Flight statistics: delays and cancellations
We rank the busiest airlines and airports by their delays and cancellations over the last 90 days. Tap any of them to see its page, its disrupted flights and your compensation rights.
What counts as a delay
Delayed (>5 min) is every flight that arrived at its destination more than 5 minutes late. It is the broad punctuality measure: most of those delays are short and give no right to anything.
3 h or more is the subset that arrived at least 3 hours late — the threshold Article 7 of Regulation EU261 sets for compensation of €250–€600. It is always counted on the arrival time at your final destination, never on the departure.
Cancellations are counted separately and are never included in either delay figure. Avg delay is the mean arrival delay across the flights that did arrive late.
The tables below are ordered by how much each airline and airport flies. To see who actually runs on time, and who owes compensation most often, use the punctuality league table.
Airlines by number of flights
Sorted by flight volume. The percentages show how many flights arrived more than 5 minutes late, how many arrived 3 hours or more late (the EU261 compensation threshold), and how many were cancelled.
| Airline | Flights | Delayed (>5 min) | 3 h or more | Cancelled | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryanair | 266,020 | 30.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 44 min |
| easyJet | 145,971 | 33.7% | 0.5% | 2.6% | 36 min |
| Lufthansa | 106,102 | 22.8% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 22 min |
| Iberia | 89,696 | 27.0% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 29 min |
| Air France | 88,351 | 27.7% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 27 min |
| SAS | 86,641 | 20.1% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 20 min |
| British Airways | 85,223 | 35.8% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 29 min |
| KLM | 85,061 | 27.7% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 27 min |
| Vueling | 75,396 | 27.9% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 34 min |
| Turkish Airlines | 66,294 | 16.7% | 0.3% | 2.5% | 29 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 53,079 | 24.8% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 28 min |
| Eurowings | 49,611 | 36.8% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 27 min |
| Finnair | 46,451 | 19.6% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 24 min |
| Swiss | 44,116 | 35.6% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 23 min |
| Austrian Airlines | 41,797 | 18.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 20 min |
| TAP Air Portugal | 41,266 | 41.9% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 25 min |
| Qatar Airways | 40,442 | 28.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 31 min |
| ITA Airways | 37,327 | 36.0% | 0.4% | 1.8% | 30 min |
| LOT Polish Airlines | 36,007 | 14.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 24 min |
| Transavia France | 32,118 | 33.3% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 26 min |
| Wizz Air | 29,971 | 19.4% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 42 min |
| Aer Lingus | 28,819 | 18.3% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 33 min |
| Air Europa | 26,333 | 36.8% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 26 min |
| Aegean Airlines | 25,644 | 37.9% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 22 min |
| Norwegian | 24,067 | 19.9% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 21 min |
| Brussels Airlines | 23,809 | 15.0% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 28 min |
| American Airlines | 23,660 | 26.3% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 32 min |
| United Airlines | 23,503 | 25.1% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 39 min |
| Etihad Airways | 23,080 | 31.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 29 min |
| Condor | 21,148 | 32.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 26 min |
| Emirates | 19,277 | 34.2% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 26 min |
| Virgin Atlantic | 17,542 | 28.9% | 0.5% | 1.8% | 28 min |
| Transavia | 17,479 | 29.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 33 min |
| Air Canada | 16,866 | 28.8% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 31 min |
| Saudia | 15,396 | 27.3% | 0.5% | 3.7% | 29 min |
| airBaltic | 14,829 | 24.7% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 23 min |
| GOL Linhas Aereas | 11,698 | 30.0% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 24 min |
| Luxair | 9,408 | 31.4% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 27 min |
| Iberia Express | 9,233 | 26.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 17 min |
| TAROM | 8,525 | 28.4% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 23 min |
Airports by number of flights
Departures and arrivals recorded. The percentages show how many of each airport’s movements arrived more than 5 minutes late, how many arrived 3 hours or more late (the EU261 compensation threshold), and how many were cancelled.
| Airport | Flights (dep.+arr.) | Delayed (>5 min) | 3 h or more | Cancelled | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) (CDG) | 304,991 | 30.4% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 30 min |
| Madrid (MAD) | 233,058 | 30.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 26 min |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | 204,688 | 23.8% | 0.4% | 2.8% | 26 min |
| Rome (FCO) | 189,679 | 32.1% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 38 min |
| Barcelona (BCN) | 183,447 | 35.0% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 36 min |
| London (LHR) | 138,287 | 36.4% | 0.5% | 2.0% | 34 min |
| Lisbon (LIS) | 133,536 | 45.0% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 33 min |
| Frankfurt am Main (FRA) | 132,231 | 25.9% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 24 min |
| Palma de Mallorca (PMI) | 97,210 | 38.8% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 36 min |
| Munich (MUC) | 95,710 | 19.2% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 27 min |
| Istanbul (IST) | 81,066 | 17.1% | 0.6% | 3.7% | 33 min |
| London (LGW) | 80,913 | 34.1% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 31 min |
| Pendik, Istanbul (SAW) | 79,686 | 9.4% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 28 min |
| Copenhagen (CPH) | 78,332 | 23.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 22 min |
| Zurich (ZRH) | 77,859 | 34.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 25 min |
| Vienna (VIE) | 74,273 | 19.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 25 min |
| Dublin (DUB) | 71,970 | 25.1% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 37 min |
| Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne) (ORY) | 69,262 | 36.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 29 min |
| Ferno (VA) (MXP) | 63,654 | 38.2% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 39 min |
| Manchester, Greater Manchester (MAN) | 62,676 | 42.9% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 37 min |
| Málaga (AGP) | 61,804 | 31.9% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 31 min |
| Oslo (Gardermoen) (OSL) | 60,953 | 19.2% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 20 min |
| Stockholm (ARN) | 58,889 | 17.2% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 20 min |
| Spata-Artemida (ATH) | 56,084 | 37.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 32 min |
| Warsaw (WAW) | 54,772 | 14.6% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 29 min |
| Zaventem (BRU) | 54,662 | 11.7% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 27 min |
| Berlin (BER) | 54,046 | 23.6% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 26 min |
| Helsinki (Vantaa) (HEL) | 53,063 | 17.1% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 19 min |
| London, Essex (STN) | 52,871 | 36.3% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 37 min |
| Porto (OPO) | 51,062 | 33.0% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 30 min |
| Düsseldorf (DUS) | 50,425 | 31.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 24 min |
| Gran Canaria Island (LPA) | 46,918 | 32.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 23 min |
| Otopeni (OTP) | 45,753 | 28.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 29 min |
| Edinburgh (EDI) | 44,723 | 23.9% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 32 min |
| Prague (PRG) | 44,387 | 24.5% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 29 min |
| Alicante (ALC) | 44,147 | 35.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 35 min |
| Geneva (GVA) | 43,172 | 27.9% | 0.3% | 4.4% | 26 min |
| Balice (KRK) | 40,030 | 5.5% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 31 min |
| Hamburg (HAM) | 36,449 | 33.7% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 24 min |
| Ibiza (Eivissa) (IBZ) | 34,503 | 36.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 36 min |
Based on the flight data we collect over the last 90 days, up to yesterday (today is never counted: its flights are still flying); recalculated once a day in the late morning (Central European time). “Delayed” = arrived more than 5 minutes late; “3 h or more” = the EU261 compensation threshold, measured on arrival. Figures are indicative.
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What do you count as a delay?
Two figures, both measured on the arrival time at the destination. “Delayed (>5 min)” is every flight that landed more than 5 minutes late — the broad punctuality measure. “3 h or more” is the subset that landed at least 3 hours late, which is the threshold Article 7 of Regulation EU261 uses for compensation. Cancelled flights are counted separately and never as delays.
Where does this data come from?
From the flight data we collect and archive. Each airport's own published flight information is read as often as needed to capture its whole day: once a day, the morning after, where the airport keeps past days online, and every few hours elsewhere; the nine Norwegian airports come from Avinor's open flight data, the seven Swedish ones from Swedavia's official flight data, Hamburg from Hamburg Airport's official flight data, Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen from its own board, and 16 airports from Avionio's flight boards. All five are credited at the end of this page, and each credit covers only the flights to or from the airports it names. For each airline and airport we count how many flights were delayed or cancelled over the last 90 days.
Does a high delay percentage mean I will be paid?
Not directly. EU261 compensation depends on your specific flight: the arrival delay (3 hours or more), the distance, and whether there were extraordinary circumstances. Use the calculator for your case.
How often is it updated?
Once a day, in the late morning (Central European time), when the previous day’s flights have been read in full. The figures cover complete days only, up to yesterday; today is never counted. The rolling 90-day window means the ranking shifts with the season (for example, more disruption in summer and around Christmas).