LEAGUE TABLE · APRIL 2026

UK flight delay league — April 2026

London Heathrow → Munich was the most disruption-prone route in this ranking in April 2026: 0% of its flights arrived 3 or more hours late and 10.4% were cancelled, across 346 flights in official UK CAA data.

Every UK route we track that met the sample-size floor in April 2026, ranked by how often its flights were hit by a compensation-relevant disruption.

HOW A ROUTE QUALIFIES

A route qualifies for a month once it clears our minimum tracked-flight count for its distance band. Months where a route fell short are simply absent — we do not interpolate. Full methodology →

Ranked by disruption rate

#	Route	Flights	3h+ late	Cancelled	Avg delay
1	LHR → MUCLondon Heathrow → Munich	346	0%	10.4%	6 min
2	LHR → DOHLondon Heathrow → Doha	136	0.7%	6.8%	12 min
3	LHR → FRALondon Heathrow → Frankfurt	373	0%	6%	7 min
4	LHR → EWRLondon Heathrow → New York Newark	265	2.2%	1.9%	15 min
5	LHR → LAXLondon Heathrow → Los Angeles	245	0.4%	3.5%	11 min
6	LHR → IADLondon Heathrow → Washington Dulles	173	0%	3.9%	10 min
7	LHR → SFOLondon Heathrow → San Francisco	183	0.5%	3.2%	6 min
8	EDI → AMSEdinburgh → Amsterdam	190	0%	3.6%	9 min
9	LHR → BOMLondon Heathrow → Mumbai	234	0.4%	2.9%	18 min
10	LHR → JFKLondon Heathrow → New York JFK	607	0.5%	2.6%	8 min
11	LHR → YYZLondon Heathrow → Toronto Pearson	194	0.5%	2.5%	9 min
12	LHR → DUSLondon Heathrow → Düsseldorf	237	0.4%	2.5%	7 min
13	LHR → MIALondon Heathrow → Miami	176	0.5%	2.2%	13 min
14	BRS → DUBBristol → Dublin	167	0.6%	1.8%	13 min
15	LHR → HAMLondon Heathrow → Hamburg	186	0%	2.1%	8 min
16	BHX → DUBBirmingham → Dublin	299	0.7%	1.3%	15 min
17	EDI → DUBEdinburgh → Dublin	353	0.3%	1.4%	11 min
18	BHX → AMSBirmingham → Amsterdam	188	0%	1.6%	10 min
19	LGW → DUBLondon Gatwick → Dublin	258	1.6%	0%	16 min
20	LHR → ORDLondon Heathrow → Chicago O'Hare	255	0.4%	1.2%	10 min
21	BHD → BHXBelfast City → Birmingham	192	0.5%	1%	8 min
22	BHX → BHDBirmingham → Belfast City	193	0.5%	1%	12 min
23	LHR → LINLondon Heathrow → Milan Linate	192	0%	1.5%	6 min
24	LHR → BERLondon Heathrow → Berlin	207	0%	1.4%	6 min
25	LHR → OSLLondon Heathrow → Oslo	204	0%	1.4%	4 min
26	LHR → BOSLondon Heathrow → Boston	222	0%	1.3%	7 min
27	BFS → MANBelfast International → Manchester	178	0.6%	0.6%	10 min
28	LBA → DUBLeeds Bradford → Dublin	157	0.6%	0.6%	7 min
29	LCY → AMSLondon City → Amsterdam	321	0%	1.2%	11 min
30	EDI → LCYEdinburgh → London City	187	0%	1.1%	5 min
31	LCY → EDILondon City → Edinburgh	185	0%	1.1%	7 min
32	LHR → CPHLondon Heathrow → Copenhagen	282	0%	1.1%	5 min
33	LHR → DELLondon Heathrow → Delhi	278	0.7%	0.4%	25 min
34	LPL → DUBLiverpool → Dublin	201	0%	1%	6 min
35	LHR → FCOLondon Heathrow → Rome Fiumicino	317	0%	0.9%	8 min
36	LHR → ISTLondon Heathrow → Istanbul	270	0.4%	0.4%	7 min
37	LHR → CDGLondon Heathrow → Paris CDG	376	0.3%	0.5%	7 min
38	STN → DUBLondon Stansted → Dublin	250	0.4%	0.4%	12 min
39	LHR → ATHLondon Heathrow → Athens	271	0%	0.7%	6 min
40	LHR → DXBLondon Heathrow → Dubai	150	0%	0.7%	6 min
41	LHR → HNDLondon Heathrow → Tokyo Haneda	150	0%	0.7%	8 min
42	MAN → DUBManchester → Dublin	418	0.2%	0.5%	11 min
43	ABZ → LHRAberdeen → London Heathrow	177	0.6%	0%	4 min
44	BFS → STNBelfast International → London Stansted	174	0%	0.6%	6 min
45	BRS → AMSBristol → Amsterdam	174	0%	0.6%	9 min
46	LCY → ZRHLondon City → Zurich	174	0%	0.6%	16 min
47	LGW → BCNLondon Gatwick → Barcelona	337	0.6%	0%	7 min
48	LGW → GCILondon Gatwick → Guernsey	179	0%	0.6%	6 min
49	LGW → MADLondon Gatwick → Madrid	180	0.6%	0%	8 min
50	LGW → AGPLondon Gatwick → Malaga	344	0.3%	0.3%	8 min
51	LTN → BCNLondon Luton → Barcelona	165	0.6%	0%	7 min
52	STN → BFSLondon Stansted → Belfast International	174	0%	0.6%	8 min
53	MAN → BFSManchester → Belfast International	179	0.6%	0%	11 min
54	MAN → TFSManchester → Tenerife South	160	0%	0.6%	16 min
55	BHD → LHRBelfast City → London Heathrow	186	0.5%	0%	7 min
56	LGW → GVALondon Gatwick → Geneva	186	0%	0.5%	10 min
57	LGW → PMILondon Gatwick → Palma de Mallorca	214	0.5%	0%	12 min
58	LHR → HKGLondon Heathrow → Hong Kong	184	0.5%	0%	16 min
59	GLA → DUBGlasgow → Dublin	222	0%	0.4%	11 min
60	LGW → ALCLondon Gatwick → Alicante	258	0.4%	0%	12 min
61	LGW → FAOLondon Gatwick → Faro	248	0.4%	0%	6 min
62	LHR → AMSLondon Heathrow → Amsterdam	446	0%	0.4%	6 min
63	LHR → DUBLondon Heathrow → Dublin	543	0%	0.4%	6 min
64	STN → SAWLondon Stansted → Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen	242	0%	0.4%	7 min
65	MAN → ALCManchester → Alicante	250	0.4%	0%	11 min
66	LHR → BCNLondon Heathrow → Barcelona	301	0%	0.3%	6 min
67	LHR → GVALondon Heathrow → Geneva	347	0%	0.3%	6 min
68	BRS → PMIBristol → Palma de Mallorca	165	0%	0%	5 min
69	EDI → LHREdinburgh → London Heathrow	315	0%	0%	5 min
70	EDI → STNEdinburgh → London Stansted	176	0%	0%	10 min
71	GLA → LHRGlasgow → London Heathrow	291	0%	0%	5 min
72	LCY → LINLondon City → Milan Linate	196	0%	0%	7 min
73	LGW → AYTLondon Gatwick → Antalya	168	0%	0%	11 min
74	LGW → MLALondon Gatwick → Malta	167	0%	0%	8 min
75	LGW → NCELondon Gatwick → Nice	158	0%	0%	12 min
76	LGW → CDGLondon Gatwick → Paris CDG	174	0%	0%	9 min
77	LGW → TFSLondon Gatwick → Tenerife South	189	0%	0%	10 min
78	LHR → ABZLondon Heathrow → Aberdeen	177	0%	0%	5 min
79	LHR → BHDLondon Heathrow → Belfast City	186	0%	0%	6 min
80	LHR → BRULondon Heathrow → Brussels	173	0%	0%	14 min
81	LHR → EDILondon Heathrow → Edinburgh	315	0%	0%	5 min
82	LHR → GLALondon Heathrow → Glasgow	290	0%	0%	7 min
83	LHR → LISLondon Heathrow → Lisbon	323	0%	0%	8 min
84	LHR → MADLondon Heathrow → Madrid	385	0%	0%	7 min
85	LHR → MANLondon Heathrow → Manchester	194	0%	0%	7 min
86	LHR → NCELondon Heathrow → Nice	208	0%	0%	7 min
87	LHR → SINLondon Heathrow → Singapore Changi	150	0%	0%	8 min
88	LHR → ARNLondon Heathrow → Stockholm Arlanda	247	0%	0%	4 min
89	LHR → VIELondon Heathrow → Vienna	228	0%	0%	7 min
90	LHR → WAWLondon Heathrow → Warsaw Chopin	172	0%	0%	7 min
91	LHR → ZRHLondon Heathrow → Zurich	318	0%	0%	10 min
92	STN → EDILondon Stansted → Edinburgh	177	0%	0%	12 min
93	MAN → AMSManchester → Amsterdam	316	0%	0%	13 min
94	MAN → BCNManchester → Barcelona	194	0%	0%	11 min
95	MAN → LHRManchester → London Heathrow	194	0%	0%	11 min
96	MAN → AGPManchester → Malaga	156	0%	0%	11 min
97	MAN → PMIManchester → Palma de Mallorca	178	0%	0%	9 min
98	MAN → CDGManchester → Paris CDG	242	0%	0%	10 min

Delay statistics derived from UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) punctuality data. UK CAA flight punctuality statistics · April 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the CAA. How we calculate these figures →

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