UK FLIGHT DELAY INDEX

derived from CAA punctuality statistics for UK reporting airports

How often are these flights late or cancelled?

LGW ↔ PAPHOS

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 31.9% of 1,055 movements arriving into LGW were disrupted — that is, they landed more than fifteen minutes late or were cancelled at short notice.

Put the other way round, 68.1% of 1,055 movements arrived on time by the industry's fifteen-minute standard. Severe delays were rarer: about one arrival in every 352 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, 31.9% of 1,055 movements were disrupted and 1.3% of 1,055 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
31.9% of 1,055 movements1.3% of 1,055 movements28.6–51.6 min; N of delayed flights=323–5461,055
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: 1.3% of 1,055 movements. “One in N” means how many arrivals you would typically see between events at that level.

Delay threshold ladder; count and share of known operations15 min30.6%30 min17.2%60 min6.7%120 min1.1%180 min0.3%360 min0.0%
Delay ladder table: share, movements and one-in-N
DelayShare and nMovementsOne delay in every N operations
>15 min30.6% of 1,055 movements3233.3
>30 min17.2% of 1,055 movements1815.8
>60 min6.7% of 1,055 movements7114.9
>120 min1.1% of 1,055 movements1287.9
>180 min0.3% of 1,055 movements3351.7
>360 minno events in 1,055 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 early20419.3%15–1 early29127.6%0–15 late22321.1%16–3014213.5%31–6011010.4%61…120595.6%121…18090.9%181…36030.3%>36000.0%D=1,055
Definitions, denominators and limits

Ratio of the long tail to sixteen-to-sixty-minute delays: 0.0119; 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: Sep 2020, 4.0% of 50 movements. Worst month: Jul 2023, 80.1% of 146 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: 9.1%; sample: 332018Feb 2018: 11.6%; sample: 43Mar 2018: 30.3%; sample: 66Apr 2018: 27.1%; sample: 107May 2018: 40.7%; sample: 118Jun 2018: 54.7%; sample: 117Jul 2018: 61.1%; sample: 126Aug 2018: 49.2%; sample: 126Sep 2018: 39.7%; sample: 121Oct 2018: 34.2%; sample: 111Nov 2018: 7.6%; sample: 66Dec 2018: 26.8%; sample: 41Jan 2019: 11.5%; sample: 262019Feb 2019: 9.3%; sample: 43Mar 2019: 28.1%; sample: 64Apr 2019: 25.0%; sample: 104May 2019: 40.5%; sample: 116Jun 2019: 57.9%; sample: 121Jul 2019: 58.9%; sample: 124Aug 2019: 51.6%; sample: 122Sep 2019: 54.2%; sample: 118Oct 2019: 34.9%; sample: 106Nov 2019: 11.5%; sample: 61Dec 2019: 40.9%; sample: 44Jan 2020: 3.7%; sample: 272020Feb 2020: 34.2%; sample: 38Mar 2020: 16.2%; sample: 37Apr 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: 0.0%; sample: 25Sep 2020: 4.0%; sample: 50Oct 2020: 6.1%; sample: 49Nov 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: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×May 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jun 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jul 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Aug 2021: 20.0%; sample: 50Sep 2021: 9.8%; sample: 51Oct 2021: 12.3%; sample: 65Nov 2021: 8.1%; sample: 37Dec 2021: 3.6%; sample: 28Jan 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2022Feb 2022: 14.3%; sample: 21Mar 2022: 20.4%; sample: 49Apr 2022: 37.4%; sample: 115May 2022: 57.3%; sample: 110Jun 2022: 66.4%; sample: 131Jul 2022: 67.7%; sample: 133Aug 2022: 73.8%; sample: 145Sep 2022: 65.8%; sample: 146Oct 2022: 44.9%; sample: 138Nov 2022: 15.7%; sample: 51Dec 2022: 28.1%; sample: 32Jan 2023: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2023Feb 2023: 14.3%; sample: 28Mar 2023: 45.9%; sample: 61Apr 2023: 46.1%; sample: 128May 2023: 57.5%; sample: 134Jun 2023: 72.5%; sample: 138Jul 2023: 80.1%; sample: 146Aug 2023: 65.9%; sample: 138Sep 2023: 67.2%; sample: 137Oct 2023: 53.7%; sample: 134Nov 2023: 21.3%; sample: 61Dec 2023: 22.5%; sample: 40Jan 2024: 4.3%; sample: 232024Feb 2024: 12.5%; sample: 32Mar 2024: 19.6%; sample: 51Apr 2024: 20.0%; sample: 120May 2024: 31.5%; sample: 130Jun 2024: 57.1%; sample: 140Jul 2024: 70.2%; sample: 141Aug 2024: 48.9%; sample: 137Sep 2024: 61.8%; sample: 144Oct 2024: 37.2%; sample: 129Nov 2024: 13.6%; sample: 59Dec 2024: 25.9%; sample: 27Jan 2025: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2025Feb 2025: 0.0%; sample: 26Mar 2025: 11.9%; sample: 42Apr 2025: 12.1%; sample: 124May 2025: 34.1%; sample: 126Jun 2025: 49.6%; sample: 131Jul 2025: 53.2%; sample: 139Aug 2025: 35.1%; sample: 134Sep 2025: 48.5%; sample: 130Oct 2025: 27.7%; sample: 119Nov 2025: 10.2%; sample: 59Dec 2025: 6.9%; sample: 29Jan 2026: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2026Feb 2026: 8.3%; sample: 24Mar 2026: 29.8%; sample: 47Apr 2026: 11.5%; sample: 113May 2026: 24.8%; sample: 125Jun 2026: 40.3%; sample: 119Pandemic 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 20189.1% of 33 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 201811.6% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 201830.3% of 66 movements
Apr 201827.1% of 107 movements
May 201840.7% of 118 movements
Jun 201854.7% of 117 movements
Jul 201861.1% of 126 movements
Aug 201849.2% of 126 movements
Sep 201839.7% of 121 movements
Oct 201834.2% of 111 movements
Nov 20187.6% of 66 movements
Dec 201826.8% of 41 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 201911.5% of 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 20199.3% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 201928.1% of 64 movements
Apr 201925.0% of 104 movements
May 201940.5% of 116 movements
Jun 201957.9% of 121 movements
Jul 201958.9% of 124 movements
Aug 201951.6% of 122 movements
Sep 201954.2% of 118 movements
Oct 201934.9% of 106 movements
Nov 201911.5% of 61 movements
Dec 201940.9% of 44 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 20203.7% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202034.2% of 38 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202016.2% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
May 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jun 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Aug 2020no events in 25 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 20204.0% of 50 movements
Oct 20206.1% of 49 movements — small sample, not ranked
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 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
May 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jun 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Aug 202120.0% of 50 movements
Sep 20219.8% of 51 movements
Oct 202112.3% of 65 movements
Nov 20218.1% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 20213.6% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 202214.3% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202220.4% of 49 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202237.4% of 115 movements
May 202257.3% of 110 movements
Jun 202266.4% of 131 movements
Jul 202267.7% of 133 movements
Aug 202273.8% of 145 movements
Sep 202265.8% of 146 movements
Oct 202244.9% of 138 movements
Nov 202215.7% of 51 movements
Dec 202228.1% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 202314.3% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202345.9% of 61 movements
Apr 202346.1% of 128 movements
May 202357.5% of 134 movements
Jun 202372.5% of 138 movements
Jul 202380.1% of 146 movements
Aug 202365.9% of 138 movements
Sep 202367.2% of 137 movements
Oct 202353.7% of 134 movements
Nov 202321.3% of 61 movements
Dec 202322.5% of 40 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 20244.3% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Feb 202412.5% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202419.6% of 51 movements
Apr 202420.0% of 120 movements
May 202431.5% of 130 movements
Jun 202457.1% of 140 movements
Jul 202470.2% of 141 movements
Aug 202448.9% of 137 movements
Sep 202461.8% of 144 movements
Oct 202437.2% of 129 movements
Nov 202413.6% of 59 movements
Dec 202425.9% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2025no events in 26 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202511.9% of 42 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202512.1% of 124 movements
May 202534.1% of 126 movements
Jun 202549.6% of 131 movements
Jul 202553.2% of 139 movements
Aug 202535.1% of 134 movements
Sep 202548.5% of 130 movements
Oct 202527.7% of 119 movements
Nov 202510.2% of 59 movements
Dec 20256.9% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jan 2026suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 20268.3% of 24 movements — small sample, not ranked
Mar 202629.8% of 47 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202611.5% of 113 movements
May 202624.8% of 125 movements
Jun 202640.3% of 119 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 2022Arrivals67.7% of 133 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Departures77.8% of 135 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Arrivals65.9% of 138 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Departures83.3% of 138 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Arrivals11.9% of 42 movements — small sample, not rankedno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Departures14.9% of 47 movements — small sample, not rankedno 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, 64.4% of arrivals were disrupted, measured across 6 Julys in the archive. January has been the calmest, at 9.1% across 3 Januarys.

Even July has ranged from 53.2% to 80.1% 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 nJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec201911.5% of 26 movements †9.3% of 43 movements †28.1% of 64 movements25.0% of 104 movements40.5% of 116 movements57.9% of 121 movements58.9% of 124 movements51.6% of 122 movements54.2% of 118 movements34.9% of 106 movements11.5% of 61 movements40.9% of 44 movements †20203.7% of 27 movements †34.2% of 38 movements †16.2% of 37 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno events in 25 movements †4.0% of 50 movements6.1% of 49 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements2021suppressed: 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 movements20.0% of 50 movements9.8% of 51 movements12.3% of 65 movements8.1% of 37 movements †3.6% of 28 movements †2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements14.3% of 21 movements †20.4% of 49 movements †37.4% of 115 movements57.3% of 110 movements66.4% of 131 movements67.7% of 133 movements73.8% of 145 movements65.8% of 146 movements44.9% of 138 movements15.7% of 51 movements28.1% of 32 movements †2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movements14.3% of 28 movements †45.9% of 61 movements46.1% of 128 movements57.5% of 134 movements72.5% of 138 movements80.1% of 146 movements65.9% of 138 movements67.2% of 137 movements53.7% of 134 movements21.3% of 61 movements22.5% of 40 movements †20244.3% of 23 movements †12.5% of 32 movements †19.6% of 51 movements20.0% of 120 movements31.5% of 130 movements57.1% of 140 movements70.2% of 141 movements48.9% of 137 movements61.8% of 144 movements37.2% of 129 movements13.6% of 59 movements25.9% of 27 movements †2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno events in 26 movements †11.9% of 42 movements †12.1% of 124 movements34.1% of 126 movements49.6% of 131 movements53.2% of 139 movements35.1% of 134 movements48.5% of 130 movements27.7% of 119 movements10.2% of 59 movements6.9% of 29 movements †2026suppressed: fewer than twenty movements8.3% of 24 movements †29.8% of 47 movements †11.5% of 113 movements24.8% of 125 movements40.3% of 119 movementsno datano datano datano datano datano data
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
MonthMedianObserved rangeSample
Jan9.1%4.3–11.5%3 months, 82 flights
Feb11.6%0.0–14.3%7 months, 217 flights
Mar28.1%11.9–45.9%7 months, 380 flights
Apr25.0%11.5–46.1%7 months, 811 flights
May40.5%24.8–57.5%7 months, 859 flights
Jun57.1%40.3–72.5%7 months, 897 flights
Jul64.4%53.2–80.1%6 months, 809 flights
Aug50.4%35.1–73.8%6 months, 802 flights
Sep58.0%39.7–67.2%6 months, 796 flights
Oct36.1%27.7–53.7%6 months, 737 flights
Nov12.5%7.6–21.3%6 months, 357 flights
Dec26.4%6.9–40.9%6 months, 213 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: Ba Euroflyer British Airways 29.2% of 219 movements, Easyjet Uk 30.9% of 627 movements, Tui Airways 35.9% of 181 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 optionBa Euroflyer British Airways29.2% of 219 flightsEasyjet Uk30.9% of 627 flightsJet2.Com †36.4% of 22 flightsTui Airways35.9% of 181 flights
Airline comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
AirlineOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Ba Euroflyer British Airways21929.2% of 219 movementsno events in 219 movementsno events in 219 movementsdescriptive comparison
British Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Cyprus Airwayssuppressed: 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 Uk62730.9% of 627 movements1.6% of 627 movements0.2% of 627 movementsdescriptive comparison
Fai Flight- Ambulance Servicesuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Germania Fluggesellschaftsuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Jet2.Com2236.4% of 22 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 22 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 22 movements — small sample, not rankedsmall sample; not ranked
Monarch Airlinessuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Norwegian Air Internationalsuppressed: 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
Tui Airways18135.9% of 181 movementsno events in 181 movements1.1% of 181 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, EXT had the lowest disruption share at 18.8% of 64 movements and MAN the highest at 49.8% of 813 movements. This route sits at 31.9% of 1,055 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 ↔ Paphos †25.0% of 32 flightsBhx ↔ Paphos33.4% of 356 flightsBoh ↔ Paphos31.7% of 60 flightsBrs ↔ Paphos39.4% of 307 flightsCwl ↔ Paphos40.3% of 62 flightsEdi ↔ Paphos33.3% of 174 flightsEma ↔ Paphos26.7% of 221 flightsExt ↔ Paphos18.8% of 64 flights
Airport comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
Other UK airport to the same cityOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Bfs ↔ Paphos3225.0% of 32 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 32 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 32 movements — small sample, not rankedsmall sample; not ranked
Bhd ↔ Paphossuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Bhx ↔ Paphos35633.4% of 356 movements0.3% of 356 movements1.1% of 356 movementsdescriptive comparison
Boh ↔ Paphos6031.7% of 60 movements3.3% of 60 movementsno events in 60 movementsdescriptive comparison
Brs ↔ Paphos30739.4% of 307 movements0.7% of 307 movements0.3% of 307 movementsdescriptive comparison
Cwl ↔ Paphos6240.3% of 62 movementsno events in 62 movements3.2% of 62 movementsdescriptive comparison
Doncaster-Sheffield ↔ Paphossuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Edi ↔ Paphos17433.3% of 174 movements0.6% of 174 movementsno events in 174 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ema ↔ Paphos22126.7% of 221 movementsno events in 221 movementsno events in 221 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ext ↔ Paphos6418.8% of 64 movementsno events in 64 movementsno events in 64 movementsdescriptive comparison
Gla ↔ Paphos14843.9% of 148 movementsno events in 148 movements1.4% of 148 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lba ↔ Paphos14733.3% of 147 movementsno events in 147 movementsno events in 147 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lhr ↔ Paphos9230.4% of 92 movements1.1% of 92 movements1.1% of 92 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lpl ↔ Paphos9927.3% of 99 movementsno events in 99 movementsno events in 99 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ltn ↔ Paphos17639.2% of 176 movementsno events in 176 movements0.6% of 176 movementsdescriptive comparison
Man ↔ Paphos81349.8% of 813 movements0.4% of 813 movements0.6% of 813 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ncl ↔ Paphos25640.6% of 256 movementsno events in 256 movements0.4% of 256 movementsdescriptive comparison
Stn ↔ Paphos53124.1% of 531 movementsno events in 531 movements0.4% of 531 movementsdescriptive comparison

Does the direction you are flying change anything?

Yes: arrivals into LGW ran 31.9% of 1,055 movements disrupted, departures 41.9% of 1,048 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 LGW31.9% of 1,055 movements1.3% of 1,055 movements0.3% of 1,055 movements
Departures from LGW41.9% of 1,048 movements0.8% of 1,048 movements0.5% of 1,048 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 202666 flights out of 7,54066 × £350 = £23,100
ArrivalsLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202648 flights out of 5,31448 × £350 = £16,800
DeparturesWhole archive · Jan 2018–Jun 202656 flights out of 7,48556 × £350 = £19,600
DeparturesLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202644 flights out of 5,27744 × £350 = £15,400
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 airportGATWICK · LGW
Final point / countryPAPHOS / CYPRUS
Final point codesPFO / LCPH
Great-circle distance3,186 km
Maximum statutory amount for the band£350
Average operated arrivals per day2.85
Presence in the latest twelve-month windowoperations present in every month of the latest twelve-month window
First and last active monthJan 2018–Jun 2026
Months with operations in the archive97

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

What this data cannot tell you

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

0 operations (0.00%) excluded because their published percentages could not be reconciled to whole numbers. Excluded operations enter neither the numerator nor the denominator. Outcome figures and comparisons are unavailable when the excluded share exceeds fifteen percent.

Data-quality counters for this route

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

Unmatched records: 0; all recorded operations: 1,055; excluded by quarantine: 0.

Quick answers

How often is this route disrupted?

31.9% of 1,055 movements over July 2025 to June 2026. Arrivals into the UK airport; all published carriers.

How many flights are cancelled at short notice?

1.3% of 1,055 movements in the same window.

How many delays crossed three hours?

0.3% of 1,055 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?

3,186 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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