These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for charter flights operated at Birmingham airport. Data is available for the current year to date and for previous years back to 2002. Simply select which year you are interested in below.
You can view data for several other UK airports, or view charter delays for specific airlines, by selecting a different page from the appropriate menu to the right.
Punctuality data is also available for scheduled flights at Birmingham |
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Charter Flights | All UK Reporting Airport
Charter Flights |
Jan '11 -
Dec '11 | Jan '10 -
Dec '10 | Jan '11 -
Dec '11 | Jan '10 -
Dec '10 |
| Average Delay (mins) | 19.32 | 25.39 | 20.50 | 31.79 |
| Within 15 mins (%) | 79.42 | 70.17 | 73.75 | 63.88 |
| 1 hour+ late (%) | 7.31 | 10.21 | 8.20 | 13.29 |
| 3 hours+ late (%) | 2.10 | 2.56 | 1.98 | 3.56 |
| Total Flights Analysed | 9,060 | 9,398 | 78,402 | 82,980 | |
| UK Airport Ranking (Charter Flight Delays: Jan '11 - Dec '11) |
| 1st | London Stansted | 15.06 mins |
| 2nd | Newcastle | 16.53 mins |
| 3rd | Birmingham | 19.32 mins |
| 4th | London Gatwick | 19.92 mins |
| 5th | London Luton | 21.36 mins |
| 6th | Manchester | 21.92 mins |
| 7th | Glasgow | 23.60 mins |
| 8th | Edinburgh | 28.30 mins |
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Charter flight punctuality at Birmingham airport improved significantly during 2011 compared to 2010, the average delay reducing by 24% from 25 minutes to 19 minutes and on-time performance increasing by 9 percentage points to 79%.
Compared to the UK average, charter flights at Birmingham airport had a better punctuality profile across all categories, especially on-time performance, but with the exception of delays in excess of 3 hours which were close to the UK average at this airport during 2011.
Birmingham Airport ranked third out of eight UK Reporting Airports for charter flight punctuality during 2011. |
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Airline
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Avg. Delay
(mins)
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Within 15
mins (%)
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1 hour+
late (%)
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3 hours+
late (%)
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Total Flights
analysed
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| 1 | Monarch Airlines | 9.49 | 89.86 | 4.35 | 0.72 | 138 |
| 2 | Thomson Airways | 13.31 | 83.11 | 4.93 | 1.11 | 3,588 |
| 3 | Thomas Cook Airlines | 13.49 | 84.19 | 6.29 | 1.27 | 2,290 |
| ALL 3 AIRLINES > > > | 13.29 | 83.68 | 5.44 | 1.16 | 6,016 |
Monarch Airlines was the most punctual charter airline at Birmingham during the summer 2011 season, with an average delay of around 9 minutes and an impressive 90% on-time performance recorded.
Thomson Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines followed with close to average punctuality at the airport and good overall timekeeping for both carriers with on-time performance of just under 85% demonstrated.
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Airline
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Avg. Delay
(mins)
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Within 15
mins (%)
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1 hour+
late (%)
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3 hours+
late (%)
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Total Flights
analysed
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| 1 | Thomas Cook Airlines | 18.90 | 76.36 | 7.93 | 1.87 | 643 |
| 2 | Monarch Airlines | 37.37 | 67.44 | 11.63 | 6.98 | 43 |
| 3 | Thomson Airways | 41.16 | 67.94 | 12.32 | 5.41 | 998 |
| ALL 3 AIRLINES > > > | 32.56 | 71.14 | 10.63 | 4.10 | 1,684 |
Thomas Cook Airlines was the most punctual charter carrier at Birmingham during the winter 2010 / 11 season, with an average delay of 19 minutes and 76% on-time performance recorded.
A relatively small number of Monarch charter flights were held up on average by nearly 38 minutes, while flights operated by the largest charter airline at Birmingham, Thomson Airways, suffered long delays of 41 minutes on average with 68% on-time performance.
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