UK FLIGHT DELAY INDEX

derived from CAA punctuality statistics for UK reporting airports

How often are these flights late or cancelled?

GLA ↔ MALAGA

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 29.4% of 776 movements arriving into GLA were disrupted — that is, they landed more than fifteen minutes late or were cancelled at short notice.

Put the other way round, 70.6% of 776 movements arrived on time by the industry's fifteen-minute standard. Severe delays were rarer: about one arrival in every 388 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, 29.4% of 776 movements were disrupted and 0.4% of 776 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
29.4% of 776 movements0.4% of 776 movements23.8–51.9 min; N of delayed flights=225–458776
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: 0.4% of 776 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 min29.0%30 min15.5%60 min5.5%120 min1.0%180 min0.3%360 min0.0%
Delay ladder table: share, movements and one-in-N
DelayShare and nMovementsOne delay in every N operations
>15 min29.0% of 776 movements2253.4
>30 min15.5% of 776 movements1206.5
>60 min5.5% of 776 movements4318.0
>120 min1.0% of 776 movements897.0
>180 min0.3% of 776 movements2388.0
>360 minno events in 776 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 early8711.2%15–1 early22829.4%0–15 late23330.0%16–3010513.5%31–60779.9%61…120354.5%121…18060.8%181…36020.3%>36000.0%D=776
Definitions, denominators and limits

Ratio of the long tail to sixteen-to-sixty-minute delays: 0.0110; 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: Oct 2019, 15.2% of 66 movements. Worst month: Jun 2024, 53.2% of 77 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: 20.0%; sample: 352018Feb 2018: 13.2%; sample: 38Mar 2018: 18.5%; sample: 54Apr 2018: 22.9%; sample: 70May 2018: 31.9%; sample: 72Jun 2018: 26.0%; sample: 73Jul 2018: 30.3%; sample: 76Aug 2018: 23.0%; sample: 74Sep 2018: 25.7%; sample: 70Oct 2018: 29.2%; sample: 65Nov 2018: 29.6%; sample: 27Dec 2018: 18.2%; sample: 22Jan 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2019Feb 2019: 25.0%; sample: 24Mar 2019: 17.6%; sample: 34Apr 2019: 15.9%; sample: 69May 2019: 21.3%; sample: 75Jun 2019: 27.3%; sample: 77Jul 2019: 20.5%; sample: 73Aug 2019: 25.0%; sample: 72Sep 2019: 25.0%; sample: 72Oct 2019: 15.2%; sample: 66Nov 2019: 45.9%; sample: 37Dec 2019: 43.8%; sample: 32Jan 2020: 27.6%; sample: 292020Feb 2020: 23.5%; sample: 34Mar 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: 3.0%; sample: 33Sep 2020: 0.0%; sample: 23Oct 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: 28.6%; sample: 21Aug 2021: 15.9%; sample: 44Sep 2021: 20.8%; sample: 48Oct 2021: 32.6%; sample: 43Nov 2021: 18.5%; sample: 27Dec 2021: 8.3%; sample: 24Jan 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2022Feb 2022: 27.6%; sample: 29Mar 2022: 15.8%; sample: 38Apr 2022: 34.8%; sample: 69May 2022: 41.6%; sample: 77Jun 2022: 38.4%; sample: 73Jul 2022: 32.9%; sample: 76Aug 2022: 32.4%; sample: 68Sep 2022: 44.3%; sample: 79Oct 2022: 32.0%; sample: 75Nov 2022: 10.7%; sample: 28Dec 2022: 20.0%; sample: 25Jan 2023: 0.0%; sample: 242023Feb 2023: 3.8%; sample: 26Mar 2023: 33.3%; sample: 39Apr 2023: 49.2%; sample: 65May 2023: 47.9%; sample: 73Jun 2023: 35.1%; sample: 77Jul 2023: 31.6%; sample: 76Aug 2023: 33.3%; sample: 66Sep 2023: 33.3%; sample: 72Oct 2023: 23.1%; sample: 78Nov 2023: 43.3%; sample: 30Dec 2023: 28.0%; sample: 25Jan 2024: 12.5%; sample: 242024Feb 2024: 15.6%; sample: 32Mar 2024: 30.0%; sample: 40Apr 2024: 41.8%; sample: 67May 2024: 40.5%; sample: 79Jun 2024: 53.2%; sample: 77Jul 2024: 42.3%; sample: 78Aug 2024: 32.9%; sample: 76Sep 2024: 48.1%; sample: 81Oct 2024: 40.0%; sample: 75Nov 2024: 14.3%; sample: 42Dec 2024: 39.5%; sample: 38Jan 2025: 37.1%; sample: 352025Feb 2025: 24.3%; sample: 37Mar 2025: 18.2%; sample: 55Apr 2025: 27.0%; sample: 74May 2025: 40.5%; sample: 84Jun 2025: 34.1%; sample: 82Jul 2025: 38.3%; sample: 81Aug 2025: 28.4%; sample: 81Sep 2025: 34.6%; sample: 81Oct 2025: 38.8%; sample: 80Nov 2025: 33.3%; sample: 45Dec 2025: 10.5%; sample: 38Jan 2026: 11.8%; sample: 342026Feb 2026: 22.2%; sample: 27Mar 2026: 35.0%; sample: 40Apr 2026: 22.1%; sample: 86May 2026: 25.8%; sample: 93Jun 2026: 32.2%; sample: 90Pandemic 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 201820.0% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 201813.2% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 201818.5% of 54 movements
Apr 201822.9% of 70 movements
May 201831.9% of 72 movements
Jun 201826.0% of 73 movements
Jul 201830.3% of 76 movements
Aug 201823.0% of 74 movements
Sep 201825.7% of 70 movements
Oct 201829.2% of 65 movements
Nov 201829.6% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 201818.2% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 201925.0% of 24 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 201917.6% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 201915.9% of 69 movements
May 201921.3% of 75 movements
Jun 201927.3% of 77 movements
Jul 201920.5% of 73 movements
Aug 201925.0% of 72 movements
Sep 201925.0% of 72 movements
Oct 201915.2% of 66 movements
Nov 201945.9% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 201943.8% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202027.6% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202023.5% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
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 20203.0% of 33 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 2020no events in 23 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 2021no data
Jun 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 202128.6% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202115.9% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 202120.8% of 48 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 202132.6% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked
Nov 202118.5% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 20218.3% of 24 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 202227.6% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202215.8% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202234.8% of 69 movements
May 202241.6% of 77 movements
Jun 202238.4% of 73 movements
Jul 202232.9% of 76 movements
Aug 202232.4% of 68 movements
Sep 202244.3% of 79 movements
Oct 202232.0% of 75 movements
Nov 202210.7% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202220.0% of 25 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2023no events in 24 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 20233.8% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202333.3% of 39 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202349.2% of 65 movements
May 202347.9% of 73 movements
Jun 202335.1% of 77 movements
Jul 202331.6% of 76 movements
Aug 202333.3% of 66 movements
Sep 202333.3% of 72 movements
Oct 202323.1% of 78 movements
Nov 202343.3% of 30 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202328.0% of 25 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202412.5% of 24 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202415.6% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202430.0% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202441.8% of 67 movements
May 202440.5% of 79 movements
Jun 202453.2% of 77 movements
Jul 202442.3% of 78 movements
Aug 202432.9% of 76 movements
Sep 202448.1% of 81 movements
Oct 202440.0% of 75 movements
Nov 202414.3% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202439.5% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202537.1% of 35 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202524.3% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202518.2% of 55 movements
Apr 202527.0% of 74 movements
May 202540.5% of 84 movements
Jun 202534.1% of 82 movements
Jul 202538.3% of 81 movements
Aug 202528.4% of 81 movements
Sep 202534.6% of 81 movements
Oct 202538.8% of 80 movements
Nov 202533.3% of 45 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 202510.5% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 202611.8% of 34 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202622.2% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202635.0% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202622.1% of 86 movements
May 202625.8% of 93 movements
Jun 202632.2% of 90 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 2022Arrivals32.9% of 76 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Departures40.0% of 75 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Arrivals33.3% of 66 movements28.4% across 655 flightsreturned after 2 months
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Departures30.8% of 65 movements31.1% across 659 flightsreturned after 2 months
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Arrivals18.2% of 55 movements37.0% across 725 flightsreturned the next month
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Departures18.2% of 55 movements28.2% across 735 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?

May has historically been the hardest month on this route: in a typical May, 40.5% of arrivals were disrupted, measured across 7 Mays in the archive. January has been the calmest, at 12.5% across 5 Januarys.

Even May has ranged from 21.3% to 47.9% 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 movements25.0% of 24 movements †17.6% of 34 movements †15.9% of 69 movements21.3% of 75 movements27.3% of 77 movements20.5% of 73 movements25.0% of 72 movements25.0% of 72 movements15.2% of 66 movements45.9% of 37 movements †43.8% of 32 movements †202027.6% of 29 movements †23.5% of 34 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements3.0% of 33 movements †no events in 23 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 datano datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movements28.6% of 21 movements †15.9% of 44 movements †20.8% of 48 movements †32.6% of 43 movements †18.5% of 27 movements †8.3% of 24 movements †2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements27.6% of 29 movements †15.8% of 38 movements †34.8% of 69 movements41.6% of 77 movements38.4% of 73 movements32.9% of 76 movements32.4% of 68 movements44.3% of 79 movements32.0% of 75 movements10.7% of 28 movements †20.0% of 25 movements †2023no events in 24 movements †3.8% of 26 movements †33.3% of 39 movements †49.2% of 65 movements47.9% of 73 movements35.1% of 77 movements31.6% of 76 movements33.3% of 66 movements33.3% of 72 movements23.1% of 78 movements43.3% of 30 movements †28.0% of 25 movements †202412.5% of 24 movements †15.6% of 32 movements †30.0% of 40 movements †41.8% of 67 movements40.5% of 79 movements53.2% of 77 movements42.3% of 78 movements32.9% of 76 movements48.1% of 81 movements40.0% of 75 movements14.3% of 42 movements †39.5% of 38 movements †202537.1% of 35 movements †24.3% of 37 movements †18.2% of 55 movements27.0% of 74 movements40.5% of 84 movements34.1% of 82 movements38.3% of 81 movements28.4% of 81 movements34.6% of 81 movements38.8% of 80 movements33.3% of 45 movements †10.5% of 38 movements †202611.8% of 34 movements †22.2% of 27 movements †35.0% of 40 movements †22.1% of 86 movements25.8% of 93 movements32.2% of 90 movementsno datano datano datano datano datano data
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
MonthMedianObserved rangeSample
Jan12.5%0.0–37.1%5 months, 152 flights
Feb22.2%3.8–27.6%7 months, 213 flights
Mar18.5%15.8–35.0%7 months, 300 flights
Apr27.0%15.9–49.2%7 months, 500 flights
May40.5%21.3–47.9%7 months, 553 flights
Jun34.1%26.0–53.2%7 months, 549 flights
Jul32.2%20.5–42.3%6 months, 460 flights
Aug30.4%23.0–33.3%6 months, 437 flights
Sep34.0%25.0–48.1%6 months, 455 flights
Oct30.6%15.2–40.0%6 months, 439 flights
Nov31.5%10.7–45.9%6 months, 209 flights
Dec24.0%10.5–43.8%6 months, 180 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 18.9% of 180 movements, Jet2.Com 22.3% of 247 movements, Easyjet Uk 38.0% of 276 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 Uk38.0% of 276 flightsJet2.Com22.3% of 247 flightsRyanair18.9% of 180 flightsTui Airways46.6% of 73 flights
Airline comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
AirlineOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Alba Starsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Ba Cityflyersuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Copenhagen Airtaxisuppressed: 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 Switzerlandsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Easyjet Uk27638.0% of 276 movementsno events in 276 movements0.4% of 276 movementsdescriptive comparison
Enter Airsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Etf Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Euroatlantic Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Iberiasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Jet2.Com24722.3% of 247 movements0.4% of 247 movementsno events in 247 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ryanair18018.9% of 180 movements1.1% of 180 movements0.6% of 180 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ryanair Uksuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Tui Airways7346.6% of 73 movementsno events in 73 movementsno events in 73 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, MME had the lowest disruption share at 4.9% of 103 movements and LCY the highest at 44.4% of 284 movements. This route sits at 29.4% of 776 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 ↔ Malaga13.0% of 92 flightsBfs ↔ Malaga26.0% of 811 flightsBhx ↔ Malaga30.5% of 1,151 flightsBoh ↔ Malaga19.5% of 364 flightsBrs ↔ Malaga24.8% of 1,320 flightsCwl ↔ Malaga25.8% of 329 flightsEdi ↔ Malaga38.4% of 591 flightsEma ↔ Malaga24.1% of 806 flights
Airport comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
Other UK airport to the same cityOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Abz ↔ Malaga9213.0% of 92 movementsno events in 92 movementsno events in 92 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bfs ↔ Malaga81126.0% of 811 movements0.1% of 811 movements1.6% of 811 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bhd ↔ Malagasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Bhx ↔ Malaga1,15130.5% of 1,151 movements0.1% of 1,151 movements0.4% of 1,151 movementsdescriptive comparison
Boh ↔ Malaga36419.5% of 364 movements0.3% of 364 movements0.3% of 364 movementsdescriptive comparison
Brs ↔ Malaga1,32024.8% of 1,320 movements0.4% of 1,320 movements0.4% of 1,320 movementsdescriptive comparison
Cwl ↔ Malaga32925.8% of 329 movements0.3% of 329 movements0.6% of 329 movementsdescriptive comparison
Doncaster-Sheffield ↔ Malagasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Edi ↔ Malaga59138.4% of 591 movements0.2% of 591 movements0.3% of 591 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ema ↔ Malaga80624.1% of 806 movements0.1% of 806 movements0.7% of 806 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ext ↔ Malaga11734.2% of 117 movements0.9% of 117 movements0.9% of 117 movementsdescriptive comparison
Iom ↔ Malagasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Jer ↔ Malagasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Lba ↔ Malaga92128.6% of 921 movements0.7% of 921 movements0.8% of 921 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lcy ↔ Malaga28444.4% of 284 movements2.8% of 284 movements1.4% of 284 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lgw ↔ Malaga3,77928.8% of 3,779 movements0.7% of 3,779 movements1.1% of 3,779 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lhr ↔ Malaga77222.8% of 772 movements0.5% of 772 movements0.8% of 772 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lpl ↔ Malaga1,03321.3% of 1,033 movements0.2% of 1,033 movements0.1% of 1,033 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ltn ↔ Malaga1,16037.7% of 1,160 movements0.3% of 1,160 movements0.7% of 1,160 movementsdescriptive comparison
Man ↔ Malaga1,76436.5% of 1,764 movements0.7% of 1,764 movements0.5% of 1,764 movementsdescriptive comparison
Mme ↔ Malaga1034.9% of 103 movements1.0% of 103 movementsno events in 103 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ncl ↔ Malaga71825.2% of 718 movementsno events in 718 movements0.1% of 718 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sen ↔ Malaga27622.1% of 276 movementsno events in 276 movementsno events in 276 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sou ↔ Malagasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Stn ↔ Malaga1,37229.9% of 1,372 movements0.1% of 1,372 movements0.3% of 1,372 movementsdescriptive comparison

Does the direction you are flying change anything?

Yes: arrivals into GLA ran 29.4% of 776 movements disrupted, departures 21.3% of 776 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 GLA29.4% of 776 movements0.4% of 776 movements0.3% of 776 movements
Departures from GLA21.3% of 776 movements0.1% of 776 movements0.6% of 776 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 202622 flights out of 4,87222 × £350 = £7,700
ArrivalsLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202612 flights out of 3,48012 × £350 = £4,200
DeparturesWhole archive · Jan 2018–Jun 202628 flights out of 4,87828 × £350 = £9,800
DeparturesLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202619 flights out of 3,49219 × £350 = £6,650
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 airportGLASGOW · GLA
Final point / countryMALAGA / SPAIN
Final point codesAGP / LEMG
Great-circle distance2,135 km
Maximum statutory amount for the band£350
Average operated arrivals per day2.12
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 archive95

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: 776; excluded by quarantine: 0.

Quick answers

How often is this route disrupted?

29.4% of 776 movements over July 2025 to June 2026. Arrivals into the UK airport; all published carriers.

How many flights are cancelled at short notice?

0.4% of 776 movements in the same window.

How many delays crossed three hours?

0.3% of 776 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?

2,135 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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