LEAGUE TABLE · JULY 2026
Delay league — short-haul (under 1,500 km)
Manchester → Paris CDG was the most disruption-prone route in this ranking in July 2026: 0% of its flights arrived 3 or more hours late and 3.7% were cancelled, across 234 flights in official UK CAA data.
Every tracked UK route in the short-haul (under 1,500 km) distance band, ranked by disruption rate in July 2026. These routes all pay the same fixed UK261 amount.
HOW A ROUTE QUALIFIES
59 routes in this band met the sample-size floor this month. Full methodology →
Ranked by disruption rate
| # | Route | Flights | 3h+ late | Cancelled | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN → CDGManchester → Paris CDG | 234 | 0% | 3.7% | 26 min |
| 2 | LCY → AMSLondon City → Amsterdam | 268 | 0.4% | 2.9% | 19 min |
| 3 | LHR → OSLLondon Heathrow → Oslo | 213 | 0% | 2.7% | 7 min |
| 4 | LGW → GCILondon Gatwick → Guernsey | 190 | 1% | 1.6% | 16 min |
| 5 | LHR → LINLondon Heathrow → Milan Linate | 189 | 0% | 2.6% | 11 min |
| 6 | LHR → AMSLondon Heathrow → Amsterdam | 430 | 0.2% | 2.3% | 9 min |
| 7 | BHX → PMIBirmingham → Palma de Mallorca | 215 | 2.3% | 0% | 29 min |
| 8 | BHD → LHRBelfast City → London Heathrow | 176 | 0% | 2.2% | 8 min |
| 9 | MAN → BCNManchester → Barcelona | 182 | 2.2% | 0% | 29 min |
| 10 | GLA → LHRGlasgow → London Heathrow | 277 | 0% | 2.1% | 7 min |
| 11 | EDI → AMSEdinburgh → Amsterdam | 213 | 0% | 1.8% | 17 min |
| 12 | LHR → GLALondon Heathrow → Glasgow | 279 | 0.4% | 1.4% | 13 min |
| 13 | LHR → CDGLondon Heathrow → Paris CDG | 371 | 0.5% | 1.3% | 11 min |
| 14 | BHX → BHDBirmingham → Belfast City | 171 | 0% | 1.7% | 14 min |
| 15 | LCY → ZRHLondon City → Zurich | 173 | 0% | 1.7% | 31 min |
| 16 | LHR → WAWLondon Heathrow → Warsaw Chopin | 173 | 0.6% | 1.1% | 15 min |
| 17 | MAN → AMSManchester → Amsterdam | 294 | 0% | 1.7% | 22 min |
| 18 | LHR → MADLondon Heathrow → Madrid | 369 | 0% | 1.6% | 13 min |
| 19 | LHR → ARNLondon Heathrow → Stockholm Arlanda | 238 | 0.4% | 1.2% | 9 min |
| 20 | LCY → LINLondon City → Milan Linate | 197 | 0% | 1.5% | 17 min |
| 21 | MAN → DUBManchester → Dublin | 461 | 1.3% | 0.2% | 26 min |
| 22 | LGW → NCELondon Gatwick → Nice | 213 | 1.4% | 0% | 26 min |
| 23 | LHR → BCNLondon Heathrow → Barcelona | 291 | 0% | 1.4% | 13 min |
| 24 | LTN → PMILondon Luton → Palma de Mallorca | 216 | 0.9% | 0.5% | 22 min |
| 25 | BRS → PMIBristol → Palma de Mallorca | 235 | 0% | 1.3% | 20 min |
| 26 | LHR → MUCLondon Heathrow → Munich | 379 | 0% | 1.3% | 13 min |
| 27 | BHD → BHXBelfast City → Birmingham | 171 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 11 min |
| 28 | LGW → PMILondon Gatwick → Palma de Mallorca | 338 | 0.3% | 0.9% | 23 min |
| 29 | LHR → DUBLondon Heathrow → Dublin | 557 | 0% | 1.2% | 9 min |
| 30 | EDI → STNEdinburgh → London Stansted | 182 | 1.1% | 0% | 19 min |
| 31 | LHR → BHDLondon Heathrow → Belfast City | 177 | 0% | 1.1% | 14 min |
| 32 | LHR → CPHLondon Heathrow → Copenhagen | 277 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 8 min |
| 33 | STN → DUBLondon Stansted → Dublin | 261 | 1.1% | 0% | 27 min |
| 34 | EDI → LHREdinburgh → London Heathrow | 308 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 16 min |
| 35 | LHR → EDILondon Heathrow → Edinburgh | 309 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 15 min |
| 36 | LHR → ZRHLondon Heathrow → Zurich | 330 | 0% | 0.9% | 16 min |
| 37 | LGW → DUBLondon Gatwick → Dublin | 266 | 0.8% | 0% | 25 min |
| 38 | EDI → DUBEdinburgh → Dublin | 405 | 0.7% | 0% | 19 min |
| 39 | LHR → FCOLondon Heathrow → Rome Fiumicino | 303 | 0% | 0.7% | 15 min |
| 40 | BHX → DUBBirmingham → Dublin | 335 | 0.6% | 0% | 25 min |
| 41 | LBA → DUBLeeds Bradford → Dublin | 172 | 0.6% | 0% | 14 min |
| 42 | LGW → ALCLondon Gatwick → Alicante | 297 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 23 min |
| 43 | LGW → BCNLondon Gatwick → Barcelona | 382 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 21 min |
| 44 | LHR → GVALondon Heathrow → Geneva | 360 | 0% | 0.6% | 15 min |
| 45 | LPL → DUBLiverpool → Dublin | 214 | 0% | 0.5% | 9 min |
| 46 | LHR → BERLondon Heathrow → Berlin | 196 | 0% | 0.5% | 10 min |
| 47 | LHR → FRALondon Heathrow → Frankfurt | 395 | 0% | 0.5% | 12 min |
| 48 | LHR → HAMLondon Heathrow → Hamburg | 184 | 0% | 0.5% | 15 min |
| 49 | LHR → MANLondon Heathrow → Manchester | 194 | 0% | 0.5% | 11 min |
| 50 | LHR → VIELondon Heathrow → Vienna | 216 | 0.5% | 0% | 13 min |
| 51 | STN → EDILondon Stansted → Edinburgh | 182 | 0.5% | 0% | 20 min |
| 52 | STN → PMILondon Stansted → Palma de Mallorca | 191 | 0.5% | 0% | 21 min |
| 53 | GLA → DUBGlasgow → Dublin | 266 | 0% | 0.4% | 14 min |
| 54 | LHR → NCELondon Heathrow → Nice | 230 | 0% | 0.4% | 15 min |
| 55 | BRS → DUBBristol → Dublin | 190 | 0% | 0% | 14 min |
| 56 | LGW → IBZLondon Gatwick → Ibiza | 182 | 0% | 0% | 25 min |
| 57 | LHR → BRULondon Heathrow → Brussels | 174 | 0% | 0% | 15 min |
| 58 | LHR → DUSLondon Heathrow → Düsseldorf | 233 | 0% | 0% | 12 min |
| 59 | MAN → LHRManchester → London Heathrow | 194 | 0% | 0% | 18 min |
Delay statistics derived from UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) punctuality data. UK CAA flight punctuality statistics · July 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the CAA. How we calculate these figures →
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