UK FLIGHT DELAY INDEX

derived from CAA punctuality statistics for UK reporting airports

How often are these flights late or cancelled?

BRS ↔ GENEVA

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 33.8% of 758 movements arriving into BRS were disrupted — that is, they landed more than fifteen minutes late or were cancelled at short notice.

Put the other way round, 66.2% of 758 movements arrived on time by the industry's fifteen-minute standard. Severe delays were rarer: about one arrival in every 126 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, 33.8% of 758 movements were disrupted and 0.3% of 758 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
33.8% of 758 movements0.3% of 758 movements27.6–53.4 min; N of delayed flights=254–464758
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: 0.3% of 758 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 min33.5%30 min18.5%60 min6.3%120 min1.8%180 min0.8%360 min0.1%
Delay ladder table: share, movements and one-in-N
DelayShare and nMovementsOne delay in every N operations
>15 min33.5% of 758 movements2543.0
>30 min18.5% of 758 movements1405.4
>60 min6.3% of 758 movements4815.8
>120 min1.8% of 758 movements1454.1
>180 min0.8% of 758 movements6126.3
>360 min0.1% of 758 movements1758.0
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 early486.3%15–1 early24432.2%0–15 late21027.7%16–3011415.0%31–609212.1%61…120344.5%121…18081.1%181…36050.7%>36010.1%D=758
Definitions, denominators and limits

Ratio of the long tail to sixteen-to-sixty-minute delays: 0.0291; 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: Jan 2022, 15.4% of 78 movements. Worst month: Apr 2019, 100.0% of 73 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: 36.3%; sample: 1022018Feb 2018: 30.9%; sample: 94Mar 2018: 58.3%; sample: 103Apr 2018: 23.3%; sample: 73May 2018: 44.2%; sample: 43Jun 2018: 74.4%; sample: 43Jul 2018: 75.0%; sample: 44Aug 2018: 58.7%; sample: 46Sep 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Oct 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Nov 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2018: 55.6%; sample: 81Jan 2019: 34.7%; sample: 982019Feb 2019: 40.7%; sample: 91Mar 2019: 37.3%; sample: 102Apr 2019: 100.0%; sample: 73May 2019: 34.8%; sample: 46Jun 2019: 61.4%; sample: 44Jul 2019: 57.1%; sample: 42Aug 2019: 51.1%; sample: 45Sep 2019: 27.3%; sample: 44Oct 2019: 34.1%; sample: 41Nov 2019: 15.4%; sample: 26Dec 2019: 46.6%; sample: 73Jan 2020: 26.8%; sample: 972020Feb 2020: 43.6%; sample: 94Mar 2020: 26.8%; sample: 71Apr 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: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Sep 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Oct 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: no data×Jun 2021: no data×Jul 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Aug 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Sep 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Oct 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Nov 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2021: 19.2%; sample: 52Jan 2022: 15.4%; sample: 782022Feb 2022: 44.7%; sample: 85Mar 2022: 38.2%; sample: 89Apr 2022: 63.4%; sample: 41May 2022: 91.3%; sample: 23Jun 2022: 91.2%; sample: 34Jul 2022: 81.5%; sample: 27Aug 2022: 66.7%; sample: 21Sep 2022: 65.4%; sample: 26Oct 2022: 46.9%; sample: 32Nov 2022: 7.4%; sample: 27Dec 2022: 40.6%; sample: 96Jan 2023: 36.4%; sample: 1072023Feb 2023: 33.0%; sample: 112Mar 2023: 47.9%; sample: 119Apr 2023: 71.8%; sample: 39May 2023: 57.5%; sample: 40Jun 2023: 69.2%; sample: 39Jul 2023: 70.0%; sample: 40Aug 2023: 65.9%; sample: 41Sep 2023: 55.3%; sample: 38Oct 2023: 46.2%; sample: 39Nov 2023: 14.3%; sample: 21Dec 2023: 32.2%; sample: 118Jan 2024: 35.6%; sample: 1182024Feb 2024: 19.9%; sample: 141Mar 2024: 22.0%; sample: 150Apr 2024: 26.3%; sample: 57May 2024: 58.1%; sample: 31Jun 2024: 60.0%; sample: 40Jul 2024: 47.7%; sample: 44Aug 2024: 47.7%; sample: 44Sep 2024: 62.9%; sample: 35Oct 2024: 36.4%; sample: 22Nov 2024: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2024: 36.6%; sample: 93Jan 2025: 33.9%; sample: 1272025Feb 2025: 34.1%; sample: 132Mar 2025: 17.6%; sample: 136Apr 2025: 30.6%; sample: 62May 2025: 29.6%; sample: 27Jun 2025: 46.7%; sample: 30Jul 2025: 45.5%; sample: 44Aug 2025: 51.1%; sample: 45Sep 2025: 69.6%; sample: 23Oct 2025: 11.5%; sample: 26Nov 2025: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2025: 28.7%; sample: 94Jan 2026: 42.1%; sample: 1332026Feb 2026: 28.0%; sample: 125Mar 2026: 24.1%; sample: 133Apr 2026: 22.8%; sample: 57May 2026: 29.0%; sample: 31Jun 2026: 61.8%; sample: 34Pandemic 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 201836.3% of 102 movements
Feb 201830.9% of 94 movements
Mar 201858.3% of 103 movements
Apr 201823.3% of 73 movements
May 201844.2% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 201874.4% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 201875.0% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 201858.7% of 46 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Oct 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Nov 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 201855.6% of 81 movements
Jan 201934.7% of 98 movements
Feb 201940.7% of 91 movements
Mar 201937.3% of 102 movements
Apr 2019100.0% of 73 movements
May 201934.8% of 46 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 201961.4% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 201957.1% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 201951.1% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 201927.3% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 201934.1% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 201915.4% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 201946.6% of 73 movements
Jan 202026.8% of 97 movements
Feb 202043.6% of 94 movements
Mar 202026.8% of 71 movements
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 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Sep 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
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 2021no data
Jun 2021no data
Jul 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Aug 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Sep 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Oct 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Nov 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 202119.2% of 52 movements
Jan 202215.4% of 78 movements
Feb 202244.7% of 85 movements
Mar 202238.2% of 89 movements
Apr 202263.4% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202291.3% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202291.2% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202281.5% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202266.7% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202265.4% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202246.9% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 20227.4% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202240.6% of 96 movements
Jan 202336.4% of 107 movements
Feb 202333.0% of 112 movements
Mar 202347.9% of 119 movements
Apr 202371.8% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202357.5% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202369.2% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202370.0% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202365.9% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202355.3% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202346.2% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202314.3% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202332.2% of 118 movements
Jan 202435.6% of 118 movements
Feb 202419.9% of 141 movements
Mar 202422.0% of 150 movements
Apr 202426.3% of 57 movements
May 202458.1% of 31 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202460.0% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202447.7% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202447.7% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202462.9% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202436.4% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 202436.6% of 93 movements
Jan 202533.9% of 127 movements
Feb 202534.1% of 132 movements
Mar 202517.6% of 136 movements
Apr 202530.6% of 62 movements
May 202529.6% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202546.7% of 30 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202545.5% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202551.1% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202569.6% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202511.5% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 202528.7% of 94 movements
Jan 202642.1% of 133 movements
Feb 202628.0% of 125 movements
Mar 202624.1% of 133 movements
Apr 202622.8% of 57 movements
May 202629.0% of 31 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202661.8% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked

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 2022Arrivals81.5% of 27 movements — small sample, not rankedno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Departures65.4% of 26 movements — small sample, not rankedno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Arrivals65.9% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked51.1% across 698 flightsreturned after 2 months
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Departures40.0% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked36.4% across 696 flightsreturned after 2 months
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Arrivals17.6% of 136 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Departures11.0% of 136 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event 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, 63.6% of arrivals were disrupted, measured across 6 Julys in the archive. November has been the calmest, at 14.3% across 3 Novembers.

Even July has ranged from 45.5% to 81.5% 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 nJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec201934.7% of 98 movements40.7% of 91 movements37.3% of 102 movements100.0% of 73 movements34.8% of 46 movements †61.4% of 44 movements †57.1% of 42 movements †51.1% of 45 movements †27.3% of 44 movements †34.1% of 41 movements †15.4% of 26 movements †46.6% of 73 movements202026.8% of 97 movements43.6% of 94 movements26.8% of 71 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno datano datano datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements19.2% of 52 movements202215.4% of 78 movements44.7% of 85 movements38.2% of 89 movements63.4% of 41 movements †91.3% of 23 movements †91.2% of 34 movements †81.5% of 27 movements †66.7% of 21 movements †65.4% of 26 movements †46.9% of 32 movements †7.4% of 27 movements †40.6% of 96 movements202336.4% of 107 movements33.0% of 112 movements47.9% of 119 movements71.8% of 39 movements †57.5% of 40 movements †69.2% of 39 movements †70.0% of 40 movements †65.9% of 41 movements †55.3% of 38 movements †46.2% of 39 movements †14.3% of 21 movements †32.2% of 118 movements202435.6% of 118 movements19.9% of 141 movements22.0% of 150 movements26.3% of 57 movements58.1% of 31 movements †60.0% of 40 movements †47.7% of 44 movements †47.7% of 44 movements †62.9% of 35 movements †36.4% of 22 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movements36.6% of 93 movements202533.9% of 127 movements34.1% of 132 movements17.6% of 136 movements30.6% of 62 movements29.6% of 27 movements †46.7% of 30 movements †45.5% of 44 movements †51.1% of 45 movements †69.6% of 23 movements †11.5% of 26 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movements28.7% of 94 movements202642.1% of 133 movements28.0% of 125 movements24.1% of 133 movements22.8% of 57 movements29.0% of 31 movements †61.8% of 34 movements †no datano datano datano datano datano data
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
MonthMedianObserved rangeSample
Jan35.6%15.4–42.1%7 months, 763 flights
Feb33.0%19.9–44.7%7 months, 780 flights
Mar37.3%17.6–58.3%7 months, 832 flights
Apr30.6%22.8–100.0%7 months, 402 flights
May44.2%29.0–91.3%7 months, 241 flights
Jun61.8%46.7–91.2%7 months, 264 flights
Jul63.6%45.5–81.5%6 months, 241 flights
Aug54.9%47.7–66.7%6 months, 242 flights
Sep62.9%27.3–69.6%5 months, 166 flights
Oct36.4%11.5–46.9%5 months, 160 flights
Nov14.3%7.4–15.4%3 months, 74 flights
Dec38.6%28.7–55.6%6 months, 555 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 Switzerland 23.2% of 56 movements, Easyjet Uk 34.3% of 671 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 Switzerland23.2% of 56 flightsEasyjet Uk34.3% of 671 flights
Airline comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
AirlineOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Aero4Msuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Easyjet Airlinesuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Easyjet Europesuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Easyjet Switzerland5623.2% of 56 movements1.8% of 56 movementsno events in 56 movementsdescriptive comparison
Easyjet Uk67134.3% of 671 movements0.1% of 671 movements0.9% of 671 movementsdescriptive comparison
Flybesuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Jet2.Comsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
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

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, SEN had the lowest disruption share at 20.0% of 85 movements and MAN the highest at 51.8% of 1,098 movements. This route sits at 33.8% of 758 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 optionBfs ↔ Geneva30.4% of 125 flightsBhx ↔ Geneva32.6% of 411 flightsBoh ↔ Geneva26.8% of 97 flightsEdi ↔ Geneva38.6% of 733 flightsGla ↔ Geneva44.6% of 74 flightsLba ↔ Geneva38.5% of 122 flightsLcy ↔ Geneva26.6% of 158 flightsLgw ↔ Geneva30.0% of 2,411 flights
Airport comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
Other UK airport to the same cityOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Abz ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Bfs ↔ Geneva12530.4% of 125 movements0.8% of 125 movements0.8% of 125 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bhd ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Bhx ↔ Geneva41132.6% of 411 movements0.5% of 411 movements0.5% of 411 movementsdescriptive comparison
Boh ↔ Geneva9726.8% of 97 movementsno events in 97 movementsno events in 97 movementsdescriptive comparison
Cwl ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Doncaster-Sheffield ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Durham-Tees-Valley ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Edi ↔ Geneva73338.6% of 733 movements0.5% of 733 movements0.4% of 733 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ema ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Ext ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Gla ↔ Geneva7444.6% of 74 movementsno events in 74 movementsno events in 74 movementsdescriptive comparison
Iom ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Jer ↔ Genevasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Lba ↔ Geneva12238.5% of 122 movementsno events in 122 movements0.8% of 122 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lcy ↔ Geneva15826.6% of 158 movements0.6% of 158 movementsno events in 158 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lgw ↔ Geneva2,41130.0% of 2,411 movements1.3% of 2,411 movements0.7% of 2,411 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lhr ↔ Geneva4,51421.8% of 4,514 movements1.0% of 4,514 movements0.2% of 4,514 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lpl ↔ Geneva22724.2% of 227 movements0.9% of 227 movementsno events in 227 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ltn ↔ Geneva1,09736.4% of 1,097 movementsno events in 1,097 movements1.2% of 1,097 movementsdescriptive comparison
Man ↔ Geneva1,09851.8% of 1,098 movements1.2% of 1,098 movements1.0% of 1,098 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ncl ↔ Geneva8525.9% of 85 movementsno events in 85 movementsno events in 85 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sen ↔ Geneva8520.0% of 85 movements1.2% of 85 movementsno events in 85 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sou ↔ Geneva6222.6% of 62 movements1.6% of 62 movementsno events in 62 movementsdescriptive comparison
Stn ↔ Geneva11938.7% of 119 movementsno events in 119 movements0.8% of 119 movementsdescriptive comparison

Does the direction you are flying change anything?

Yes: arrivals into BRS ran 33.8% of 758 movements disrupted, departures 18.6% of 760 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 BRS33.8% of 758 movements0.3% of 758 movements0.8% of 758 movements
Departures from BRS18.6% of 760 movements0.4% of 760 movements0.5% of 760 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 202637 flights out of 5,15837 × £220 = £8,140
ArrivalsLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202626 flights out of 3,54226 × £220 = £5,720
DeparturesWhole archive · Jan 2018–Jun 202632 flights out of 5,15832 × £220 = £7,040
DeparturesLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202619 flights out of 3,54119 × £220 = £4,180
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 airportBRISTOL · BRS
Final point / countryGENEVA / SWITZERLAND
Final point codesGVA / LSGG
Great-circle distance862 km
Maximum statutory amount for the band£220
Average operated arrivals per day2.07
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 archive87

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: 758; excluded by quarantine: 0.

Quick answers

How often is this route disrupted?

33.8% of 758 movements over July 2025 to June 2026. Arrivals into the UK airport; all published carriers.

How many flights are cancelled at short notice?

0.3% of 758 movements in the same window.

How many delays crossed three hours?

0.8% of 758 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?

862 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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