UK FLIGHT DELAY INDEX

derived from CAA punctuality statistics for UK reporting airports

How often are these flights late or cancelled?

LTN ↔ PALMA DE MALLORCA

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 39.7% of 1,382 movements arriving into LTN were disrupted — that is, they landed more than fifteen minutes late or were cancelled at short notice.

Put the other way round, 60.3% of 1,382 movements arrived on time by the industry's fifteen-minute standard. Severe delays were rarer: about one arrival in every 173 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, 39.7% of 1,382 movements were disrupted and 0.7% of 1,382 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
39.7% of 1,382 movements0.7% of 1,382 movements35.8–59.9 min; N of delayed flights=538–8621,382
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: 0.7% of 1,382 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 min38.9%30 min24.9%60 min11.9%120 min3.0%180 min0.6%360 min0.2%
Delay ladder table: share, movements and one-in-N
DelayShare and nMovementsOne delay in every N operations
>15 min38.9% of 1,382 movements5382.6
>30 min24.9% of 1,382 movements3444.0
>60 min11.9% of 1,382 movements1658.4
>120 min3.0% of 1,382 movements4133.7
>180 min0.6% of 1,382 movements8172.8
>360 min0.2% of 1,382 movements3460.7
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 early15511.2%15–1 early35525.7%0–15 late32423.4%16–3019414.0%31–6017913.0%61…1201249.0%121…180332.4%181…36050.4%>36030.2%D=1,382
Definitions, denominators and limits

Ratio of the long tail to sixteen-to-sixty-minute delays: 0.0214; 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, 2.8% of 72 movements. Worst month: Sep 2024, 59.1% of 159 movements.

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

Monthly disruption share; gaps mean no published dataJan 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2018Feb 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2018: 33.3%; sample: 21Apr 2018: 13.6%; sample: 66May 2018: 41.3%; sample: 92Jun 2018: 40.2%; sample: 97Jul 2018: 35.4%; sample: 113Aug 2018: 36.1%; sample: 119Sep 2018: 39.0%; sample: 100Oct 2018: 33.7%; sample: 89Nov 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: 14.1%; sample: 78May 2019: 22.5%; sample: 89Jun 2019: 33.0%; sample: 91Jul 2019: 33.0%; sample: 109Aug 2019: 36.6%; sample: 112Sep 2019: 29.1%; sample: 86Oct 2019: 20.7%; sample: 82Nov 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jan 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: 11.3%; sample: 53Aug 2020: 6.4%; sample: 125Sep 2020: 2.8%; sample: 72Oct 2020: 18.2%; sample: 33Nov 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: 38.2%; sample: 102Aug 2021: 17.6%; sample: 119Sep 2021: 18.4%; sample: 76Oct 2021: 24.1%; sample: 58Nov 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jan 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2022Feb 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2022: 22.2%; sample: 27Apr 2022: 23.2%; sample: 99May 2022: 37.7%; sample: 122Jun 2022: 41.5%; sample: 130Jul 2022: 36.2%; sample: 163Aug 2022: 50.3%; sample: 153Sep 2022: 52.6%; sample: 133Oct 2022: 40.9%; sample: 132Nov 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jan 2023: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2023Feb 2023: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2023: 55.2%; sample: 29Apr 2023: 40.8%; sample: 120May 2023: 48.9%; sample: 141Jun 2023: 57.2%; sample: 145Jul 2023: 52.4%; sample: 170Aug 2023: 50.6%; sample: 170Sep 2023: 38.0%; sample: 142Oct 2023: 27.3%; sample: 128Nov 2023: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2023: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jan 2024: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2024Feb 2024: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2024: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2024: 31.7%; sample: 104May 2024: 43.2%; sample: 118Jun 2024: 56.0%; sample: 166Jul 2024: 55.9%; sample: 186Aug 2024: 58.4%; sample: 185Sep 2024: 59.1%; sample: 159Oct 2024: 33.8%; sample: 148Nov 2024: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2024: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jan 2025: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2025Feb 2025: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2025: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2025: 22.0%; sample: 127May 2025: 38.3%; sample: 149Jun 2025: 41.6%; sample: 190Jul 2025: 48.1%; sample: 216Aug 2025: 38.8%; sample: 219Sep 2025: 47.6%; sample: 191Oct 2025: 41.3%; sample: 172Nov 2025: 5.0%; sample: 20Dec 2025: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jan 2026: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×2026Feb 2026: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2026: 28.6%; sample: 28Apr 2026: 21.7%; sample: 120May 2026: 37.2%; sample: 172Jun 2026: 47.3%; sample: 203Pandemic regime Jun 2020Summer 2022 breakdown Jul 2022NATS system failure Aug 2023Heathrow fire closure Mar 2025100%0%
Every month since 2018, including gaps and suppressed cells
MonthDisruption on arrivals
Jan 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 201833.3% of 21 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 201813.6% of 66 movements
May 201841.3% of 92 movements
Jun 201840.2% of 97 movements
Jul 201835.4% of 113 movements
Aug 201836.1% of 119 movements
Sep 201839.0% of 100 movements
Oct 201833.7% of 89 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 201914.1% of 78 movements
May 201922.5% of 89 movements
Jun 201933.0% of 91 movements
Jul 201933.0% of 109 movements
Aug 201936.6% of 112 movements
Sep 201929.1% of 86 movements
Oct 201920.7% of 82 movements
Nov 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
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 202011.3% of 53 movements
Aug 20206.4% of 125 movements
Sep 20202.8% of 72 movements
Oct 202018.2% of 33 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 202138.2% of 102 movements
Aug 202117.6% of 119 movements
Sep 202118.4% of 76 movements
Oct 202124.1% of 58 movements
Nov 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jan 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 202222.2% of 27 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202223.2% of 99 movements
May 202237.7% of 122 movements
Jun 202241.5% of 130 movements
Jul 202236.2% of 163 movements
Aug 202250.3% of 153 movements
Sep 202252.6% of 133 movements
Oct 202240.9% of 132 movements
Nov 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jan 2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 202355.2% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202340.8% of 120 movements
May 202348.9% of 141 movements
Jun 202357.2% of 145 movements
Jul 202352.4% of 170 movements
Aug 202350.6% of 170 movements
Sep 202338.0% of 142 movements
Oct 202327.3% of 128 movements
Nov 2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jan 2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 202431.7% of 104 movements
May 202443.2% of 118 movements
Jun 202456.0% of 166 movements
Jul 202455.9% of 186 movements
Aug 202458.4% of 185 movements
Sep 202459.1% of 159 movements
Oct 202433.8% of 148 movements
Nov 2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jan 2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 202522.0% of 127 movements
May 202538.3% of 149 movements
Jun 202541.6% of 190 movements
Jul 202548.1% of 216 movements
Aug 202538.8% of 219 movements
Sep 202547.6% of 191 movements
Oct 202541.3% of 172 movements
Nov 20255.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not ranked
Dec 2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jan 2026suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Feb 2026suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 202628.6% of 28 movements — small sample, not ranked
Apr 202621.7% of 120 movements
May 202637.2% of 172 movements
Jun 202647.3% of 203 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 2022Arrivals36.2% of 163 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Departures48.5% of 163 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Arrivals50.6% of 170 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Departures47.1% of 170 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Arrivalssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Heathrow fire closure · Mar 2025Departuressuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Definitions, denominators and limits

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

Which time of year has historically been hardest?

August has historically been the hardest month on this route: in a typical August, 44.6% of arrivals were disrupted, measured across 6 Augusts in the archive. November has been the calmest, at 5.0% across 1 Novembers.

Even August has ranged from 36.1% to 58.4% 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 movements14.1% of 78 movements22.5% of 89 movements33.0% of 91 movements33.0% of 109 movements36.6% of 112 movements29.1% of 86 movements20.7% of 82 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements11.3% of 53 movements6.4% of 125 movements2.8% of 72 movements18.2% of 33 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 movements38.2% of 102 movements17.6% of 119 movements18.4% of 76 movements24.1% of 58 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements22.2% of 27 movements †23.2% of 99 movements37.7% of 122 movements41.5% of 130 movements36.2% of 163 movements50.3% of 153 movements52.6% of 133 movements40.9% of 132 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements55.2% of 29 movements †40.8% of 120 movements48.9% of 141 movements57.2% of 145 movements52.4% of 170 movements50.6% of 170 movements38.0% of 142 movements27.3% of 128 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements31.7% of 104 movements43.2% of 118 movements56.0% of 166 movements55.9% of 186 movements58.4% of 185 movements59.1% of 159 movements33.8% of 148 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements22.0% of 127 movements38.3% of 149 movements41.6% of 190 movements48.1% of 216 movements38.8% of 219 movements47.6% of 191 movements41.3% of 172 movements5.0% of 20 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movements2026suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements28.6% of 28 movements †21.7% of 120 movements37.2% of 172 movements47.3% of 203 movementsno datano datano datano datano datano data
Month-by-month table: median, observed range and sample
MonthMedianObserved rangeSample
Janno datano datano data
Febno datano datano data
Mar31.0%22.2–55.2%4 months, 105 flights
Apr22.0%13.6–40.8%7 months, 714 flights
May38.3%22.5–48.9%7 months, 883 flights
Jun41.6%33.0–57.2%7 months, 1,022 flights
Jul42.2%33.0–55.9%6 months, 957 flights
Aug44.6%36.1–58.4%6 months, 958 flights
Sep43.3%29.1–59.1%6 months, 811 flights
Oct33.7%20.7–41.3%6 months, 751 flights
Nov5.0%5.0%1 months, 20 flights
Decno datano datano data
Definitions, denominators and limits

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

Which airline has the better record here?

On the published record there is no clear winner: Easyjet Europe 9.4% of 192 movements, Easyjet Uk 37.1% of 660 movements, Ryanair 44.4% of 90 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 Europe9.4% of 192 flightsEasyjet Uk37.1% of 660 flightsJet2.Com61.2% of 188 flightsRyanair44.4% of 90 flightsTui Airways60.6% of 66 flightsWizz Air Uk48.4% of 186 flights
Airline comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
AirlineOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Air Europasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Air Onesuppressed: 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
Easyjet Airlinesuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Easyjet Europe1929.4% of 192 movements2.1% of 192 movementsno events in 192 movementsdescriptive comparison
Easyjet Uk66037.1% of 660 movements0.9% of 660 movements0.8% of 660 movementsdescriptive comparison
Itali Airlinessuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Jet2.Com18861.2% of 188 movementsno events in 188 movements0.5% of 188 movementsdescriptive comparison
Monarch Airlinessuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Ryanair9044.4% of 90 movementsno events in 90 movementsno events in 90 movementsdescriptive comparison
Titan Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Tui Airways6660.6% of 66 movementsno events in 66 movementsno events in 66 movementsdescriptive comparison
Vistajet Maltasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Wizz Air Uk18648.4% of 186 movementsno events in 186 movements1.1% of 186 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, BHD had the lowest disruption share at 19.7% of 66 movements and ABZ the highest at 58.0% of 69 movements. This route sits at 39.7% of 1,382 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 ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca58.0% of 69 flightsBfs ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca36.9% of 701 flightsBhd ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca19.7% of 66 flightsBhx ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca46.0% of 1,375 flightsBoh ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca45.9% of 553 flightsBrs ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca41.1% of 1,536 flightsCwl ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca54.2% of 142 flightsEdi ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca46.0% of 739 flights
Airport comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
Other UK airport to the same cityOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Abz ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca6958.0% of 69 movementsno events in 69 movementsno events in 69 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bfs ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca70136.9% of 701 movements0.6% of 701 movements1.6% of 701 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bhd ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca6619.7% of 66 movementsno events in 66 movements1.5% of 66 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bhx ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca1,37546.0% of 1,375 movements0.2% of 1,375 movements0.8% of 1,375 movementsdescriptive comparison
Boh ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca55345.9% of 553 movementsno events in 553 movements0.4% of 553 movementsdescriptive comparison
Brs ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca1,53641.1% of 1,536 movements0.8% of 1,536 movements1.0% of 1,536 movementsdescriptive comparison
Cwl ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca14254.2% of 142 movementsno events in 142 movements0.7% of 142 movementsdescriptive comparison
Doncaster-Sheffield ↔ Palma-De-Mallorcasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Edi ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca73946.0% of 739 movements0.3% of 739 movements1.1% of 739 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ema ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca93929.0% of 939 movementsno events in 939 movements0.7% of 939 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ext ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca17629.0% of 176 movementsno events in 176 movementsno events in 176 movementsdescriptive comparison
Gla ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca62740.8% of 627 movements0.6% of 627 movements1.4% of 627 movementsdescriptive comparison
Iom ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca2055.0% of 20 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 20 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 20 movements — small sample, not rankedsmall sample; not ranked
Jer ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca3348.5% of 33 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 33 movements — small sample, not ranked3.0% of 33 movements — small sample, not rankedsmall sample; not ranked
Lba ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca1,06840.5% of 1,068 movements0.4% of 1,068 movements1.4% of 1,068 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lcy ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca31142.4% of 311 movements1.6% of 311 movements1.3% of 311 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lgw ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca2,29745.6% of 2,297 movements1.3% of 2,297 movements1.3% of 2,297 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lhr ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca57537.9% of 575 movements1.4% of 575 movements1.2% of 575 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lpl ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca89133.4% of 891 movements0.4% of 891 movements0.7% of 891 movementsdescriptive comparison
Man ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca2,04254.9% of 2,042 movements0.2% of 2,042 movements1.7% of 2,042 movementsdescriptive comparison
Mme ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca10744.9% of 107 movementsno events in 107 movementsno events in 107 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ncl ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca84244.1% of 842 movements0.2% of 842 movements0.7% of 842 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sen ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca28922.5% of 289 movements0.7% of 289 movements0.3% of 289 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sou ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca8144.4% of 81 movements6.2% of 81 movementsno events in 81 movementsdescriptive comparison
Stn ↔ Palma-De-Mallorca1,42139.8% of 1,421 movements0.1% of 1,421 movements0.6% of 1,421 movementsdescriptive comparison

Does the direction you are flying change anything?

Yes: arrivals into LTN ran 39.7% of 1,382 movements disrupted, departures 28.4% of 1,379 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 LTN39.7% of 1,382 movements0.7% of 1,382 movements0.6% of 1,382 movements
Departures from LTN28.4% of 1,379 movements0.7% of 1,379 movements0.2% of 1,379 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 202698 flights out of 7,27398 × £220 = £21,560
ArrivalsLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202682 flights out of 5,79582 × £220 = £18,040
DeparturesWhole archive · Jan 2018–Jun 202676 flights out of 7,26976 × £220 = £16,720
DeparturesLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202666 flights out of 5,79666 × £220 = £14,520
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 airportLUTON · LTN
Final point / countryPALMA DE MALLORCA / SPAIN
Final point codesPMI / LEPA
Great-circle distance1,391 km
Maximum statutory amount for the band£220
Average operated arrivals per day3.76
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 archive98

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: 1,382; excluded by quarantine: 0.

Quick answers

How often is this route disrupted?

39.7% of 1,382 movements over July 2025 to June 2026. Arrivals into the UK airport; all published carriers.

How many flights are cancelled at short notice?

0.7% of 1,382 movements in the same window.

How many delays crossed three hours?

0.6% of 1,382 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?

1,391 km, great-circle.

Can compensation entitlement be established here?

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

Why do some cells say "no data"?

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

How this was calculated

Dataset version, input hashes and reconstruction rules

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

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

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

Your trip has already gone wrong — what now?

The official route to complain

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

Reconstruction and formulas

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