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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

 

200920082007200620052004200320022001
 
  Scheduled Flights
  London Heathrow Airport All UK Airports *
Jan-Dec 2006 Jan-Dec 2005 Jan-Dec 2006
Average Delay (mins) 18.75 16.87 16.85
Within 15 mins (%) 65.01 68.10 69.29
1 hour+ late (%) 6.73 5.59 6.03
3 hours+ late (%) 0.70 0.54 0.67
Total Flights Analysed 466,992 468,120 1,488,058
* - 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 2006)
Rank Airline Avg. Delay
(mins)
Within 15 mins
(%)
1 hour+
late (%)
3 hours+
late (%)
Total Flights
analysed
1 KLM (incl Cityhopper) 11.61 78.25 3.66 0.34 9,209
2 Singapore Airlines 11.67 74.51 2.88 0.14 2,189
3 bmi British Midland 12.81 74.29 4.04 0.30 52,576
4 Lufthansa (incl City Line) 13.03 73.20 3.88 0.21 20,545
5 Swiss Airlines 13.33 72.99 4.13 0.18 4,402
6 Aer Lingus 13.34 74.85 4.24 0.53 14,850
7 Austrian Airlines 14.44 68.55 3.63 0.14 3,529
8 Finnair 14.53 69.88 3.73 0.56 2,839
9 United Airlines 15.48 71.52 5.49 0.65 7,837
10 Scandinavian SAS 16.91 68.29 5.99 0.67 13,707
11 Air France 16.99 64.51 5.49 0.15 8,268
12 CSA 17.26 65.22 6.05 0.25 1,984
13 Cathay Pacific 17.57 67.75 5.18 1.14 2,896
14 Air Canada 17.72 68.36 5.91 0.91 7,832
15 LOT Polish 17.76 61.84 5.15 0.28 2,136
16 Alitalia 17.84 63.72 6.74 0.36 8,866
17 American Airlines 19.08 65.19 6.51 1.00 10,780
18 British Airways 19.24 63.60 7.03 0.57 193,064
19 South African Airways 20.04 64.38 5.71 0.84 2,153
20 Gulf Air 20.38 63.78 8.15 0.95 2,833
21 GB Airways 21.10 58.73 7.31 1.00 2,886
22 Emirates 21.66 51.28 5.86 0.33 3,633
23 Qatar Airways 21.69 57.83 9.17 0.80 2,006
24 Iberia 21.84 61.16 8.75 1.13 10,756
25 THY Turkish 23.65 51.22 7.47 0.78 2,181
26 British Mediterranean 24.66 59.55 11.19 1.08 4,630
27 Virgin Atlantic 25.12 54.28 9.32 1.28 14,104
28 TAP Air Portugal 26.51 51.74 11.56 1.20 4,422
29 Qantas 29.60 51.05 9.96 2.78 2,913
30 Air India 57.57 32.26 26.96 6.10 3,097
 

 
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