UK FLIGHT DELAY INDEX

derived from CAA punctuality statistics for UK reporting airports

How often are these flights late or cancelled?

BRS ↔ LAS PALMAS

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 38.6% of 546 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, 61.4% of 546 movements arrived on time by the industry's fifteen-minute standard. Severe delays were rarer: about one arrival in every 546 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, 38.6% of 546 movements were disrupted and 0.2% of 546 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
38.6% of 546 movements0.2% of 546 movements28.0–52.0 min; N of delayed flights=210–370546
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 546 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 min38.5%30 min21.6%60 min8.1%120 min2.0%180 min0.2%360 min0.0%
Delay ladder table: share, movements and one-in-N
DelayShare and nMovementsOne delay in every N operations
>15 min38.5% of 546 movements2102.6
>30 min21.6% of 546 movements1184.6
>60 min8.1% of 546 movements4412.4
>120 min2.0% of 546 movements1149.6
>180 min0.2% of 546 movements1546.0
>360 minno events in 546 movements0no observed events, which is not zero risk
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?

When this route runs late, it is usually only a little late: big blow-ups are rarer here 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 early499.0%15–1 early12623.0%0–15 late16029.3%16–309216.8%31–607413.5%61…120336.0%121…180101.8%181…36010.2%>36000.0%D=547
Definitions, denominators and limits

Ratio of the long tail to sixteen-to-sixty-minute delays: 0.0060; 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: Jul 2024, 25.0% of 52 movements. Worst month: Sep 2024, 63.5% of 52 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: 31.8%; sample: 22Mar 2018: 33.3%; sample: 27Apr 2018: 3.7%; sample: 27May 2018: 9.5%; sample: 21Jun 2018: 19.0%; sample: 21Jul 2018: 21.7%; sample: 23Aug 2018: 18.2%; sample: 22Sep 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: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2019Feb 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×May 2019: 21.7%; sample: 23Jun 2019: 25.0%; sample: 20Jul 2019: 17.4%; sample: 23Aug 2019: 31.8%; sample: 22Sep 2019: 22.7%; sample: 22Oct 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Nov 2019: 40.0%; sample: 20Dec 2019: 50.0%; sample: 20Jan 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2020Feb 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 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: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jul 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Aug 2021: 11.1%; sample: 27Sep 2021: 24.0%; sample: 25Oct 2021: 24.1%; sample: 29Nov 2021: 30.0%; sample: 30Dec 2021: 26.7%; sample: 30Jan 2022: 12.5%; sample: 242022Feb 2022: 38.1%; sample: 21Mar 2022: 28.1%; sample: 32Apr 2022: 32.4%; sample: 34May 2022: 75.7%; sample: 37Jun 2022: 74.4%; sample: 39Jul 2022: 51.1%; sample: 45Aug 2022: 44.4%; sample: 45Sep 2022: 82.5%; sample: 40Oct 2022: 35.0%; sample: 40Nov 2022: 42.9%; sample: 28Dec 2022: 51.9%; sample: 27Jan 2023: 50.0%; sample: 302023Feb 2023: 38.5%; sample: 26Mar 2023: 63.6%; sample: 33Apr 2023: 28.9%; sample: 38May 2023: 35.9%; sample: 39Jun 2023: 26.5%; sample: 49Jul 2023: 33.3%; sample: 51Aug 2023: 45.3%; sample: 53Sep 2023: 35.3%; sample: 51Oct 2023: 40.0%; sample: 55Nov 2023: 26.3%; sample: 38Dec 2023: 41.2%; sample: 34Jan 2024: 28.6%; sample: 352024Feb 2024: 33.3%; sample: 36Mar 2024: 30.8%; sample: 39Apr 2024: 36.5%; sample: 52May 2024: 40.4%; sample: 52Jun 2024: 42.3%; sample: 52Jul 2024: 25.0%; sample: 52Aug 2024: 32.7%; sample: 52Sep 2024: 63.5%; sample: 52Oct 2024: 50.0%; sample: 54Nov 2024: 46.5%; sample: 43Dec 2024: 35.6%; sample: 45Jan 2025: 37.8%; sample: 372025Feb 2025: 23.5%; sample: 34Mar 2025: 10.3%; sample: 39Apr 2025: 42.6%; sample: 47May 2025: 45.1%; sample: 51Jun 2025: 48.0%; sample: 50Jul 2025: 50.9%; sample: 53Aug 2025: 28.3%; sample: 53Sep 2025: 52.9%; sample: 51Oct 2025: 59.6%; sample: 52Nov 2025: 43.6%; sample: 39Dec 2025: 20.0%; sample: 35Jan 2026: 30.8%; sample: 392026Feb 2026: 40.0%; sample: 35Mar 2026: 43.9%; sample: 41Apr 2026: 19.1%; sample: 47May 2026: 30.6%; sample: 49Jun 2026: 36.5%; sample: 52Pandemic 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 201831.8% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 201833.3% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 20183.7% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 20189.5% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 201819.0% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 201821.7% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 201818.2% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
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 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
May 201921.7% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 201925.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 201917.4% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 201931.8% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 201922.7% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Nov 201940.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 201950.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty 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 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Aug 202111.1% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202124.0% of 25 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202124.1% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202130.0% of 30 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202126.7% of 30 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202212.5% of 24 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202238.1% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202228.1% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202232.4% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202275.7% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202274.4% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202251.1% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202244.4% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202282.5% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202235.0% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202242.9% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202251.9% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202350.0% of 30 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202338.5% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202363.6% of 33 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202328.9% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202335.9% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202326.5% of 49 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202333.3% of 51 movements
Aug 202345.3% of 53 movements
Sep 202335.3% of 51 movements
Oct 202340.0% of 55 movements
Nov 202326.3% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202341.2% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202428.6% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202433.3% of 36 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202430.8% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202436.5% of 52 movements
May 202440.4% of 52 movements
Jun 202442.3% of 52 movements
Jul 202425.0% of 52 movements
Aug 202432.7% of 52 movements
Sep 202463.5% of 52 movements
Oct 202450.0% of 54 movements
Nov 202446.5% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202435.6% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202537.8% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202523.5% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202510.3% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202542.6% of 47 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202545.1% of 51 movements
Jun 202548.0% of 50 movements
Jul 202550.9% of 53 movements
Aug 202528.3% of 53 movements
Sep 202552.9% of 51 movements
Oct 202559.6% of 52 movements
Nov 202543.6% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202520.0% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202630.8% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202640.0% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202643.9% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202619.1% of 47 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202630.6% of 49 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jun 202636.5% of 52 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 2022Arrivals51.1% of 45 movements — small sample, not rankedno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Departures55.8% of 43 movements — small sample, not rankedno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Arrivals45.3% of 53 movements44.5% across 446 flightsreturned the next month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Departures45.3% of 53 movements32.1% across 443 flightsreturned after 3 months
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Arrivals10.3% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked38.7% across 564 flightsreturned after 5 months
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Departures7.3% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked30.8% across 566 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?

September has historically been the hardest month on this route: in a typical September, 52.9% of arrivals were disrupted, measured across 5 Septembers in the archive. July has been the calmest, at 29.2% across 6 Julys.

Even September has ranged from 22.7% to 82.5% 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 nJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements21.7% of 23 movements †25.0% of 20 movements †17.4% of 23 movements †31.8% of 22 movements †22.7% of 22 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movements40.0% of 20 movements †50.0% of 20 movements †2020suppressed: 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 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 datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements11.1% of 27 movements †24.0% of 25 movements †24.1% of 29 movements †30.0% of 30 movements †26.7% of 30 movements †202212.5% of 24 movements †38.1% of 21 movements †28.1% of 32 movements †32.4% of 34 movements †75.7% of 37 movements †74.4% of 39 movements †51.1% of 45 movements †44.4% of 45 movements †82.5% of 40 movements †35.0% of 40 movements †42.9% of 28 movements †51.9% of 27 movements †202350.0% of 30 movements †38.5% of 26 movements †63.6% of 33 movements †28.9% of 38 movements †35.9% of 39 movements †26.5% of 49 movements †33.3% of 51 movements45.3% of 53 movements35.3% of 51 movements40.0% of 55 movements26.3% of 38 movements †41.2% of 34 movements †202428.6% of 35 movements †33.3% of 36 movements †30.8% of 39 movements †36.5% of 52 movements40.4% of 52 movements42.3% of 52 movements25.0% of 52 movements32.7% of 52 movements63.5% of 52 movements50.0% of 54 movements46.5% of 43 movements †35.6% of 45 movements †202537.8% of 37 movements †23.5% of 34 movements †10.3% of 39 movements †42.6% of 47 movements †45.1% of 51 movements48.0% of 50 movements50.9% of 53 movements28.3% of 53 movements52.9% of 51 movements59.6% of 52 movements43.6% of 39 movements †20.0% of 35 movements †202630.8% of 39 movements †40.0% of 35 movements †43.9% of 41 movements †19.1% of 47 movements †30.6% of 49 movements †36.5% of 52 movementsno datano datano datano datano datano data
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
MonthMedianObserved rangeSample
Jan30.8%12.5–50.0%5 months, 165 flights
Feb35.7%23.5–40.0%6 months, 174 flights
Mar32.1%10.3–63.6%6 months, 211 flights
Apr30.7%3.7–42.6%6 months, 245 flights
May35.9%9.5–75.7%7 months, 272 flights
Jun36.5%19.0–74.4%7 months, 283 flights
Jul29.2%17.4–51.1%6 months, 247 flights
Aug32.3%18.2–45.3%6 months, 247 flights
Sep52.9%22.7–82.5%5 months, 216 flights
Oct45.0%35.0–59.6%4 months, 201 flights
Nov42.9%26.3–46.5%5 months, 168 flights
Dec41.2%20.0–51.9%5 months, 161 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: Ryanair 25.2% of 135 movements, Tui Airways 35.1% of 94 movements, Easyjet Uk 41.2% of 136 movements. Observed shares differ; the mix of operations is not matched, so no causal conclusion follows.

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 Uk41.2% of 136 flightsJet2.Com48.3% of 180 flightsRyanair25.2% of 135 flightsTui Airways35.1% of 94 flights
Airline comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
AirlineOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
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 Uk13641.2% of 136 movements0.7% of 136 movementsno events in 136 movementsdescriptive comparison
Jet2.Com18048.3% of 180 movementsno events in 180 movementsno events in 180 movementsdescriptive comparison
Netjets Transportes Aereossuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Ryanair13525.2% of 135 movementsno events in 135 movementsno events in 135 movementsdescriptive comparison
Thomas Cook Airlinessuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Tui Airways9435.1% of 94 movementsno events in 94 movementsno events in 94 movementsdescriptive comparison

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, BOH had the lowest disruption share at 17.7% of 141 movements and MAN the highest at 49.0% of 838 movements. This route sits at 38.6% of 546 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 ↔ Las-Palmas32.1% of 162 flightsBhx ↔ Las-Palmas32.9% of 604 flightsBoh ↔ Las-Palmas17.7% of 141 flightsCwl ↔ Las-Palmas43.2% of 81 flightsEdi ↔ Las-Palmas35.6% of 351 flightsEma ↔ Las-Palmas26.5% of 377 flightsExt ↔ Las-Palmas †24.1% of 29 flightsGla ↔ Las-Palmas30.5% of 354 flights
Airport comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
Other UK airport to the same cityOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Abz ↔ Las-Palmassuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Bfs ↔ Las-Palmas16232.1% of 162 movementsno events in 162 movements1.2% of 162 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bhx ↔ Las-Palmas60432.9% of 604 movementsno events in 604 movements0.3% of 604 movementsdescriptive comparison
Boh ↔ Las-Palmas14117.7% of 141 movementsno events in 141 movements0.7% of 141 movementsdescriptive comparison
Cwl ↔ Las-Palmas8143.2% of 81 movementsno events in 81 movements1.2% of 81 movementsdescriptive comparison
Doncaster-Sheffield ↔ Las-Palmassuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Edi ↔ Las-Palmas35135.6% of 351 movements0.3% of 351 movements0.3% of 351 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ema ↔ Las-Palmas37726.5% of 377 movementsno events in 377 movements0.3% of 377 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ext ↔ Las-Palmas2924.1% of 29 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 29 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 29 movements — small sample, not rankedsmall sample; not ranked
Gla ↔ Las-Palmas35430.5% of 354 movements0.6% of 354 movements0.3% of 354 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lba ↔ Las-Palmas21223.1% of 212 movements0.9% of 212 movements0.5% of 212 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lgw ↔ Las-Palmas91437.6% of 914 movements0.2% of 914 movements0.8% of 914 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lhr ↔ Las-Palmassuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Lpl ↔ Las-Palmas20318.7% of 203 movements1.0% of 203 movementsno events in 203 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ltn ↔ Las-Palmas41830.1% of 418 movements0.5% of 418 movements0.2% of 418 movementsdescriptive comparison
Man ↔ Las-Palmas83849.0% of 838 movements0.1% of 838 movements0.6% of 838 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ncl ↔ Las-Palmas35537.2% of 355 movementsno events in 355 movements0.6% of 355 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sen ↔ Las-Palmas15219.7% of 152 movementsno events in 152 movementsno events in 152 movementsdescriptive comparison
Stn ↔ Las-Palmas69328.7% of 693 movements0.3% of 693 movementsno events in 693 movementsdescriptive comparison

Does the direction you are flying change anything?

Yes: arrivals into BRS ran 38.6% of 546 movements disrupted, departures 23.0% of 547 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 BRS38.6% of 546 movements0.2% of 546 movements0.2% of 546 movements
Departures from BRS23.0% of 547 movementsno events in 547 movements0.2% of 547 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 202631 flights out of 2,98531 × £350 = £10,850
ArrivalsLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202621 flights out of 2,50921 × £350 = £7,350
DeparturesWhole archive · Jan 2018–Jun 202623 flights out of 3,00323 × £350 = £8,050
DeparturesLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202616 flights out of 2,51316 × £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 airportBRISTOL · BRS
Final point / countryLAS PALMAS / SPAIN(CANARY ISLANDS)
Final point codesLPA / GCLP
Great-circle distance2,815 km
Maximum statutory amount for the band£350
Average operated arrivals per day1.49
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 archive92

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: 1; all recorded operations: 547; excluded by quarantine: 0.

Quick answers

How often is this route disrupted?

38.6% of 546 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 546 movements in the same window.

How many delays crossed three hours?

0.2% of 546 movements in the same window; these are observed movements, not a count of claims.

What does the delay distribution look like?

chronically slightly late. The class compares the tail with short delays across routes in the corpus.

What distance is used?

2,815 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

Open the versioned claim register

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