UK FLIGHT DELAY INDEX

derived from CAA punctuality statistics for UK reporting airports

How often are these flights late or cancelled?

MAN ↔ IBIZA

In the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026, 47.3% of 854 movements arriving into MAN were disrupted — that is, they landed more than fifteen minutes late or were cancelled at short notice.

Put the other way round, 52.7% of 854 movements arrived on time by the industry's fifteen-minute standard. Severe delays were rarer: about one arrival in every 171 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, 47.3% of 854 movements were disrupted and 0.1% of 854 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
47.3% of 854 movements0.1% of 854 movements36.1–57.6 min; N of delayed flights=403–620854
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: 0.1% of 854 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 min47.2%30 min30.7%60 min12.8%120 min3.2%180 min0.6%360 min0.0%
Delay ladder table: share, movements and one-in-N
DelayShare and nMovementsOne delay in every N operations
>15 min47.2% of 854 movements4032.1
>30 min30.7% of 854 movements2623.3
>60 min12.8% of 854 movements1097.8
>120 min3.2% of 854 movements2731.6
>180 min0.6% of 854 movements5170.8
>360 minno events in 854 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 early384.4%15–1 early19522.8%0–15 late21725.4%16–3014116.5%31–6015317.9%61…120829.6%121…180222.6%181…36050.6%>36000.0%D=855
Definitions, denominators and limits

Ratio of the long tail to sixteen-to-sixty-minute delays: 0.0170; 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 2021, 9.8% of 102 movements. Worst month: Jun 2022, 60.0% of 125 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: no data×2018Feb 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2018: 3.1%; sample: 32May 2018: 26.7%; sample: 86Jun 2018: 29.9%; sample: 137Jul 2018: 23.1%; sample: 156Aug 2018: 22.5%; sample: 160Sep 2018: 27.0%; sample: 141Oct 2018: 15.2%; sample: 79Nov 2018: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2018: no data×Jan 2019: no data×2019Feb 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Mar 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2019: 6.9%; sample: 29May 2019: 22.1%; sample: 95Jun 2019: 22.3%; sample: 121Jul 2019: 23.4%; sample: 137Aug 2019: 32.4%; sample: 139Sep 2019: 27.6%; sample: 116Oct 2019: 21.1%; sample: 57Nov 2019: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2019: no data×Jan 2020: no data×2020Feb 2020: no data×Mar 2020: no data×Apr 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×May 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jun 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Jul 2020: 10.8%; sample: 37Aug 2020: 18.6%; sample: 43Sep 2020: 3.3%; sample: 30Oct 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Nov 2020: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2020: no data×Jan 2021: no data×2021Feb 2021: no data×Mar 2021: no data×Apr 2021: no data×May 2021: no data×Jun 2021: 4.3%; sample: 23Jul 2021: 13.0%; sample: 100Aug 2021: 13.5%; sample: 104Sep 2021: 9.8%; sample: 102Oct 2021: 14.3%; sample: 91Nov 2021: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2021: no data×Jan 2022: no data×2022Feb 2022: no data×Mar 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2022: 26.9%; sample: 52May 2022: 48.9%; sample: 94Jun 2022: 60.0%; sample: 125Jul 2022: 46.9%; sample: 147Aug 2022: 44.9%; sample: 158Sep 2022: 54.5%; sample: 132Oct 2022: 23.5%; sample: 85Nov 2022: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2022: no data×Jan 2023: no data×2023Feb 2023: no data×Mar 2023: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2023: 29.2%; sample: 65May 2023: 25.2%; sample: 107Jun 2023: 50.4%; sample: 133Jul 2023: 51.7%; sample: 149Aug 2023: 47.7%; sample: 151Sep 2023: 50.0%; sample: 132Oct 2023: 30.1%; sample: 93Nov 2023: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2023: no data×Jan 2024: no data×2024Feb 2024: no data×Mar 2024: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2024: 19.6%; sample: 51May 2024: 33.0%; sample: 115Jun 2024: 51.8%; sample: 139Jul 2024: 46.1%; sample: 154Aug 2024: 42.2%; sample: 154Sep 2024: 53.5%; sample: 142Oct 2024: 23.7%; sample: 97Nov 2024: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2024: no data×Jan 2025: no data×2025Feb 2025: no data×Mar 2025: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2025: 17.4%; sample: 46May 2025: 25.4%; sample: 114Jun 2025: 33.3%; sample: 141Jul 2025: 55.6%; sample: 151Aug 2025: 40.7%; sample: 150Sep 2025: 51.8%; sample: 139Oct 2025: 33.3%; sample: 87Nov 2025: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Dec 2025: no data×Jan 2026: no data×2026Feb 2026: no data×Mar 2026: suppressed: fewer than twenty movements×Apr 2026: 9.8%; sample: 51May 2026: 54.8%; sample: 115Jun 2026: 59.7%; sample: 144Pandemic 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 2018no data
Feb 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 20183.1% of 32 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 201826.7% of 86 movements
Jun 201829.9% of 137 movements
Jul 201823.1% of 156 movements
Aug 201822.5% of 160 movements
Sep 201827.0% of 141 movements
Oct 201815.2% of 79 movements
Nov 2018suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2018no data
Jan 2019no data
Feb 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Mar 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 20196.9% of 29 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 201922.1% of 95 movements
Jun 201922.3% of 121 movements
Jul 201923.4% of 137 movements
Aug 201932.4% of 139 movements
Sep 201927.6% of 116 movements
Oct 201921.1% of 57 movements
Nov 2019suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2019no data
Jan 2020no data
Feb 2020no data
Mar 2020no data
Apr 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
May 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jun 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Jul 202010.8% of 37 movements — small sample, not ranked
Aug 202018.6% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked
Sep 20203.3% of 30 movements — small sample, not ranked
Oct 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Nov 2020suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2020no data
Jan 2021no data
Feb 2021no data
Mar 2021no data
Apr 2021no data
May 2021no data
Jun 20214.3% of 23 movements — small sample, not ranked
Jul 202113.0% of 100 movements
Aug 202113.5% of 104 movements
Sep 20219.8% of 102 movements
Oct 202114.3% of 91 movements
Nov 2021suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2021no data
Jan 2022no data
Feb 2022no data
Mar 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 202226.9% of 52 movements
May 202248.9% of 94 movements
Jun 202260.0% of 125 movements
Jul 202246.9% of 147 movements
Aug 202244.9% of 158 movements
Sep 202254.5% of 132 movements
Oct 202223.5% of 85 movements
Nov 2022suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2022no data
Jan 2023no data
Feb 2023no data
Mar 2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 202329.2% of 65 movements
May 202325.2% of 107 movements
Jun 202350.4% of 133 movements
Jul 202351.7% of 149 movements
Aug 202347.7% of 151 movements
Sep 202350.0% of 132 movements
Oct 202330.1% of 93 movements
Nov 2023suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2023no data
Jan 2024no data
Feb 2024no data
Mar 2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 202419.6% of 51 movements
May 202433.0% of 115 movements
Jun 202451.8% of 139 movements
Jul 202446.1% of 154 movements
Aug 202442.2% of 154 movements
Sep 202453.5% of 142 movements
Oct 202423.7% of 97 movements
Nov 2024suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2024no data
Jan 2025no data
Feb 2025no data
Mar 2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 202517.4% of 46 movements — small sample, not ranked
May 202525.4% of 114 movements
Jun 202533.3% of 141 movements
Jul 202555.6% of 151 movements
Aug 202540.7% of 150 movements
Sep 202551.8% of 139 movements
Oct 202533.3% of 87 movements
Nov 2025suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Dec 2025no data
Jan 2026no data
Feb 2026no data
Mar 2026suppressed: fewer than twenty movements
Apr 20269.8% of 51 movements
May 202654.8% of 115 movements
Jun 202659.7% of 144 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 2022Arrivals46.9% of 147 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
Summer 2022 breakdown · Jul 2022Departures61.7% of 149 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Arrivals47.7% of 151 movementsno complete baselinenot enough data: needs a complete baseline and a publishable event month
NATS system failure · Aug 2023Departures58.0% of 150 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?

September has historically been the hardest month on this route: in a typical September, 50.9% of arrivals were disrupted, measured across 6 Septembers in the archive. April has been the calmest, at 17.4% across 7 Aprils.

Even September has ranged from 27.0% to 54.5% in different years, so this is a record of what happened, not a forecast of what will. Lower is better throughout.

Each cell is one calendar month of one year; the number is the share of that month’s arrivals that were disrupted. Darker means worse. A blank cell means no published data, not zero.

Seasonality: calendar month by year; share and nJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2019no datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements6.9% of 29 movements †22.1% of 95 movements22.3% of 121 movements23.4% of 137 movements32.4% of 139 movements27.6% of 116 movements21.1% of 57 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno data2020no datano datano datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movements10.8% of 37 movements †18.6% of 43 movements †3.3% of 30 movements †suppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno data2021no datano datano datano datano data4.3% of 23 movements †13.0% of 100 movements13.5% of 104 movements9.8% of 102 movements14.3% of 91 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno data2022no datano datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movements26.9% of 52 movements48.9% of 94 movements60.0% of 125 movements46.9% of 147 movements44.9% of 158 movements54.5% of 132 movements23.5% of 85 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno data2023no datano datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movements29.2% of 65 movements25.2% of 107 movements50.4% of 133 movements51.7% of 149 movements47.7% of 151 movements50.0% of 132 movements30.1% of 93 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno data2024no datano datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movements19.6% of 51 movements33.0% of 115 movements51.8% of 139 movements46.1% of 154 movements42.2% of 154 movements53.5% of 142 movements23.7% of 97 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno data2025no datano datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movements17.4% of 46 movements †25.4% of 114 movements33.3% of 141 movements55.6% of 151 movements40.7% of 150 movements51.8% of 139 movements33.3% of 87 movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementsno data2026no datano datasuppressed: fewer than twenty movements9.8% of 51 movements54.8% of 115 movements59.7% of 144 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
Marno datano datano data
Apr17.4%3.1–29.2%7 months, 326 flights
May26.7%22.1–54.8%7 months, 726 flights
Jun50.4%22.3–60.0%7 months, 940 flights
Jul46.5%23.1–55.6%6 months, 894 flights
Aug41.4%22.5–47.7%6 months, 912 flights
Sep50.9%27.0–54.5%6 months, 802 flights
Oct23.6%15.2–33.3%6 months, 498 flights
Novno datano datano data
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: Ryanair Uk 25.8% of 31 movements — small sample, not ranked, Ryanair 39.5% of 276 movements, Easyjet Uk 43.8% of 80 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 Uk43.8% of 80 flightsJet2.Com51.3% of 310 flightsRyanair39.5% of 276 flightsRyanair Uk †25.8% of 31 flightsTui Airways59.2% of 157 flights
Airline comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
AirlineOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
British Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Easyjet Uk8043.8% of 80 movementsno events in 80 movements1.2% of 80 movementsdescriptive comparison
Jet2.Com31051.3% of 310 movementsno events in 310 movements1.0% of 310 movementsdescriptive comparison
Monarch Airlinessuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Ryanair27639.5% of 276 movements0.4% of 276 movements0.4% of 276 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ryanair Uk3125.8% of 31 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 31 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 31 movements — small sample, not rankedsmall sample; not ranked
Thomas Cook Airlinessuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Titan Airwayssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Tui Airways15759.2% of 157 movementsno events in 157 movementsno events in 157 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 4.5% of 22 movements — small sample, not ranked and CWL the highest at 48.8% of 43 movements — small sample, not ranked. This route sits at 47.3% of 854 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 ↔ Ibiza31.0% of 126 flightsBhx ↔ Ibiza36.3% of 399 flightsBoh ↔ Ibiza20.0% of 90 flightsBrs ↔ Ibiza40.3% of 397 flightsCwl ↔ Ibiza †48.8% of 43 flightsEdi ↔ Ibiza30.5% of 141 flightsEma ↔ Ibiza28.2% of 216 flightsExt ↔ Ibiza †4.5% of 22 flights
Airport comparison table: operations, cancellations, three-hour delays and data quality
Other UK airport to the same cityOperationsDisruptionCancellations>180 minData quality
Abz ↔ Ibizasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Bfs ↔ Ibiza12631.0% of 126 movements0.8% of 126 movements0.8% of 126 movementsdescriptive comparison
Bhd ↔ Ibizasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Bhx ↔ Ibiza39936.3% of 399 movementsno events in 399 movements0.3% of 399 movementsdescriptive comparison
Boh ↔ Ibiza9020.0% of 90 movementsno events in 90 movementsno events in 90 movementsdescriptive comparison
Brs ↔ Ibiza39740.3% of 397 movements0.3% of 397 movements0.3% of 397 movementsdescriptive comparison
Cwl ↔ Ibiza4348.8% of 43 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 43 movements — small sample, not rankedno events in 43 movements — small sample, not rankedsmall sample; not ranked
Doncaster-Sheffield ↔ Ibizasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Edi ↔ Ibiza14130.5% of 141 movementsno events in 141 movementsno events in 141 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ema ↔ Ibiza21628.2% of 216 movementsno events in 216 movements0.9% of 216 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ext ↔ Ibiza224.5% 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
Gla ↔ Ibiza20929.7% of 209 movementsno events in 209 movements1.0% of 209 movementsdescriptive comparison
Iom ↔ Ibizasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Jer ↔ Ibizasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Lba ↔ Ibiza28927.0% of 289 movementsno events in 289 movements0.7% of 289 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lcy ↔ Ibiza54727.8% of 547 movements0.9% of 547 movements0.5% of 547 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lgw ↔ Ibiza98035.9% of 980 movements1.2% of 980 movements1.4% of 980 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lhr ↔ Ibiza38233.0% of 382 movements1.0% of 382 movementsno events in 382 movementsdescriptive comparison
Lpl ↔ Ibiza14319.6% of 143 movementsno events in 143 movementsno events in 143 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ltn ↔ Ibiza24339.5% of 243 movements2.5% of 243 movements0.8% of 243 movementsdescriptive comparison
Ncl ↔ Ibiza29629.4% of 296 movementsno events in 296 movements0.3% of 296 movementsdescriptive comparison
Sen ↔ Ibizasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Sou ↔ Ibizasuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed: fewer than twenty movementssuppressed
Stn ↔ Ibiza72332.9% of 723 movementsno events in 723 movements0.8% of 723 movementsdescriptive comparison

Does the direction you are flying change anything?

Yes: arrivals into MAN ran 47.3% of 854 movements disrupted, departures 40.2% of 850 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 MAN47.3% of 854 movements0.1% of 854 movements0.6% of 854 movements
Departures from MAN40.2% of 850 movements0.1% of 850 movements0.5% of 850 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 202672 flights out of 5,70672 × £350 = £25,200
ArrivalsLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202653 flights out of 4,20553 × £350 = £18,550
DeparturesWhole archive · Jan 2018–Jun 202650 flights out of 5,70050 × £350 = £17,500
DeparturesLast 72 months · Jul 2020–Jun 202634 flights out of 4,19934 × £350 = £11,900
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 airportMANCHESTER · MAN
Final point / countryIBIZA / SPAIN
Final point codesIBZ / LEIB
Great-circle distance1,634 km
Maximum statutory amount for the band£350
Average operated arrivals per day2.34
Presence in the latest twelve-month windowoperations are not present in every month; seasonality not established
First and last active monthFeb 2018–Jun 2026
Months with operations in the archive69

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

What this data cannot tell you

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

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

Data-quality counters for this route

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

Unmatched records: 1; all recorded operations: 855; excluded by quarantine: 0.

Quick answers

How often is this route disrupted?

47.3% of 854 movements over July 2025 to June 2026. Arrivals into the UK airport; all published carriers.

How many flights are cancelled at short notice?

0.1% of 854 movements in the same window.

How many delays crossed three hours?

0.6% of 854 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?

1,634 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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