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These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for British Airways scheduled flights at UK reporting airports.

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British Airways was the most punctual airline at:

London City (click here for details)

British Airways was the most punctual scheduled carrier between:

London and Jersey (out of 4 airlines, click here for details)
London and Copenhagen (out of 6 airlines, click here for details)
London and Nice (out of 3 airlines, click here for details)
London and Brussels (out of 5 airlines, click here for details)
London and Dusseldorf (out of 7 airlines, click here for details)
London and Faro (out of 5 airlines, click here for details)
London and New York (out of 6 airlines, click here for details)
London and Houston (out of 2 airlines, click here for details)
London and Philadelphia (out of 2 airlines, click here for details)
London and Orlando (out of 2 airlines, click here for details)
London and Hong Kong (out of 3 airlines, click here for details)
London and Tel Aviv (out of 5 airlines, click here for details)
London and Abu Dhabi (out of 2 airlines, click here for details)
London and Jeddah (out of 3 airlines, click here for details)
London and Kuwait (out of 2 airlines, click here for details)
London and Beijing (out of 2 airlines, click here for details)
London and Johannesburg (out of 3 airlines, click here for details)
London and Cairo (out of 3 airlines, click here for details)
London and Nairobi (out of 3 airlines, click here for details)
London and Lagos (out of 3 airlines, click here for details)
London and Tripoli (out of 3 airlines, click here for details)

Punctuality Statistics for all analysed British Airways flights
(Jan-Dec 2010)

	Avg. Delay (mins)	Within 15 mins (%)	1 hour+ late (%)	3 hours+ late (%)	Total Flights analysed
London (City)	6.31	88.23	3.07	0.20	1,011
Manchester	12.60	77.59	4.47	0.42	7,947
London (Gatwick)	12.64	78.50	4.52	0.56	40,759
Glasgow	12.87	77.47	4.43	0.44	7,678
Edinburgh	13.15	77.17	4.52	0.54	8,643
Newcastle	13.55	77.45	4.92	0.56	3,575
London (Heathrow)	16.04	72.36	5.84	0.81	184,682
All British Airways Flights	15.12	73.96	5.47	0.73	254,295

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The following tables provide a breakdown of British Airways overall scheduled flight punctuality for each UK reporting airport listed above, at route level.

Punctuality Statistics for British Airways London City Airport flights at route level.
(Jan-Dec 2010)

Operated during months

Average
delay
(mins)

Operated
within 15
mins (%)

Over
1 hour
late (%)

Over
3 hours
late (%)

Total
flights
analysed

Route

London City to New York (JFK)

6.31

88.23

3.07

0.20

1,011

All London City Routes

6.31

88.23

3.07

0.20

1,011

Note: Data relates to arrivals and departures at London City
>> See how this performance compares to other scheduled airlines at London City

Punctuality Statistics for British Airways Manchester Airport flights at route level.
(Jan-Dec 2010)

Operated during months

Average
delay
(mins)

Operated
within 15
mins (%)

Over
1 hour
late (%)

Over
3 hours
late (%)

Total
flights
analysed

Route

Manchester to London (Gatwick)

10.62

81.31

3.84

0.12

3,306

Manchester to London (Heathrow)

14.02

74.94

4.91

0.62

4,641

All Manchester Routes

12.60

77.59

4.47

0.42

7,947

Note: Data relates to arrivals and departures at Manchester
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Punctuality Statistics for British Airways London Gatwick Airport flights at route level.
(Jan-Dec 2010)

	Operated during months												Average delay (mins)	Operated within 15 mins (%)	Over 1 hour late (%)	Over 3 hours late (%)	Total flights analysed
Route	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	Average delay (mins)	Operated within 15 mins (%)	Over 1 hour late (%)	Over 3 hours late (%)	Total flights analysed
Gatwick to Salzburg													7.85	83.30	2.97	0.00	437
Gatwick to Izmir													8.30	83.09	2.94	0.00	272
Gatwick to Jersey													8.50	84.86	3.10	0.27	3,646
Gatwick to Luxembourg													8.75	84.09	2.88	0.28	1,075
Gatwick to Cancun													9.27	73.33	0.00	0.00	30
Gatwick to Manchester													9.38	83.85	3.78	0.15	3,307
Gatwick to Bari													9.68	79.89	2.87	0.00	174
Gatwick to Amsterdam													10.28	83.50	3.65	0.51	2,551
Gatwick to Dubrovnik													10.44	84.10	3.29	0.18	547
Gatwick to Pisa													10.61	79.38	3.60	0.00	417
Gatwick to Glasgow													10.66	82.58	3.31	0.63	2,687
Gatwick to Edinburgh													11.06	79.11	3.50	0.40	2,743
Gatwick to Bordeaux													11.36	82.47	3.74	0.44	1,363
Gatwick to Bridgetown / Greneda													11.36	86.10	3.73	1.11	993
Gatwick to Varna													11.73	72.50	3.33	0.00	120
Gatwick to Bermuda													11.73	87.34	4.84	1.25	640
Gatwick to Sharm el-Sheikh													12.33	89.40	2.32	1.32	302
Gatwick to Innsbruck													12.34	81.82	6.06	0.00	165
Gatwick to Venice													12.49	77.16	4.09	0.35	2,027
Gatwick to Verona													12.55	77.29	4.35	0.66	1,057
Gatwick to Tirana													12.93	74.47	3.23	0.32	619
Gatwick to Orlando													12.98	80.00	4.38	1.38	800
Gatwick to Cagliari													13.22	74.03	5.52	0.00	181
Gatwick to Bologna													13.24	76.89	3.63	0.67	1,930
Gatwick to Thessaloniki													14.10	75.12	5.81	0.47	430
Gatwick to Turin													14.27	72.22	4.80	0.38	792
Gatwick to Male													14.44	74.51	6.21	0.33	306
Gatwick to Port Of Spain / St Lucia													14.52	81.93	4.22	0.80	498
Gatwick to Pristina													14.68	71.28	4.79	0.50	397
Gatwick to Genoa													15.11	74.74	6.77	0.45	665
Gatwick to Naples													15.29	71.18	4.43	0.61	1,804
Gatwick to Tunis													15.41	75.63	6.46	1.04	480
Gatwick to Kingston													15.49	78.40	6.62	1.39	287
Gatwick to Faro													15.76	72.78	7.02	0.75	1,069
Gatwick to Paphos													16.23	69.19	2.53	0.76	396
Gatwick to Montego Bay													16.62	73.89	4.93	1.48	203
Gatwick to Catania													17.01	68.07	5.35	0.38	523
Gatwick to Tampa													17.06	77.67	7.04	2.41	497
Gatwick to Antalya													17.84	68.75	8.48	0.89	224
Gatwick to Marseille													18.14	69.37	8.36	0.50	1,590
Gatwick to Antigua / Tobago / Punta Cana / St Kitts													18.73	76.60	6.90	1.85	594
Gatwick to Rome (Fiumicino)													19.50	61.89	8.68	0.47	1,060
Gatwick to Geneva													23.37	65.17	11.13	1.44	557
Gatwick to Ibiza													27.68	57.57	10.20	0.99	304
All London Gatwick Routes													12.64	78.50	4.52	0.56	40,759

Note: Data relates to arrivals and departures at London Gatwick
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Punctuality Statistics for British Airways Glasgow Airport flights at route level.
(Jan-Dec 2010)

Operated during months

Average
delay
(mins)

Operated
within 15
mins (%)

Over
1 hour
late (%)

Over
3 hours
late (%)

Total
flights
analysed

Route

Glasgow to London (Gatwick)

11.43

81.51

3.57

0.60

2,688

Glasgow to London (Heathrow)

13.65

75.29

4.89

0.36

4,990

All Glasgow Routes

12.87

77.47

4.43

0.44

7,678

Note: Data relates to arrivals and departures at Glasgow
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Punctuality Statistics for British Airways Edinburgh Airport flights at route level.
(Jan-Dec 2010)

Operated during months

Average
delay
(mins)

Operated
within 15
mins (%)

Over
1 hour
late (%)

Over
3 hours
late (%)

Total
flights
analysed

Route

Edinburgh to London (Gatwick)

12.19

78.44

3.61

0.41

2,686

Edinburgh to London (Heathrow)

13.58

76.60

4.94

0.60

5,957

All Edinburgh Routes

13.15

77.17

4.52

0.54

8,643

Note: Data relates to arrivals and departures at Edinburgh
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Punctuality Statistics for British Airways Newcastle Airport flights at route level.
(Jan-Dec 2010)

Operated during months

Average
delay
(mins)

Operated
within 15
mins (%)

Over
1 hour
late (%)

Over
3 hours
late (%)

Total
flights
analysed

Route

Newcastle to London (Heathrow)

13.55

77.45

4.92

0.56

3,575

All Newcastle Routes

13.55

77.45

4.92

0.56

3,575

Note: Data relates to arrivals and departures at Newcastle
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Punctuality Statistics for British Airways London Heathrow Airport flights at route level.
(Jan-Dec 2010)

	Operated during months												Average delay (mins)	Operated within 15 mins (%)	Over 1 hour late (%)	Over 3 hours late (%)	Total flights analysed
Route	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	Average delay (mins)	Operated within 15 mins (%)	Over 1 hour late (%)	Over 3 hours late (%)	Total flights analysed
Heathrow to Belgrade													6.64	86.45	1.45	0.32	620
Heathrow to Muscat / Abu Dhabi													8.35	84.34	3.24	0.14	709
Heathrow to St Petersburg													9.08	84.52	3.69	0.28	704
Heathrow to Riyadh													9.28	82.42	3.13	0.20	512
Heathrow to Sofia													9.63	81.60	3.11	0.27	739
Heathrow to Stuttgart													9.72	81.12	3.34	0.16	1,886
Heathrow to Basle													10.02	82.13	3.19	0.62	1,942
Heathrow to Copenhagen													10.18	80.71	3.80	0.31	3,603
Heathrow to Oslo (Gardermoen)													10.38	81.15	3.47	0.42	2,620
Heathrow to Hamburg													10.46	80.90	3.88	0.30	2,654
Heathrow to Kuwait													10.56	81.80	3.93	0.73	687
Heathrow to Berlin (Tegel)													10.79	81.00	3.82	0.57	3,510
Heathrow to Jeddah													11.04	82.70	3.59	0.42	474
Heathrow to Dusseldorf													11.23	78.82	3.78	0.45	3,518
Heathrow to Moscow (Domodedovo)													11.69	80.67	4.59	0.93	1,831
Heathrow to Stockholm (Arlanda)													11.71	78.54	4.44	0.57	3,714
Heathrow to Aberdeen													11.85	79.92	4.56	0.62	4,033
Heathrow to Prague													12.01	78.40	4.17	0.61	2,616
Heathrow to Tripoli													12.03	76.20	3.15	0.43	920
Heathrow to Brussels													12.03	77.32	3.51	0.53	3,756
Heathrow to Budapest													12.05	78.34	3.72	0.76	2,230
Heathrow to Munich													12.10	76.88	4.22	0.34	4,127
Heathrow to Edinburgh													12.16	79.09	4.78	0.59	5,982
Heathrow to Glasgow													12.28	77.98	4.81	0.40	4,990
Heathrow to Warsaw													12.29	78.90	4.41	0.41	1,948
Heathrow to Manchester													12.31	78.29	4.79	0.60	4,639
Heathrow to Newcastle													12.47	79.21	4.77	0.64	3,583
Heathrow to Milan (Malpensa)													12.66	75.16	3.88	0.48	2,295
Heathrow to Milan (Linate)													12.89	76.38	4.68	0.61	3,289
Heathrow to Paris (CDG)													13.16	75.99	4.84	0.58	5,355
Heathrow to Helsinki													13.38	74.98	4.60	0.29	1,371
Heathrow to Algiers													13.42	74.53	4.66	0.29	687
Heathrow to Amsterdam													13.53	75.79	4.81	0.67	4,486
Heathrow to Zurich													13.90	73.98	5.00	0.50	3,620
Heathrow to Hong Kong													14.26	78.44	5.46	0.92	1,410
Heathrow to Bucharest													14.39	73.34	4.22	0.74	1,493
Heathrow to Geneva													14.69	72.19	5.65	0.44	4,955
Heathrow to Mumbai													15.02	72.53	4.88	1.00	1,394
Heathrow to Beijing													15.13	68.85	4.43	0.46	655
Heathrow to Athens													15.13	73.82	4.97	0.99	2,334
Heathrow to Abuja													15.26	70.89	4.92	0.70	711
Heathrow to Venice													15.27	69.08	5.80	0.81	621
Heathrow to Toulouse													15.34	74.15	6.32	0.90	1,884
Heathrow to Vienna													15.38	72.18	6.34	0.53	2,620
Heathrow to Kiev (Borispol)													15.39	69.81	5.47	0.62	805
Heathrow to Bangalore													15.63	74.29	5.79	1.13	708
Heathrow to Singapore													15.84	74.24	5.76	1.12	625
Heathrow to Lyon													15.89	74.08	6.13	0.95	1,991
Heathrow to Nairobi													16.17	66.06	4.79	0.28	710
Heathrow to Bahrain / Doha													16.20	73.92	5.33	0.58	694
Heathrow to Istanbul													16.31	70.89	5.20	0.47	1,903
Heathrow to Cairo													16.47	72.37	6.19	1.15	695
Heathrow to Frankfurt													16.66	68.12	6.06	0.57	3,843
Heathrow to Philadelphia													16.69	68.43	6.13	0.68	1,321
Heathrow to Tel Aviv													16.74	73.50	6.86	0.95	1,370
Heathrow to Nice													16.74	69.31	6.51	0.73	3,978
Heathrow to Baltimore													17.13	71.12	6.23	1.06	658
Heathrow to Johannesburg													17.19	75.10	5.99	1.48	1,687
Heathrow to Dubai													17.29	77.48	5.89	1.72	1,630
Heathrow to New York (Newark)													17.67	70.25	5.59	0.77	1,825
Heathrow to Lisbon													17.84	65.29	7.00	0.41	2,429
Heathrow to Cape Town													18.07	68.96	5.00	1.04	960
Heathrow to Vancouver													18.14	64.33	6.02	0.55	914
Heathrow to Boston													18.18	69.32	5.96	1.37	2,047
Heathrow to Rome (Fiumicino)													18.19	64.21	6.71	0.53	3,948
Heathrow to Pisa													18.58	69.47	6.96	0.70	1,294
Heathrow to Calgary													19.08	74.70	4.88	1.18	676
Heathrow to Hyderabad													19.65	68.75	5.00	1.46	480
Heathrow to Dar-Es-Salaam													19.87	77.43	5.21	0.69	288
Heathrow to New York (JFK)													20.83	66.60	7.82	1.30	4,168
Heathrow to Entebbe													21.13	72.61	6.43	1.24	482
Heathrow to Houston													21.20	61.71	7.88	1.04	1,345
Heathrow to Larnaca													21.26	66.34	5.49	0.70	710
Heathrow to Madras / Chennai													21.29	69.22	6.44	1.21	497
Heathrow to Lusaka													21.71	65.19	8.87	1.71	293
Heathrow to Washington													21.71	62.11	7.33	1.00	2,006
Heathrow to Nassau / Grand Cayman / Providenciales													21.94	72.19	4.91	1.84	489
Heathrow to Sydney													22.08	66.44	6.50	1.21	1,323
Heathrow to Barcelona													22.20	65.71	9.93	1.40	4,584
Heathrow to Tokyo													22.47	59.49	7.79	1.56	706
Heathrow to Lagos													22.48	59.18	8.33	1.27	708
Heathrow to Gothenburg													22.69	65.74	12.96	0.93	108
Heathrow to Gibraltar													23.21	69.43	9.94	2.26	664
Heathrow to Chicago (O'Hare)													23.30	57.63	7.74	1.35	1,409
Heathrow to Miami													23.31	61.85	8.04	1.62	1,418
Heathrow to San Francisco													24.48	57.46	8.77	1.30	1,380
Heathrow to Malaga													24.79	57.26	11.62	0.97	1,343
Heathrow to Toronto													26.04	59.33	8.89	1.82	1,372
Heathrow to Madrid													26.09	56.67	12.49	1.13	3,266
Heathrow to Seattle													26.28	57.83	6.70	0.71	702
Heathrow to Accra													26.95	53.23	10.85	1.61	682
Heathrow to Mauritius													27.28	63.58	5.96	0.99	302
Heathrow to Dallas / Fort Worth													27.36	57.75	9.67	1.85	703
Heathrow to Denver													27.71	52.13	11.22	1.56	704
Heathrow to Montreal													28.49	57.91	11.02	1.84	708
Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro / Buenos Aries / Sao Paulo													28.57	61.60	10.56	2.17	1,013
Heathrow to Atlanta													29.76	58.53	7.80	2.02	692
Heathrow to Mexico City													30.93	54.95	10.16	2.20	364
Heathrow to Los Angeles													31.01	50.18	11.67	2.05	1,903
Heathrow to Las Vegas													31.61	44.03	13.21	1.85	704
Heathrow to Shanghai													32.66	48.12	16.17	1.88	532
Heathrow to Delhi													32.66	59.46	9.74	3.06	1,406
Heathrow to Phoenix													34.75	48.39	12.56	2.38	589
Heathrow to Luanda													35.53	76.62	5.97	2.99	201
All Heathrow Routes													16.04	72.36	5.84	0.81	184,682

Note: Data relates to arrivals and departures at Heathrow
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