UK FLIGHT DELAY INDEX

derived from CAA punctuality statistics for UK reporting airports

How often are these flights late or cancelled?

BHX ↔ KRAKOW

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 30.3% of 600 movements arriving into BHX were disrupted — that is, they landed more than fifteen minutes late or were cancelled at short notice.

Put the other way round, 69.7% of 600 movements arrived on time by the industry's fifteen-minute standard. Severe delays were rarer: about one arrival in every 86 crossed the three-hour mark. Lower is better on every figure on this page. These numbers describe what happened on the route; they are not a prediction for any individual flight.

Definitions, denominators and limits
  • “Disrupted” means an arrival more than fifteen minutes late or a short-notice cancellation. The denominator is operated movements plus short-notice cancellations.
  • Arrivals into the UK airport only; all published carriers.
  • Crossing three hours is one condition for compensation, but monthly data cannot establish any individual passenger’s rights.
  • Delay cause is not published in the open data.
  • Source: CAA punctuality statistics · snapshot 17/08/2026 10:24 · method route-record-v2.1.

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

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 30.3% of 600 movements were disrupted and 0.2% of 600 movements were cancelled at short notice.

When a flight was late, it was typically late by the range shown below. The delay is given as a range, not a single number, because the regulator rounds its published percentages and never says how many flights landed exactly on time.

Disruption shareShort-notice cancellationsAverage delay among delayed flights only — boundsOperations
30.3% of 600 movements0.2% of 600 movements32.1–64.7 min; N of delayed flights=181–346600
Definitions, denominators and limits

The bounds account for CAA rounding and the unknown number of zero delays. A point average across all operated movements, including punctual ones, would answer a different question and is not used here.

When it is late, how late is it?

Most delays here are short. The ladder below shows how many arrivals crossed each threshold, from a quarter of an hour up to six hours; each rung can only be smaller than the one above it.

Cancellations are counted separately: 0.2% of 600 movements. “One in N” means how many arrivals you would typically see between events at that level.

Delay threshold ladder; count and share of known operations15 min30.2%30 min18.0%60 min6.8%120 min2.0%180 min1.2%360 min0.2%
Delay ladder table: share, movements and one-in-N
DelayShare and nMovementsOne delay in every N operations
>15 min30.2% of 600 movements1813.3
>30 min18.0% of 600 movements1085.6
>60 min6.8% of 600 movements4114.6
>120 min2.0% of 600 movements1250.0
>180 min1.2% of 600 movements785.7
>360 min0.2% of 600 movements1600.0
Definitions, denominators and limits

CAA counts delays strictly greater than each threshold, so exactly three hours is inseparable from the previous bucket. The ladder describes the archive, not a forecast.

Slightly late, or occasionally a disaster?

This route runs late less often than most, but when it does go wrong it tends to go badly wrong: its long delays are heavier than on the typical UK route.

The histogram below counts every recorded arrival, from more than fifteen minutes early through to more than six hours late. A tall bar near the middle and a thin right-hand tail is the healthy shape.

Nine delay buckets, minutes; share of all recorded operations>15 early7412.3%15–1 early17929.8%0–15 late16527.5%16–307312.2%31–606711.2%61…120294.8%121…18050.8%181…36061.0%>36010.2%D=600
Definitions, denominators and limits

Ratio of the long tail to sixteen-to-sixty-minute delays: 0.0500; corpus median 0.0217; 2056 routes in the corpus. The shape is compared conditionally among delays; the class name does not measure absolute frequency. Histogram counts and shares cover all recorded operations including unmatched records; reconstructed uniquely.

Has this route got better or worse since 2018?

Best month: Mar 2026, 14.9% of 67 movements. Worst month: Dec 2025, 61.4% of 70 movements.

The line traces every month in the archive; lower is better. Gaps are months with no published data, never zeros. The 2020 and 2021 readings reflect the pandemic, not normal service.

Monthly disruption share; gaps mean no published dataJan 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2018Feb 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2018: 20.0%; sample: 20Apr 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×May 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jun 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jul 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Aug 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Sep 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Oct 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Nov 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jan 2019: 15.0%; sample: 202019Feb 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2019: 14.3%; sample: 21Apr 2019: 9.1%; sample: 22May 2019: 4.5%; sample: 22Jun 2019: 14.3%; sample: 21Jul 2019: 39.1%; sample: 23Aug 2019: 14.3%; sample: 21Sep 2019: 34.5%; sample: 29Oct 2019: 32.4%; sample: 34Nov 2019: 20.6%; sample: 34Dec 2019: 2.7%; sample: 37Jan 2020: 16.2%; sample: 372020Feb 2020: 17.6%; sample: 34Mar 2020: 33.3%; sample: 27Apr 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×May 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jun 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jul 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Aug 2020: 5.0%; sample: 20Sep 2020: 0.0%; sample: 25Oct 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Nov 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jan 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2021Feb 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2021: no data×May 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jun 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jul 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Aug 2021: 0.0%; sample: 22Sep 2021: 4.8%; sample: 21Oct 2021: 17.4%; sample: 23Nov 2021: 14.8%; sample: 27Dec 2021: 15.6%; sample: 32Jan 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2022Feb 2022: 14.8%; sample: 27Mar 2022: 3.4%; sample: 29Apr 2022: 42.3%; sample: 26May 2022: 50.0%; sample: 26Jun 2022: 61.5%; sample: 26Jul 2022: 42.3%; sample: 26Aug 2022: 65.4%; sample: 26Sep 2022: 40.0%; sample: 25Oct 2022: 54.2%; sample: 24Nov 2022: 15.0%; sample: 20Dec 2022: 29.2%; sample: 24Jan 2023: 21.7%; sample: 232023Feb 2023: 7.4%; sample: 27Mar 2023: 30.3%; sample: 33Apr 2023: 29.6%; sample: 27May 2023: 22.2%; sample: 27Jun 2023: 22.2%; sample: 27Jul 2023: 39.1%; sample: 23Aug 2023: 43.5%; sample: 23Sep 2023: 28.6%; sample: 28Oct 2023: 15.2%; sample: 33Nov 2023: 15.6%; sample: 32Dec 2023: 31.0%; sample: 42Jan 2024: 20.0%; sample: 452024Feb 2024: 14.0%; sample: 43Mar 2024: 12.2%; sample: 41Apr 2024: 12.9%; sample: 31May 2024: 12.5%; sample: 32Jun 2024: 32.1%; sample: 28Jul 2024: 37.9%; sample: 29Aug 2024: 14.3%; sample: 21Sep 2024: 13.8%; sample: 29Oct 2024: 23.5%; sample: 34Nov 2024: 26.7%; sample: 45Dec 2024: 30.6%; sample: 49Jan 2025: 35.3%; sample: 512025Feb 2025: 28.3%; sample: 46Mar 2025: 8.2%; sample: 49Apr 2025: 11.9%; sample: 42May 2025: 18.2%; sample: 44Jun 2025: 23.7%; sample: 38Jul 2025: 32.3%; sample: 31Aug 2025: 22.6%; sample: 31Sep 2025: 27.6%; sample: 29Oct 2025: 20.0%; sample: 40Nov 2025: 42.2%; sample: 64Dec 2025: 61.4%; sample: 70Jan 2026: 44.6%; sample: 562026Feb 2026: 26.7%; sample: 60Mar 2026: 14.9%; sample: 67Apr 2026: 10.6%; sample: 47May 2026: 16.7%; sample: 54Jun 2026: 27.5%; sample: 51Pandemic regime Jun 2020Summer 2022 breakdown Jul 2022NATS system failure Aug 2023Heathrow fire closure Mar 2025100%0%
Every month since 2018, including gaps and suppressed cells
MonthDisruption on arrivals
Jan 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 201820.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
May 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jun 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Aug 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Sep 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Oct 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Nov 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jan 201915.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 201914.3% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 20199.1% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 20194.5% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 201914.3% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 201939.1% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 201914.3% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 201934.5% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 201932.4% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 201920.6% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 20192.7% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202016.2% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202017.6% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202033.3% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
May 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jun 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Aug 20205.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 2020no events in 25 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Nov 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jan 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 2021no data
May 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jun 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Aug 2021no events in 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 20214.8% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202117.4% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202114.8% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202115.6% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 202214.8% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 20223.4% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202242.3% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202250.0% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202261.5% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202242.3% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202265.4% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202240.0% of 25 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202254.2% of 24 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202215.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202229.2% of 24 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202321.7% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 20237.4% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202330.3% of 33 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202329.6% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202322.2% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202322.2% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202339.1% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202343.5% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202328.6% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202315.2% of 33 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202315.6% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202331.0% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202420.0% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202414.0% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202412.2% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202412.9% of 31 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202412.5% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202432.1% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202437.9% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202414.3% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202413.8% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202423.5% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202426.7% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202430.6% of 49 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202535.3% of 51 movements
Feb 202528.3% of 46 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 20258.2% of 49 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202511.9% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202518.2% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202523.7% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202532.3% of 31 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202522.6% of 31 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202527.6% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202520.0% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202542.2% of 64 movements
Dec 202561.4% of 70 movements
Jan 202644.6% of 56 movements
Feb 202626.7% of 60 movements
Mar 202614.9% of 67 movements
Apr 202610.6% of 47 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202616.7% of 54 movements
Jun 202627.5% of 51 movements

What did the big disruptions actually do here?

Each named event below is shown against this route’s own baseline for the twelve months before it, and against how long the route took to get back to that baseline.

A month worse than baseline is not proof the named event caused it: the open data carry no delay-cause field at all. Some events sit near the edge of the archive, which limits how long a recovery can be traced.

EventDirectionDisruption that monthBaseline beforeReturn to baseline
Pandemic regime · Jun 2020Arrivalssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Pandemic regime · Jun 2020Departuressuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Arrivals42.3% of 26 movements — small sample, not rankedno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Departures76.9% of 26 movements — small sample, not rankedno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Arrivals43.5% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked31.4% across 306 flightsreturned the next month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Departures78.3% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked48.3% across 303 flightsreturned after 2 months
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Arrivals8.2% of 49 movements — small sample, not ranked23.3% across 436 flightsreturned the next month
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Departures8.2% of 49 movements — small sample, not ranked28.9% across 435 flightsreturned the next month
Definitions, denominators and limits

The baseline is the unweighted mean share over the twelve preceding calendar months. The return window is the following eight months, up to the end of the archive. Return means the first observed value at or below the baseline; it is not the duration of the disruption itself. If the event month is already below the baseline, counting still starts the month after. Gaps and suppressed cells are not treated as zeros or as recovery.

Which time of year has historically been hardest?

July has historically been the hardest month on this route: in a typical July, 39.1% of arrivals were disrupted, measured across 5 Julys in the archive. April has been the calmest, at 12.4% across 6 Aprils.

Even July has ranged from 32.3% to 42.3% in different years, so this is a record of what happened, not a forecast of what will. Lower is better throughout.

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.

Seasonality: calendar month by year; share and nJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec201915.0% of 20 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movements14.3% of 21 movements †9.1% of 22 movements †4.5% of 22 movements †14.3% of 21 movements †39.1% of 23 movements †14.3% of 21 movements †34.5% of 29 movements †32.4% of 34 movements †20.6% of 34 movements †2.7% of 37 movements †202016.2% of 37 movements †17.6% of 34 movements †33.3% of 27 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements5.0% of 20 movements †no events in 25 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno events in 22 movements †4.8% of 21 movements †17.4% of 23 movements †14.8% of 27 movements †15.6% of 32 movements †2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements14.8% of 27 movements †3.4% of 29 movements †42.3% of 26 movements †50.0% of 26 movements †61.5% of 26 movements †42.3% of 26 movements †65.4% of 26 movements †40.0% of 25 movements †54.2% of 24 movements †15.0% of 20 movements †29.2% of 24 movements †202321.7% of 23 movements †7.4% of 27 movements †30.3% of 33 movements †29.6% of 27 movements †22.2% of 27 movements †22.2% of 27 movements †39.1% of 23 movements †43.5% of 23 movements †28.6% of 28 movements †15.2% of 33 movements †15.6% of 32 movements †31.0% of 42 movements †202420.0% of 45 movements †14.0% of 43 movements †12.2% of 41 movements †12.9% of 31 movements †12.5% of 32 movements †32.1% of 28 movements †37.9% of 29 movements †14.3% of 21 movements †13.8% of 29 movements †23.5% of 34 movements †26.7% of 45 movements †30.6% of 49 movements †202535.3% of 51 movements28.3% of 46 movements †8.2% of 49 movements †11.9% of 42 movements †18.2% of 44 movements †23.7% of 38 movements †32.3% of 31 movements †22.6% of 31 movements †27.6% of 29 movements †20.0% of 40 movements †42.2% of 64 movements61.4% of 70 movements202644.6% of 56 movements26.7% of 60 movements14.9% of 67 movements10.6% of 47 movements †16.7% of 54 movements27.5% of 51 movementsno datano datano datano datano datano data
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
MonthMedianObserved rangeSample
Jan21.7%15.0–44.6%5 months, 195 flights
Feb14.8%7.4–28.3%5 months, 203 flights
Mar14.3%3.4–30.3%7 months, 260 flights
Apr12.4%9.1–42.3%6 months, 195 flights
May17.4%4.5–50.0%6 months, 205 flights
Jun25.6%14.3–61.5%6 months, 191 flights
Jul39.1%32.3–42.3%5 months, 132 flights
Aug22.6%14.3–65.4%5 months, 122 flights
Sep28.6%13.8–40.0%5 months, 140 flights
Oct23.5%15.2–54.2%5 months, 165 flights
Nov20.6%15.0–42.2%5 months, 195 flights
Dec30.6%2.7–61.4%5 months, 222 flights
Definitions, denominators and limits

The matrix shows the last eight calendar years, including an incomplete final year; the start of the archive is kept in the history above. Seasonal summaries use the whole available archive, excluding the pandemic regime 2020–2021; this is an observed range, not a forecast. Zero events, missing data and suppressed cells are marked separately. † marks a small sample, described but not ranked. For ranges the colour follows the upper bound.

Which airline has the better record here?

On the published record there is no clear winner: Easyjet Uk 26.1% of 69 movements, Ryanair 29.4% of 452 movements, Jet2.Com 39.7% of 78 movements. The gap between them sits inside sampling noise.

Figures cover arrivals, July 2025 to June 2026; lower is better in every column. Carriers with fewer than twenty published flights are suppressed rather than shown as zero. The page makes no ranking: the operations behind these shares are not matched for aircraft, time of day or season.

Observed disruption share by optionEasyjet Uk26.1% of 69 flightsJet2.Com39.7% of 78 flightsRyanair29.4% of 452 flights
Airline comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
AirlineOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Bmi Regionalsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
British Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Cello Aviationsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Easyjet Uk6926.1% of 69 movementsno events in 69 movementsno events in 69 movementsdescriptive comparison
Jet2.Com7839.7% of 78 movementsno events in 78 movements2.6% of 78 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ryanair45229.4% of 452 movements0.2% of 452 movements1.1% of 452 movementsdescriptive comparison
Thomas Cook Airlinessuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Titan Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Tui Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Wizz Airsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed

The noise check is a descriptive approximation assuming independent operations. Delay correlation and mix differences are not estimated; no ranking is derived.

Would another UK airport have been better?

Among UK airports flying to this city with enough flights to publish, ABZ had the lowest disruption share at 10.1% of 119 movements and MAN the highest at 41.5% of 815 movements. This route sits at 30.3% of 600 movements.

Each figure is arrivals into that UK airport, all carriers combined, over the same twelve months. It is a historical record, not a recommendation about where to fly from, and it says nothing about getting to or from each airport on the ground.

Observed disruption share by optionAbz ↔ Krakow10.1% of 119 flightsBfs ↔ Krakow27.4% of 259 flightsBoh ↔ Krakow31.6% of 177 flightsBrs ↔ Krakow25.2% of 639 flightsEdi ↔ Krakow36.6% of 579 flightsEma ↔ Krakow29.3% of 276 flightsGla ↔ Krakow19.5% of 267 flightsLba ↔ Krakow15.8% of 468 flights
Airport comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
Other UK airport to the same cityOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Abz ↔ Krakow11910.1% of 119 movements0.8% of 119 movementsno events in 119 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bfs ↔ Krakow25927.4% of 259 movements0.4% of 259 movements0.8% of 259 movementsdescriptive comparison
Boh ↔ Krakow17731.6% of 177 movements0.6% of 177 movements1.1% of 177 movementsdescriptive comparison
Brs ↔ Krakow63925.2% of 639 movements0.8% of 639 movements0.5% of 639 movementsdescriptive comparison
Cwl ↔ Krakowsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Doncaster-Sheffield ↔ Krakowsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Edi ↔ Krakow57936.6% of 579 movements0.3% of 579 movements1.0% of 579 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ema ↔ Krakow27629.3% of 276 movementsno events in 276 movements1.8% of 276 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ext ↔ Krakowsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Gla ↔ Krakow26719.5% of 267 movements0.7% of 267 movements0.7% of 267 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lba ↔ Krakow46815.8% of 468 movements0.6% of 468 movements0.9% of 468 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lgw ↔ Krakow84025.8% of 840 movements1.2% of 840 movements0.5% of 840 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lhr ↔ Krakow24118.3% of 241 movements0.4% of 241 movements0.4% of 241 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lpl ↔ Krakow40915.4% of 409 movements1.0% of 409 movements1.0% of 409 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ltn ↔ Krakow74424.3% of 744 movements0.5% of 744 movements0.8% of 744 movementsdescriptive comparison
Man ↔ Krakow81541.5% of 815 movements0.9% of 815 movements1.6% of 815 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ncl ↔ Krakow29118.9% of 291 movementsno events in 291 movements2.1% of 291 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sou ↔ Krakowsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Stn ↔ Krakow1,06428.9% of 1,064 movements0.4% of 1,064 movements0.8% of 1,064 movementsdescriptive comparison

Does the direction you are flying change anything?

Barely: arrivals into BHX ran 30.3% of 600 movements disrupted, departures 30.2% of 600 movements.

It matters legally as well as practically: a departure from the UK and an arrival into the UK on a UK or EU carrier fall under different conditions, and a departure delay does not establish a late arrival at your final destination.

Arrivals and departures side by side
DirectionDisruptionCancellationsOver three hours
Arrivals into BHX30.3% of 600 movements0.2% of 600 movements1.2% of 600 movements
Departures from BHX30.2% of 600 movements0.2% of 600 movements0.3% of 600 movements
Definitions, denominators and limits

CAA conditions on delays and cancellations.

How many flights here crossed the three-hour mark?

The table below counts arrivals and departures that ran more than three hours late — the threshold that is one of the conditions for compensation — across the whole archive and within the last six years.

The pound figure beside each count is arithmetic, not money anyone received: it is the count multiplied by the maximum statutory amount for this distance band. Whether any of those flights actually qualified is not knowable from this data.

DirectionWindowFlights over three hoursArithmetic statutory ceiling
ArrivalsWhole archive · Jan 2018–Jun 202630 flights out of 2,80230 × £350 = £10,500
ArrivalsLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202624 flights out of 2,19424 × £350 = £8,400
DeparturesWhole archive · Jan 2018–Jun 202618 flights out of 2,79918 × £350 = £6,300
DeparturesLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202616 flights out of 2,19316 × £350 = £5,600
Definitions, denominators and limits

Full formula: the count is the sum of the two tail buckets across months, carriers and service types in one direction; the ceiling is that count multiplied by the maximum statutory amount for the distance band. The condition is: if every such delay had been the carrier's fault and a claim had been filed on every one of them.

This is conditional arithmetic over operations: passenger numbers, legal applicability and the number of claims are all unknown. For departures it is an arithmetic scenario only, because arrival at the final point is not observed. For long routes the maximum ceiling is used; any reduction in the payable amount is not calculated.

The archive window is counted from the last month of data, not from today: this is not a limitation check for an individual case. The CAA states six years for England and Wales and five for Scotland. CAA: time limits and how to complain. Information, not a legal service.

The facts about this route

Route reference table: codes, distance, frequency, archive span
FieldValue
UK airportBIRMINGHAM · BHX
Final point / countryKRAKOW / POLAND
Final point codesKRK / EPKK
Great-circle distance1,515 km
Maximum statutory amount for the band£350
Average operated arrivals per day1.64
Presence in the latest twelve-month windowoperations present in every month of the latest twelve-month window
First and last active monthJan 2018–Jun 2026
Months with operations in the archive97

origin_destination is the final point of the CAA service, not evidence of a nonstop connection. The distance joins the coordinates of the named airports; the actual track is unknown. Frequency describes published operations.

What this data cannot tell you

Delay cause is not published in the regulator's open data. Monthly aggregates describe a population, not a specific flight. Cells below twenty operations are suppressed; twenty to forty-nine are descriptive only and not ranked. Arrivals and departures do not add up. Cancellations are short-notice only, by the CAA definition. A movement is not the same as a scheduled flight.

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.

Data-quality counters for this route

Zero observed events does not mean zero risk. Operator coverage against the Summary file is not established in this record; comparisons are limited to the published population.

Unmatched records: 0; all recorded operations: 600; excluded by quarantine: 0.

Quick answers

How often is this route disrupted?

30.3% of 600 movements over July 2025 to June 2026. Arrivals into the UK airport; all published carriers.

How many flights are cancelled at short notice?

0.2% of 600 movements in the same window.

How many delays crossed three hours?

1.2% of 600 movements in the same window; these are observed movements, not a count of claims.

What does the delay distribution look like?

rare but severe. The class compares the tail with short delays across routes in the corpus.

What distance is used?

1,515 km, great-circle.

Can compensation entitlement be established here?

No. The cause and the circumstances of an individual flight are unknown. Official CAA conditions.

Why do some cells say "no data"?

That month is absent from the published series. Small cells carry a separate "suppressed" marker; a gap is never replaced by a zero.

How this was calculated

Dataset version, input hashes and reconstruction rules

Dataset version: 396da8dde2874f14; method route-record-v2.1.

Versioned register of every number and the entity map · Input hashes · Correction log · Reconstruction and formulas.

Reconstruction: integer counts inside the rounding bounds of shares of D, summing to M. Ambiguity is preserved as a range of feasible counts; non-convergence stays in quarantine. The map of codes and coordinates is pinned by hash alongside the data. Raw CSV files are not included in the published output.

Your trip has already gone wrong — what now?

The official route to complain

Contact the airline first, then the relevant ADR body or the CAA. The right to care is assessed separately from compensation; time limits and circumstances are checked case by case. CAA: how to complain.

Reconstruction and formulas

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