How often are these flights late or cancelled?
Spain(Canary Islands)
In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 30.0% of 37,715 movements arriving into the UK were disrupted — more than fifteen minutes late or cancelled at short notice.
Put the other way round, 70.0% of 37,715 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.
20 operations (0.05%) 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
30.0% of 37,715 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30.0% of 37,715 movements | 0.3% of 37,715 movements | 29.9–58.2 minutes; delayed denominator 11,196–20,541 | 0.5% of 37,715 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?
0.5% of 37,715 movements passed the three-hour mark.
The ladder shows how many movements crossed each threshold. Cancellations are separate: 0.3% of 37,715 movements.
| Delay | Share and sample | One event per movements |
|---|---|---|
| More than 15 minutes | 29.7% of 37,715 movements | 3.4 |
| More than 30 minutes | 16.8% of 37,715 movements | 5.9 |
| More than 60 minutes | 6.4% of 37,715 movements | 15.7 |
| More than 120 minutes | 1.4% of 37,715 movements | 73.1 |
| More than 180 minutes | 0.5% of 37,715 movements | 220.6 |
| More than 360 minutes | 0.2% of 37,715 movements | 489.8 |
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?
1.4% of 37,715 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, 3.8% of 578 movements. Worst month: Sep 2024, 43.7% of 2,846 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 | 25.0% of 2,210 movements |
| Feb 2018 | 26.2% of 2,129 movements |
| Mar 2018 | 31.1% of 2,489 movements |
| Apr 2018 | 17.2% of 2,381 movements |
| May 2018 | 30.2% of 2,176 movements |
| Jun 2018 | 25.6% of 2,247 movements |
| Jul 2018 | 22.4% of 2,308 movements |
| Aug 2018 | 23.3% of 2,348 movements |
| Sep 2018 | 23.0% of 2,167 movements |
| Oct 2018 | 29.8% of 2,440 movements |
| Nov 2018 | 21.7% of 2,268 movements |
| Dec 2018 | 22.1% of 2,424 movements |
| Jan 2019 | 24.8% of 2,311 movements |
| Feb 2019 | 20.0% of 2,160 movements |
| Mar 2019 | 21.4% of 2,573 movements |
| Apr 2019 | 23.3% of 2,397 movements |
| May 2019 | 22.9% of 2,225 movements |
| Jun 2019 | 19.9% of 2,216 movements |
| Jul 2019 | 18.3% of 2,279 movements |
| Aug 2019 | 19.2% of 2,318 movements |
| Sep 2019 | 26.5% of 2,183 movements |
| Oct 2019 | 17.0% of 2,231 movements |
| Nov 2019 | 19.1% of 2,144 movements |
| Dec 2019 | 31.2% of 2,280 movements |
| Jan 2020 | 19.2% of 2,058 movements |
| Feb 2020 | 35.7% of 2,149 movements |
| Mar 2020 | 42.4% of 1,646 movements |
| Apr 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| May 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2020 | 5.3% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jul 2020 | 7.9% of 669 movements |
| Aug 2020 | 9.2% of 870 movements |
| Sep 2020 | 3.8% of 578 movements |
| Oct 2020 | 4.9% of 649 movements |
| Nov 2020 | 13.8% of 715 movements |
| Dec 2020 | 24.2% of 1,179 movements |
| Jan 2021 | 14.7% of 306 movements |
| Feb 2021 | 20.9% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Mar 2021 | 8.8% of 68 movements |
| Apr 2021 | 13.8% of 65 movements |
| May 2021 | 12.8% of 109 movements |
| Jun 2021 | 10.1% of 286 movements |
| Jul 2021 | 9.4% of 690 movements |
| Aug 2021 | 10.0% of 1,455 movements |
| Sep 2021 | 10.4% of 1,669 movements |
| Oct 2021 | 24.5% of 2,164 movements |
| Nov 2021 | 24.0% of 2,272 movements |
| Dec 2021 | 16.6% of 2,424 movements |
| Jan 2022 | 12.3% of 1,929 movements |
| Feb 2022 | 19.9% of 2,179 movements |
| Mar 2022 | 13.4% of 2,623 movements |
| Apr 2022 | 21.6% of 2,575 movements |
| May 2022 | 36.5% of 2,425 movements |
| Jun 2022 | 39.7% of 2,385 movements |
| Jul 2022 | 32.6% of 2,531 movements |
| Aug 2022 | 28.2% of 2,547 movements |
| Sep 2022 | 42.0% of 2,420 movements |
| Oct 2022 | 31.0% of 2,791 movements |
| Nov 2022 | 22.2% of 2,670 movements |
| Dec 2022 | 33.2% of 2,927 movements |
| Jan 2023 | 22.9% of 2,637 movements |
| Feb 2023 | 17.1% of 2,487 movements |
| Mar 2023 | 41.2% of 2,825 movements |
| Apr 2023 | 29.4% of 2,571 movements |
| May 2023 | 37.9% of 2,447 movements |
| Jun 2023 | 37.1% of 2,470 movements |
| Jul 2023 | 36.7% of 2,570 movements |
| Aug 2023 | 36.8% of 2,598 movements |
| Sep 2023 | 38.0% of 2,497 movements |
| Oct 2023 | 30.2% of 2,825 movements |
| Nov 2023 | 24.5% of 2,936 movements |
| Dec 2023 | 30.8% of 3,102 movements |
| Jan 2024 | 22.2% of 2,823 movements |
| Feb 2024 | 28.7% of 2,836 movements |
| Mar 2024 | 27.3% of 3,117 movements |
| Apr 2024 | 26.1% of 2,924 movements |
| May 2024 | 29.3% of 2,763 movements |
| Jun 2024 | 35.9% of 2,717 movements |
| Jul 2024 | 31.9% of 2,831 movements |
| Aug 2024 | 31.8% of 2,866 movements |
| Sep 2024 | 43.7% of 2,846 movements |
| Oct 2024 | 37.7% of 3,141 movements |
| Nov 2024 | 34.1% of 3,212 movements |
| Dec 2024 | 36.4% of 3,390 movements |
| Jan 2025 | 36.8% of 3,144 movements |
| Feb 2025 | 22.2% of 3,076 movements |
| Mar 2025 | 23.8% of 3,431 movements |
| Apr 2025 | 23.6% of 3,140 movements |
| May 2025 | 28.3% of 3,031 movements |
| Jun 2025 | 31.3% of 2,928 movements |
| Jul 2025 | 37.8% of 2,999 movements |
| Aug 2025 | 28.6% of 3,023 movements |
| Sep 2025 | 36.5% of 2,966 movements |
| Oct 2025 | 32.1% of 3,247 movements |
| Nov 2025 | 27.5% of 3,324 movements |
| Dec 2025 | 29.5% of 3,404 movements |
| Jan 2026 | 28.2% of 3,229 movements |
| Feb 2026 | 26.7% of 3,070 movements |
| Mar 2026 | 34.5% of 3,515 movements |
| Apr 2026 | 22.0% of 3,102 movements |
| May 2026 | 26.3% of 2,953 movements |
| Jun 2026 | 30.4% of 2,883 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 | 5.3% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked | no complete baseline | not enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month |
| Pandemic regime · Jun 2020 | Departures | 9.8% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked | no complete baseline | not enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Arrivals | 32.6% of 2,531 movements | 19.9% across 24,790 flights | returned after 7 months |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Departures | 47.4% of 2,524 movements | 19.2% across 24,885 flights | returned after 4 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Arrivals | 36.8% of 2,598 movements | 31.6% across 31,362 flights | returned after 2 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Departures | 43.2% of 2,576 movements | 32.3% across 31,233 flights | returned after 2 months |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Arrivals | 23.8% of 3,431 movements | 32.8% across 36,027 flights | returned the next month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Departures | 18.2% of 3,445 movements | 30.4% across 35,979 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: Sep, 37.3% across 6 months. Lowest median: Feb, 22.2% 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 | 24.8% | 12.3–36.8% | 7 months, 18,283 flights |
| Feb | 22.2% | 17.1–28.7% | 7 months, 17,937 flights |
| Mar | 27.3% | 13.4–41.2% | 7 months, 20,573 flights |
| Apr | 23.3% | 17.2–29.4% | 7 months, 19,090 flights |
| May | 29.3% | 22.9–37.9% | 7 months, 18,020 flights |
| Jun | 31.3% | 19.9–39.7% | 7 months, 17,846 flights |
| Jul | 32.2% | 18.3–37.8% | 6 months, 15,518 flights |
| Aug | 28.4% | 19.2–36.8% | 6 months, 15,700 flights |
| Sep | 37.3% | 23.0–43.7% | 6 months, 15,079 flights |
| Oct | 30.6% | 17.0–37.7% | 6 months, 16,675 flights |
| Nov | 23.3% | 19.1–34.1% | 6 months, 16,554 flights |
| Dec | 31.0% | 22.1–36.4% | 6 months, 17,527 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 ↔ TENERIFE-SURREINA-SOFIA, 16.2% of 597 movements. Highest disruption: CWL ↔ ARRECIFE, 51.9% of 104 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast International ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 16.2% of 597 movements | no events in 597 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BOH ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 17.7% of 141 movements | no events in 141 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BOH ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 18.3% of 115 movements | no events in 115 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LPL ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 18.7% of 203 movements | 1.0% of 203 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 19.3% of 934 movements | 0.3% of 934 movements | descriptive comparison |
| NCL ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 19.5% of 215 movements | no events in 215 movements | descriptive comparison |
| SEN ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 19.7% of 152 movements | no events in 152 movements | descriptive comparison |
| SEN ↔ TENERIFE-SURREINA-SOFIA | 20.1% of 154 movements | no events in 154 movements | descriptive comparison |
| SEN ↔ ARRECIFE | 21.0% of 62 movements | no events in 62 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LBA ↔ ARRECIFE | 21.5% of 466 movements | 0.2% of 466 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LBA ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 22.4% of 313 movements | 0.3% of 313 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BOH ↔ ARRECIFE | 22.4% of 277 movements | 0.4% of 277 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Leeds Bradford ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 22.8% of 613 movements | 1.1% of 613 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LBA ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 23.1% of 212 movements | 0.9% of 212 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bristol ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 23.3% of 1,118 movements | 0.3% of 1,118 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 24.0% of 1,409 movements | 1.5% of 1,409 movements | descriptive comparison |
| East Midlands International ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 24.1% of 918 movements | no events in 918 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Arrecife | 24.3% of 870 movements | 0.1% of 870 movements | descriptive comparison |
| GLA ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 24.4% of 176 movements | no events in 176 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BRS ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 24.5% of 432 movements | 0.2% of 432 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Fuerteventura | 24.6% of 578 movements | 0.3% of 578 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Belfast International ↔ Arrecife | 24.7% of 518 movements | no events in 518 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EXT ↔ TENERIFE-SURREINA-SOFIA | 24.8% of 105 movements | no events in 105 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) ↔ Arrecife | 24.8% of 585 movements | 0.2% of 585 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EMA ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 26.5% of 264 movements | no events in 264 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EMA ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 26.5% of 377 movements | no events in 377 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LHR ↔ TENERIFE-SURREINA-SOFIA | 26.8% of 209 movements | no events in 209 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LPL ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 27.0% of 241 movements | no events in 241 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham ↔ Fuerteventura | 27.1% of 590 movements | 0.3% of 590 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Luton ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 27.3% of 787 movements | 0.4% of 787 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Glasgow ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 27.6% of 739 movements | 0.5% of 739 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham ↔ Arrecife | 27.6% of 782 movements | no events in 782 movements | descriptive comparison |
| ABZ ↔ TENERIFE-SURREINA-SOFIA | 28.1% of 57 movements | no events in 57 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 28.1% of 317 movements | 0.6% of 317 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LTN ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 28.2% of 351 movements | 0.3% of 351 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BFS ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 28.5% of 130 movements | no events in 130 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 28.6% of 2,001 movements | 0.5% of 2,001 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Las Palmas | 28.7% of 693 movements | 0.3% of 693 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BOH ↔ TENERIFE-SURREINA-SOFIA | 28.9% of 336 movements | no events in 336 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 29.4% of 1,037 movements | 0.3% of 1,037 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LTN ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 30.1% of 418 movements | 0.5% of 418 movements | descriptive comparison |
| CWL ↔ TENERIFE-SURREINA-SOFIA | 30.4% of 237 movements | no events in 237 movements | descriptive comparison |
| GLA ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 30.5% of 354 movements | 0.6% of 354 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Newcastle ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 30.5% of 803 movements | no events in 803 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 30.7% of 1,215 movements | 0.2% of 1,215 movements | descriptive comparison |
| MAN ↔ SANTA-CRUZ-DE-LA-PALMA | 30.8% of 78 movements | no events in 78 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bristol ↔ Arrecife | 31.2% of 811 movements | no events in 811 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Newcastle ↔ Arrecife | 31.4% of 522 movements | no events in 522 movements | descriptive comparison |
| East Midlands International ↔ Arrecife | 32.1% of 677 movements | 0.3% of 677 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BFS ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 32.1% of 162 movements | no events in 162 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Fuerteventura | 32.8% of 711 movements | 0.4% of 711 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham ↔ Las Palmas | 32.9% of 604 movements | no events in 604 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Tenerife (Surreina Sofia) | 33.2% of 2,362 movements | 0.4% of 2,362 movements | descriptive comparison |
| GLA ↔ ARRECIFE | 34.9% of 438 movements | no events in 438 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 35.6% of 351 movements | 0.3% of 351 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Luton ↔ Arrecife | 36.3% of 502 movements | 0.6% of 502 movements | descriptive comparison |
| NCL ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 37.2% of 355 movements | no events in 355 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh ↔ Arrecife | 37.3% of 644 movements | 0.6% of 644 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Las Palmas | 37.6% of 914 movements | 0.2% of 914 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Fuerteventura | 38.2% of 803 movements | no events in 803 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EXT ↔ ARRECIFE | 38.3% of 94 movements | no events in 94 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bristol ↔ Las Palmas | 38.6% of 546 movements | 0.2% of 546 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Arrecife | 39.5% of 1,409 movements | 0.6% of 1,409 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Arrecife | 40.9% of 1,474 movements | 0.3% of 1,474 movements | descriptive comparison |
| CWL ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 43.2% of 81 movements | no events in 81 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester ↔ Las Palmas | 49.0% of 838 movements | 0.1% of 838 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LGW ↔ SANTA-CRUZ-DE-LA-PALMA | 49.1% of 53 movements | 1.9% of 53 movements | descriptive comparison |
| CWL ↔ ARRECIFE | 51.9% of 104 movements | no events in 104 movements | descriptive comparison |
| CWL ↔ FUERTEVENTURA | 61.5% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 26 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| EXT ↔ LAS-PALMAS | 24.1% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 29 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?
19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 28.1% of 57 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Belfast International | 22.3% of 1,407 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Birmingham | 29.7% of 3,191 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bournemouth | 23.6% of 869 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Bristol | 28.6% of 2,907 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Cardiff Wales | 39.5% of 448 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh | 32.3% of 2,349 movements | descriptive comparison |
| East Midlands International | 27.2% of 2,236 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Exeter | 30.3% of 228 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Glasgow | 29.8% of 1,707 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Leeds Bradford | 22.4% of 1,604 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick | 34.0% of 5,088 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow | 26.7% of 210 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 21.8% of 1,963 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Luton | 30.2% of 2,058 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester | 38.3% of 5,555 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Newcastle | 30.8% of 1,895 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Southend | 20.1% of 368 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted | 25.1% of 3,550 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
30.0% of 37,715 movements arrivals were disrupted, against 25.3% of 37,672 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
0.5% of 37,715 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
Spain(Canary Islands) appears from Jan 2018 to Jun 2026 with 230,920 arrivals.
The bounds describe the published record, not every commercial service. Final point is not necessarily a nonstop destination.
Archive route pairs: 91.
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.
20 operations (0.05%) 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?
30.0% of 37,715 movements over July 2025 to June 2026.
How often are they cancelled?
0.3% of 37,715 movements at short notice.
How late is late?
29.9–58.2 minutes; delayed denominator 11,196–20,541
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.