How often are these flights late or cancelled?
Sweden
In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 19.4% of 7,210 movements arriving into the UK were disrupted — more than fifteen minutes late or cancelled at short notice.
Put the other way round, 80.6% of 7,210 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
19.4% of 7,210 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.4% of 7,210 movements | 0.7% of 7,210 movements | 20.9–55.5 minutes; delayed denominator 1,351–3,247 | 0.2% of 7,210 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 7,210 movements passed the three-hour mark.
The ladder shows how many movements crossed each threshold. Cancellations are separate: 0.7% of 7,210 movements.
| Delay | Share and sample | One event per movements |
|---|---|---|
| More than 15 minutes | 18.7% of 7,210 movements | 5.3 |
| More than 30 minutes | 9.5% of 7,210 movements | 10.5 |
| More than 60 minutes | 3.1% of 7,210 movements | 32.0 |
| More than 120 minutes | 0.7% of 7,210 movements | 133.5 |
| More than 180 minutes | 0.2% of 7,210 movements | 400.6 |
| More than 360 minutes | 0.0% of 7,210 movements | 2,403.3 |
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?
0.7% of 7,210 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: Jul 2020, 4.7% of 129 movements. Worst month: Dec 2023, 55.7% of 664 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 | 30.2% of 859 movements |
| Feb 2018 | 27.0% of 797 movements |
| Mar 2018 | 31.4% of 869 movements |
| Apr 2018 | 29.9% of 896 movements |
| May 2018 | 22.3% of 910 movements |
| Jun 2018 | 31.1% of 859 movements |
| Jul 2018 | 33.9% of 843 movements |
| Aug 2018 | 31.3% of 876 movements |
| Sep 2018 | 30.6% of 833 movements |
| Oct 2018 | 33.1% of 897 movements |
| Nov 2018 | 26.1% of 829 movements |
| Dec 2018 | 38.2% of 828 movements |
| Jan 2019 | 18.7% of 777 movements |
| Feb 2019 | 33.2% of 753 movements |
| Mar 2019 | 27.2% of 854 movements |
| Apr 2019 | 19.1% of 827 movements |
| May 2019 | 18.1% of 846 movements |
| Jun 2019 | 35.1% of 801 movements |
| Jul 2019 | 31.4% of 809 movements |
| Aug 2019 | 33.4% of 835 movements |
| Sep 2019 | 30.1% of 795 movements |
| Oct 2019 | 29.7% of 812 movements |
| Nov 2019 | 15.8% of 742 movements |
| Dec 2019 | 25.9% of 742 movements |
| Jan 2020 | 19.4% of 715 movements |
| Feb 2020 | 39.6% of 707 movements |
| Mar 2020 | 12.5% of 521 movements |
| Apr 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| May 2020 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Jun 2020 | 3.0% of 33 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jul 2020 | 4.7% of 129 movements |
| Aug 2020 | 7.9% of 165 movements |
| Sep 2020 | 5.0% of 141 movements |
| Oct 2020 | 5.9% of 203 movements |
| Nov 2020 | 6.2% of 113 movements |
| Dec 2020 | 22.3% of 130 movements |
| Jan 2021 | 34.7% of 75 movements |
| Feb 2021 | suppressed: fewer than twenty movements |
| Mar 2021 | 4.5% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Apr 2021 | 26.9% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| May 2021 | 5.6% of 36 movements — small sample, not ranked |
| Jun 2021 | 16.5% of 79 movements |
| Jul 2021 | 9.0% of 155 movements |
| Aug 2021 | 12.8% of 179 movements |
| Sep 2021 | 6.5% of 231 movements |
| Oct 2021 | 24.3% of 251 movements |
| Nov 2021 | 18.1% of 309 movements |
| Dec 2021 | 34.9% of 352 movements |
| Jan 2022 | 23.5% of 272 movements |
| Feb 2022 | 25.9% of 270 movements |
| Mar 2022 | 16.7% of 407 movements |
| Apr 2022 | 23.2% of 616 movements |
| May 2022 | 26.2% of 682 movements |
| Jun 2022 | 40.0% of 582 movements |
| Jul 2022 | 29.3% of 557 movements |
| Aug 2022 | 27.5% of 574 movements |
| Sep 2022 | 31.8% of 560 movements |
| Oct 2022 | 28.0% of 601 movements |
| Nov 2022 | 24.3% of 655 movements |
| Dec 2022 | 49.2% of 658 movements |
| Jan 2023 | 32.7% of 620 movements |
| Feb 2023 | 23.2% of 577 movements |
| Mar 2023 | 33.5% of 678 movements |
| Apr 2023 | 17.3% of 655 movements |
| May 2023 | 15.6% of 672 movements |
| Jun 2023 | 32.2% of 640 movements |
| Jul 2023 | 33.0% of 672 movements |
| Aug 2023 | 33.3% of 672 movements |
| Sep 2023 | 41.5% of 661 movements |
| Oct 2023 | 33.1% of 729 movements |
| Nov 2023 | 27.7% of 647 movements |
| Dec 2023 | 55.7% of 664 movements |
| Jan 2024 | 33.6% of 604 movements |
| Feb 2024 | 29.6% of 608 movements |
| Mar 2024 | 21.5% of 670 movements |
| Apr 2024 | 26.8% of 650 movements |
| May 2024 | 21.3% of 695 movements |
| Jun 2024 | 30.8% of 616 movements |
| Jul 2024 | 35.1% of 659 movements |
| Aug 2024 | 34.3% of 671 movements |
| Sep 2024 | 34.1% of 637 movements |
| Oct 2024 | 28.5% of 694 movements |
| Nov 2024 | 19.6% of 561 movements |
| Dec 2024 | 36.0% of 584 movements |
| Jan 2025 | 28.1% of 516 movements |
| Feb 2025 | 14.4% of 521 movements |
| Mar 2025 | 13.5% of 593 movements |
| Apr 2025 | 10.9% of 579 movements |
| May 2025 | 11.2% of 606 movements |
| Jun 2025 | 21.2% of 600 movements |
| Jul 2025 | 17.5% of 623 movements |
| Aug 2025 | 16.4% of 621 movements |
| Sep 2025 | 31.7% of 599 movements |
| Oct 2025 | 18.2% of 632 movements |
| Nov 2025 | 15.7% of 553 movements |
| Dec 2025 | 26.1% of 614 movements |
| Jan 2026 | 29.6% of 500 movements |
| Feb 2026 | 14.9% of 511 movements |
| Mar 2026 | 11.0% of 591 movements |
| Apr 2026 | 13.3% of 655 movements |
| May 2026 | 13.9% of 669 movements |
| Jun 2026 | 26.5% of 642 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 | 3.0% of 33 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 | 9.1% of 33 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 | 29.3% of 557 movements | 21.8% across 4,306 flights | still above it 8 months later |
| Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022 | Departures | 43.4% of 564 movements | 21.9% across 4,319 flights | still above it 8 months later |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Arrivals | 33.3% of 672 movements | 29.0% across 7,562 flights | returned after 3 months |
| NATS system failure · Aug 2023 | Departures | 41.0% of 671 movements | 33.8% across 7,652 flights | returned after 2 months |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Arrivals | 13.5% of 593 movements | 27.5% across 7,474 flights | returned the next month |
| Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025 | Departures | 16.6% of 597 movements | 29.1% across 7,473 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: Dec, 37.1% across 6 months. Lowest median: May, 18.1% 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 | 29.6% | 18.7–33.6% | 7 months, 4,148 flights |
| Feb | 25.9% | 14.4–33.2% | 7 months, 4,037 flights |
| Mar | 21.5% | 11.0–33.5% | 7 months, 4,662 flights |
| Apr | 19.1% | 10.9–29.9% | 7 months, 4,878 flights |
| May | 18.1% | 11.2–26.2% | 7 months, 5,080 flights |
| Jun | 31.1% | 21.2–40.0% | 7 months, 4,740 flights |
| Jul | 32.2% | 17.5–35.1% | 6 months, 4,163 flights |
| Aug | 32.3% | 16.4–34.3% | 6 months, 4,249 flights |
| Sep | 31.8% | 30.1–41.5% | 6 months, 4,085 flights |
| Oct | 29.1% | 18.2–33.1% | 6 months, 4,365 flights |
| Nov | 21.9% | 15.7–27.7% | 6 months, 3,987 flights |
| Dec | 37.1% | 25.9–55.7% | 6 months, 4,090 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 ↔ GOTEBORG-LANDVETTER, 10.5% of 95 movements. Highest disruption: EDI ↔ GOTEBORG-LANDVETTER, 33.0% of 94 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 ↔ GOTEBORG-LANDVETTER | 10.5% of 95 movements | 2.1% of 95 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick ↔ Stockholm (Arlanda) | 15.0% of 921 movements | 0.5% of 921 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ STOCKHOLM-ARLANDA | 15.2% of 355 movements | 1.4% of 355 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow ↔ Stockholm (Arlanda) | 16.8% of 2,909 movements | 0.8% of 2,909 movements | descriptive comparison |
| STN ↔ VASTERAS | 17.1% of 105 movements | no events in 105 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow ↔ Goteborg (Landvetter) | 18.2% of 627 movements | 0.6% of 627 movements | descriptive comparison |
| MAN ↔ STOCKHOLM-ARLANDA | 20.7% of 420 movements | 1.9% of 420 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Stockholm (Arlanda) | 23.9% of 514 movements | 0.2% of 514 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted ↔ Goteborg (Landvetter) | 24.9% of 731 movements | 0.3% of 731 movements | descriptive comparison |
| MAN ↔ GOTEBORG-LANDVETTER | 28.6% of 234 movements | no events in 234 movements | descriptive comparison |
| BHX ↔ STOCKHOLM-ARLANDA | 32.5% of 83 movements | no events in 83 movements | descriptive comparison |
| EDI ↔ GOTEBORG-LANDVETTER | 33.0% of 94 movements | no events in 94 movements | descriptive comparison |
| LGW ↔ SCANDINAVIAN-MOUNTAINS-AIRPORT | 69.7% of 33 movements — small sample, not ranked | 3.0% of 33 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| STN ↔ MALMO | 11.5% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 26 movements — small sample, not ranked | small sample; not ranked |
| STN ↔ OREBRO | 65.4% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked | no events in 26 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 | 32.1% of 84 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Edinburgh | 18.9% of 449 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Gatwick | 16.3% of 1,052 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Heathrow | 17.1% of 3,539 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Manchester | 24.2% of 669 movements | descriptive comparison |
| Stansted | 24.5% of 1,402 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
19.4% of 7,210 movements arrivals were disrupted, against 22.5% of 7,208 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 7,210 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
Sweden appears from Jan 2018 to Jun 2026 with 57,101 arrivals.
The bounds describe the published record, not every commercial service. Final point is not necessarily a nonstop destination.
Archive route pairs: 126.
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?
19.4% of 7,210 movements over July 2025 to June 2026.
How often are they cancelled?
0.7% of 7,210 movements at short notice.
How late is late?
20.9–55.5 minutes; delayed denominator 1,351–3,247
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.