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Flight routes: delays, cancellations and compensation

Every UK route with at least 1,000 flights in 2025, with real punctuality figures from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the compensation the distance gives you.

By the EU261 Flight Delay editorial team Last reviewed: How we write our guides

In short: pick your departure airport and destination below. Each route page shows how often flights were 3+ hours late or cancelled in 2025, which airlines fly it, and whether UK261 (£) or EU261 (€) applies in each direction.

Routes with the most 3-hour-plus delays in 2025

Routes with at least 2,000 flights, ranked by the share of flights that were 3 hours or more late.

RouteFlights3 h+ lateCancelledAvg delay
London Heathrow → New York6,4081.79%2.05%18 min
London Luton → Tirana2,3711.77%0.25%17 min
London Heathrow → Jeddah2,0751.77%1.43%23 min
London Heathrow → Delhi5,4571.67%1.02%25 min
London Heathrow → Dallas3,3781.59%2.62%22 min
London Heathrow → Charlotte2,0961.55%4.25%25 min
London Heathrow → Chicago5,5761.52%2.42%21 min
London Heathrow → Washington3,8821.28%2.22%18 min
London Heathrow → Johannesburg2,1511.24%1.15%17 min
London Heathrow → Toronto4,2861.23%1.97%16 min
London Heathrow → Houston2,6871.17%1.83%19 min
Manchester → Palma de Mallorca4,1341.16%0.24%28 min
Manchester → Belfast2,8411.16%4.28%15 min
Leeds Bradford → Palma de Mallorca2,0971.14%0.43%20 min
Manchester → Barcelona3,4171.11%0.67%21 min

Busiest European routes (2024)

3,928 routes between European airports with at least 20,000 passengers a year have their own page; here are the 150 busiest. Every airport page lists its routes.

Routes by UK airport

London Heathrow (115 routes)

London Gatwick (87 routes)

Manchester (62 routes)

London Stansted (65 routes)

Edinburgh (29 routes)

London Luton (37 routes)

Birmingham (26 routes)

Bristol (18 routes)

Glasgow (22 routes)

London City (15 routes)

Belfast International (16 routes)

Newcastle (13 routes)

Liverpool John Lennon (9 routes)

Leeds Bradford (8 routes)

Belfast City (George Best) (10 routes)

Aberdeen (11 routes)

East Midlands (7 routes)

Jersey (4 routes)

Southampton (8 routes)

Bournemouth (1 routes)

Isle of Man (3 routes)

Cardiff (1 routes)

Teesside International (1 routes)

Data: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics 2025. Flight counts include both directions as recorded at the UK airport. Methodology.

Sources

  1. UK flight punctuality statistics 2025 – UK Civil Aviation Authority
  2. Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat

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