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These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for scheduled airlines at London Heathrow Airport.

Data is available for the current year to date and for previous years back to 2001. Simply select which year you are interested in below.

A range of specific route-level data is available as well as airport and UK average data. Other scheduled airline and airport statistics are also available by choosing from the menu to the right.

 
  
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Key Routes Punctuality data for 50 'Key Routes' from London Airports, by airline
  
Detailed Airline Statistics
Aer Lingus Aer Lingus
American Airlines American Airlines
bmi British Midland bmi British Midland
bmi regional bmi regional
BA Connect BA Connect
British Airways British Airways
Eastern Airways Eastern Airways
GB Airways GB Airways
KLM KLM
Lufthansa Lufthansa
Scandinavian SAS Scandinavian SAS
Swiss Airlines Swiss Airlines
Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic
VLM Airlines VLM Airlines

 

20082007200620052004200320022001
 
  Scheduled Flights
  London Heathrow Airport All UK Airports *
Jan-Dec 2005 Jan-Dec 2004 Jan-Dec 2005
Average Delay (mins) 16.87 16.96 14.89
Within 15 mins (%) 68.10 67.92 72.98
1 hour+ late (%) 5.59 5.65 5.09
3 hours+ late (%) 0.54 0.55 0.56
Total Flights Analysed 468,120 464,175 1,464,610
* - 10 UK Reporting Airports

Punctuality Statistics for the 30 largest scheduled operators at London Heathrow Airport in terms of flight movements during the period
(Jan-Dec 2005)
Rank Airline Avg. Delay
(mins)
Within 15 mins
(%)
1 hour+
late (%)
3 hours+
late (%)
Total Flights
analysed
1 Finnair 10.09 77.56 2.04 0.11 2,839
2 Lufthansa (incl. City Line) 10.37 79.14 3.04 0.10 20,978
3 bmi British Midland 11.65 75.57 3.21 0.16 54,500
4 Singapore Airlines 12.38 75.70 2.70 0.46 2,189
5 KLM (incl. Cityhopper) 12.63 77.73 4.91 0.52 9,215
6 Swiss Airlines 13.28 69.44 2.86 0.02 4,372
7 Aer Lingus 13.33 73.77 3.93 0.30 14,841
8 United Airlines 13.47 76.26 4.49 0.70 8,289
9 Scandinavian 13.86 71.30 4.07 0.27 14,049
10 Air France 14.31 70.90 4.51 0.28 9,217
11 Japan Airlines 14.59 70.37 3.18 0.46 2,170
12 South African Airways 15.20 74.66 3.79 0.59 2,214
13 Austrian Airlines 15.35 64.78 4.07 0.08 3,563
14 LOT Polish 15.42 68.94 5.48 0.28 2,170
15 Cathay Pacific 15.75 67.37 4.66 0.49 2,234
16 American Airlines 15.79 70.70 5.34 0.60 10,872
17 GB Airways 16.95 65.42 4.64 0.56 2,866
18 Alitalia 17.24 66.30 6.26 0.33 9,029
19 British Airways 17.37 66.94 5.91 0.45 192,378
20 Air Canada 18.77 66.30 6.05 0.93 8,065
21 Emirates 18.79 57.23 4.38 0.31 3,222
22 CSA 18.81 64.32 6.99 0.45 2,004
23 Iberia 19.34 64.17 7.34 0.67 10,822
24 Gulf Air 19.39 64.09 6.51 1.21 3,381
25 Qantas 19.39 64.68 5.59 1.04 3,185
26 TAP Air Portugal 19.44 58.40 6.50 0.30 4,320
27 British Mediterranean 21.87 63.26 8.82 1.38 4,262
28 Virgin Atlantic 22.06 56.81 7.34 0.83 12,571
29 THY Turkish 26.11 44.96 9.39 0.50 2,184
30 Air India 52.67 42.54 20.80 5.67 2,962
 

 
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