 movements |
| Jun 2022 | 44.7% of 295 movements |
| Jul 2022 | 41.5% of 277 movements |
| Aug 2022 | 34.0% of 324 movements |
| Sep 2022 | 46.7% of 323 movements |
| Oct 2022 | 28.3% of 332 movements |
| Nov 2022 | 30.5% of 370 movements |
| Dec 2022 | 53.6% of 373 movements |
| Jan 2023 | 38.5% of 322 movements |
| Feb 2023 | 32.4% of 321 movements |
| Mar 2023 | 53.8% of 400 movements |
| Apr 2023 | 38.2% of 374 movements |
| May 2023 | 34.3% of 399 movements |
| Jun 2023 | 45.7% of 368 movements |
| Jul 2023 | 46.6% of 348 movements |
| Aug 2023 | 40.5% of 365 movements |
| Sep 2023 | 41.1% of 389 movements |
| Oct 2023 | 36.7% of 436 movements |
| Nov 2023 | 36.2% of 610 movements |
| Dec 2023 | 41.9% of 645 movements |
| Jan 2024 | 41.6% of 565 movements |
| Feb 2024 | 29.1% of 543 movements |
| Mar 2024 | 25.1% of 590 movements |
| Apr 2024 | 32.1% of 535 movements |
| May 2024 | 43.4% of 541 movements |
| Jun 2024 | 51.2% of 512 movements |
| Jul 2024 | 54.5% of 497 movements |
| Aug 2024 | 49.5% of 489 movements |
| Sep 2024 | 54.1% of 538 movements |
| Oct 2024 | 34.8% of 574 movements |
| Nov 2024 | 33.0% of 664 movements |
| Dec 2024 | 44.9% of 709 movements |
| Jan 2025 | 42.6% of 636 movements |
| Feb 2025 | 33.1% of 607 movements |
| Mar 2025 | 23.4% of 706 movements |
| Apr 2025 | 22.0% of 623 movements |
| May 2025 | 43.6% of 578 movements |
| Jun 2025 | 40.1% of 554 movements |
| Jul 2025 | 42.0% of 524 movements |
| Aug 2025 | 33.2% of 515 movements |
| Sep 2025 | 48.9% of 581 movements |
| Oct 2025 | 37.6% of 635 movements |
| Nov 2025 | 20.8% of 717 movements |
| Dec 2025 | 34.7% of 754 movements |
| Jan 2026 | 46.5% of 678 movements |
| Feb 2026 | 34.1% of 649 movements |
| Mar 2026 | 30.2% of 788 movements |
| Apr 2026 | 40.2% of 665 movements |
| May 2026 | 45.1% of 617 movements |
| Jun 2026 | 46.6% of 577 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 | 41.5% of 277 movements | 31.8% across 2,372 flights | returned after 3 months |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Departures | 80.9% of 278 movements | 42.7% across 2,377 flights | returned after 4 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Arrivals | 40.5% of 365 movements | 40.2% across 4,254 flights | returned after 2 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Departures | 63.8% of 359 movements | 54.0% across 4,207 flights | returned after 2 months |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Arrivals | 23.4% of 706 movements | 41.5% across 6,892 flights | returned the next month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Departures | 23.9% of 704 movements | 47.1% across 6,870 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: Jun, 44.7% across 7 months. Lowest median: Nov, 25.9% 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 | 41.6% | 27.5–46.5% | 7 months, 2,835 flights |
| Feb | 32.4% | 21.7–35.3% | 7 months, 2,818 flights |
| Mar | 30.1% | 23.4–53.8% | 7 months, 3,325 flights |
| Apr | 30.3% | 21.0–40.2% | 7 months, 2,995 flights |
| May | 43.4% | 12.6–48.4% | 7 months, 2,897 flights |
| Jun | 44.7% | 19.4–51.2% | 7 months, 2,742 flights |
| Jul | 41.8% | 23.6–54.5% | 6 months, 2,094 flights |
| Aug | 33.6% | 15.9–49.5% | 6 months, 2,138 flights |
| Sep | 43.9% | 17.9–54.1% | 6 months, 2,252 flights |
| Oct | 31.6% | 13.5–37.6% | 6 months, 2,375 flights |
| Nov | 25.9% | 16.3–36.2% | 6 months, 2,799 flights |
| Dec | 43.3% | 34.7–53.6% | 6 months, 2,936 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 ↔ LUXOR, 19.3% of 88 movements. Highest disruption: GLA ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA, 64.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LGW ↔ LUXOR | 19.3% of 88 movements | 2.3% of 88 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow ↔ Cairo | 23.5% of 1,796 movements | 0.1% of 1,796 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EMA ↔ HURGHADA | 29.5% of 88 movements | no events in 88 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LTN ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 33.5% of 358 movements | 2.2% of 358 movements | descriptive comparison |
| MAN ↔ CAIRO | 33.9% of 363 movements | 0.3% of 363 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Hurghada | 34.0% of 717 movements | 1.3% of 717 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BRS ↔ HURGHADA | 35.9% of 256 movements | 1.6% of 256 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | 37.3% of 853 movements | 1.3% of 853 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LPL ↔ HURGHADA | 37.6% of 117 movements | 1.7% of 117 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BRS ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 40.4% of 208 movements | 1.9% of 208 movements | descriptive comparison |
| NCL ↔ HURGHADA | 40.4% of 89 movements | no events in 89 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BHX ↔ HURGHADA | 41.1% of 192 movements | 1.0% of 192 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BFS ↔ HURGHADA | 43.8% of 105 movements | 1.0% of 105 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Hurghada | 45.7% of 519 movements | 1.3% of 519 movements | descriptive comparison |
| GLA ↔ HURGHADA | 46.2% of 106 movements | no events in 106 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BHX ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 46.9% of 256 movements | 0.4% of 256 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LPL ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 50.4% of 119 movements | 0.8% of 119 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LTN ↔ HURGHADA | 51.1% of 348 movements | 4.3% of 348 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LTN ↔ SPHINX-INTERNATIONAL | 53.2% of 267 movements | 1.5% of 267 movements | descriptive comparison |
| MAN ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 58.4% of 476 movements | 0.6% of 476 movements | descriptive comparison |
| NCL ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 61.0% of 100 movements | no events in 100 movements | descriptive comparison |
| GLA ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 64.4% of 59 movements | no events in 59 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ HURGHADA | 33.3% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 42 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| EMA ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 69.0% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 29 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| LGW ↔ MARSA-ALAM | 4.0% of 25 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 25 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| LHR ↔ LUXOR | 53.8% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 39 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| MAN ↔ LUXOR | 7.7% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked | 3.8% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| STN ↔ SHARM-EL-SHEIKH-OPHIRA | 69.0% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 42 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?
13 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 | 43.8% of 105 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham | 44.4% of 448 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bristol | 37.8% of 465 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh | 33.3% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| East Midlands International | 39.3% of 117 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Glasgow | 52.7% of 165 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick | 34.6% of 1,687 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow | 24.1% of 1,836 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 44.1% of 236 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Luton | 45.2% of 974 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester | 46.2% of 1,384 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Newcastle | 51.3% of 189 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted | 71.1% of 45 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.
Arrivals vs departures
37.8% of 7,700 movements arrivals were disrupted, against 38.3% of 7,661 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
0.9% of 7,700 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
Egypt appears from Jan 2018 to Jun 2026 with 34,149 arrivals.
The bounds describe the published record, not every commercial service. Final point is not necessarily a nonstop destination.
Archive route pairs: 52.
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?
37.8% of 7,700 movements over July 2025 to June 2026.
How often are they cancelled?
1.0% of 7,700 movements at short notice.
How late is late?
32.6–60.0 minutes; delayed denominator 2,833–4,978
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.