LEAGUE TABLE · MAY 2026

UK flight delay league — May 2026

Aberdeen → London Heathrow was the most disruption-prone route in this ranking in May 2026: 0.6% of its flights arrived 3 or more hours late and 4% were cancelled, across 169 flights in official UK CAA data.

Every UK route we track that met the sample-size floor in May 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	ABZ → LHRAberdeen → London Heathrow	169	0.6%	4%	10 min
2	LHR → ABZLondon Heathrow → Aberdeen	169	0.6%	4%	13 min
3	EDI → LHREdinburgh → London Heathrow	295	1%	3.3%	12 min
4	LHR → EWRLondon Heathrow → New York Newark	274	2.5%	1.8%	18 min
5	LHR → BOSLondon Heathrow → Boston	229	2.6%	0.9%	16 min
6	LHR → MIALondon Heathrow → Miami	174	1.1%	2.2%	16 min
7	LHR → EDILondon Heathrow → Edinburgh	297	0.3%	2.6%	11 min
8	LHR → GVALondon Heathrow → Geneva	337	0.3%	2.6%	13 min
9	LHR → BOMLondon Heathrow → Mumbai	237	0.8%	2.1%	18 min
10	BHD → LHRBelfast City → London Heathrow	183	0%	2.7%	10 min
11	LHR → BHDLondon Heathrow → Belfast City	183	0%	2.7%	14 min
12	LHR → JFKLondon Heathrow → New York JFK	688	0.8%	1.9%	15 min
13	LHR → IADLondon Heathrow → Washington Dulles	184	1.6%	1.1%	21 min
14	LGW → GCILondon Gatwick → Guernsey	187	0.5%	2.1%	15 min
15	LHR → MANLondon Heathrow → Manchester	184	0.5%	2.1%	13 min
16	BHX → BHDBirmingham → Belfast City	194	0.5%	2%	13 min
17	LCY → ZRHLondon City → Zurich	160	0%	2.4%	22 min
18	LHR → BRULondon Heathrow → Brussels	168	0%	2.3%	15 min
19	LHR → ORDLondon Heathrow → Chicago O'Hare	274	0.4%	1.8%	12 min
20	LHR → HAMLondon Heathrow → Hamburg	179	0.6%	1.6%	11 min
21	LHR → ZRHLondon Heathrow → Zurich	311	0%	2.2%	15 min
22	LHR → FRALondon Heathrow → Frankfurt	394	0.8%	1.3%	13 min
23	LHR → MADLondon Heathrow → Madrid	391	0.3%	1.8%	17 min
24	LHR → YYZLondon Heathrow → Toronto Pearson	203	1.5%	0.5%	19 min
25	LHR → OSLLondon Heathrow → Oslo	210	0%	1.9%	8 min
26	BFS → MANBelfast International → Manchester	175	1.1%	0.6%	19 min
27	LHR → DELLondon Heathrow → Delhi	288	0.3%	1.4%	22 min
28	LHR → DUBLondon Heathrow → Dublin	539	0.6%	1.1%	12 min
29	BRS → AMSBristol → Amsterdam	182	0%	1.6%	9 min
30	LHR → MUCLondon Heathrow → Munich	381	0%	1.6%	9 min
31	LHR → ARNLondon Heathrow → Stockholm Arlanda	237	0.4%	1.2%	9 min
32	BHD → BHXBelfast City → Birmingham	194	0.5%	1%	9 min
33	BHX → AMSBirmingham → Amsterdam	190	0.5%	1%	14 min
34	LHR → AMSLondon Heathrow → Amsterdam	445	0.2%	1.3%	11 min
35	LHR → BERLondon Heathrow → Berlin	197	0%	1.5%	12 min
36	LHR → ISTLondon Heathrow → Istanbul	263	0%	1.5%	10 min
37	LHR → LINLondon Heathrow → Milan Linate	197	0.5%	1%	12 min
38	LHR → BCNLondon Heathrow → Barcelona	292	0.7%	0.7%	15 min
39	LHR → LAXLondon Heathrow → Los Angeles	279	0.3%	1.1%	14 min
40	GLA → LHRGlasgow → London Heathrow	295	0%	1.3%	7 min
41	LCY → AMSLondon City → Amsterdam	300	0%	1.3%	11 min
42	LHR → GLALondon Heathrow → Glasgow	296	0%	1.3%	12 min
43	LHR → NCELondon Heathrow → Nice	228	0.9%	0.4%	15 min
44	LHR → CDGLondon Heathrow → Paris CDG	368	0%	1.3%	11 min
45	EDI → LCYEdinburgh → London City	164	1.2%	0%	12 min
46	LGW → TFSLondon Gatwick → Tenerife South	169	0.6%	0.6%	15 min
47	LHR → LISLondon Heathrow → Lisbon	325	0.6%	0.6%	18 min
48	EDI → STNEdinburgh → London Stansted	180	1.1%	0%	13 min
49	LCY → LINLondon City → Milan Linate	188	0%	1.1%	8 min
50	LHR → HKGLondon Heathrow → Hong Kong	182	0%	1.1%	16 min
51	LGW → FAOLondon Gatwick → Faro	292	0.7%	0.3%	14 min
52	BRS → PMIBristol → Palma de Mallorca	214	0.9%	0%	16 min
53	LHR → SFOLondon Heathrow → San Francisco	217	0.9%	0%	13 min
54	LHR → DUSLondon Heathrow → Düsseldorf	239	0.4%	0.4%	16 min
55	MAN → PMIManchester → Palma de Mallorca	258	0.8%	0%	24 min
56	LHR → ATHLondon Heathrow → Athens	281	0%	0.7%	14 min
57	LHR → CPHLondon Heathrow → Copenhagen	283	0%	0.7%	9 min
58	BFS → STNBelfast International → London Stansted	176	0.6%	0%	13 min
59	BHX → PMIBirmingham → Palma de Mallorca	179	0.6%	0%	25 min
60	LBA → DUBLeeds Bradford → Dublin	172	0%	0.6%	8 min
61	LHR → FCOLondon Heathrow → Rome Fiumicino	317	0.6%	0%	17 min
62	LHR → SINLondon Heathrow → Singapore Changi	155	0.6%	0%	11 min
63	LHR → WAWLondon Heathrow → Warsaw Chopin	176	0%	0.6%	12 min
64	BRS → DUBBristol → Dublin	200	0.5%	0%	11 min
65	EDI → DUBEdinburgh → Dublin	390	0.5%	0%	16 min
66	LGW → BCNLondon Gatwick → Barcelona	402	0%	0.5%	13 min
67	LGW → MADLondon Gatwick → Madrid	185	0%	0.5%	8 min
68	LGW → NCELondon Gatwick → Nice	186	0.5%	0%	16 min
69	LHR → DOHLondon Heathrow → Doha	185	0%	0.5%	7 min
70	MAN → BCNManchester → Barcelona	212	0.5%	0%	20 min
71	MAN → LHRManchester → London Heathrow	184	0%	0.5%	17 min
72	LGW → DUBLondon Gatwick → Dublin	265	0.4%	0%	18 min
73	LGW → PMILondon Gatwick → Palma de Mallorca	276	0.4%	0%	19 min
74	LHR → VIELondon Heathrow → Vienna	227	0%	0.4%	13 min
75	STN → SAWLondon Stansted → Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen	240	0%	0.4%	8 min
76	MAN → ALCManchester → Alicante	262	0.4%	0%	19 min
77	MAN → CDGManchester → Paris CDG	224	0%	0.4%	15 min
78	BHX → DUBBirmingham → Dublin	310	0%	0.3%	15 min
79	MAN → DUBManchester → Dublin	425	0%	0.2%	15 min
80	EDI → AMSEdinburgh → Amsterdam	204	0%	0%	10 min
81	GLA → DUBGlasgow → Dublin	244	0%	0%	11 min
82	LPL → DUBLiverpool → Dublin	212	0%	0%	8 min
83	LCY → EDILondon City → Edinburgh	167	0%	0%	13 min
84	LGW → ALCLondon Gatwick → Alicante	276	0%	0%	16 min
85	LGW → AYTLondon Gatwick → Antalya	215	0%	0%	18 min
86	LGW → AGPLondon Gatwick → Malaga	370	0%	0%	11 min
87	LGW → MLALondon Gatwick → Malta	179	0%	0%	9 min
88	LGW → CDGLondon Gatwick → Paris CDG	191	0%	0%	16 min
89	LHR → DXBLondon Heathrow → Dubai	186	0%	0%	9 min
90	LHR → HNDLondon Heathrow → Tokyo Haneda	155	0%	0%	11 min
91	LTN → BCNLondon Luton → Barcelona	172	0%	0%	9 min
92	LTN → PMILondon Luton → Palma de Mallorca	172	0%	0%	13 min
93	STN → BFSLondon Stansted → Belfast International	177	0%	0%	14 min
94	STN → DUBLondon Stansted → Dublin	257	0%	0%	13 min
95	STN → EDILondon Stansted → Edinburgh	179	0%	0%	13 min
96	MAN → AMSManchester → Amsterdam	318	0%	0%	15 min
97	MAN → AYTManchester → Antalya	199	0%	0%	20 min
98	MAN → BFSManchester → Belfast International	175	0%	0%	16 min
99	MAN → AGPManchester → Malaga	171	0%	0%	14 min
100	MAN → TFSManchester → Tenerife South	163	0%	0%	22 min

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

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