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Cardiff (CWL) departure delays

5,574 departures · 55 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

74.26%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

1.02%

Cancelled

Share of departures

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When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#78

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about CWL

Departures from Cardiff run late more often than average — enough that a tight connection at the far end deserves a second look.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. Emerald Airlines UK left on time 7.6 points more often than KLM from the same airport — which is the clearest evidence available that a delayed departure is not purely the airport's fault.

With 40 routes in the record, CWL is a hub, and hubs carry a particular risk: a delay early in the day propagates through every aircraft that was due to fly on afterwards. Morning departures from a hub are reliably better than evening ones.

Which airlines run best out of CWL

Airline Departures On time
Emerald Airlines UK 977 78.7%
Vueling 401 77%
Loganair 503 76.7%
TUI Airways 1,930 73.9%
Ryanair 1,044 73.7%
KLM 1,083 71.1%

Routes out of CWL

CWL → AMS Amsterdam 965 flights · 71.4% on time D CWL → BHD Belfast 906 flights · 77.91% on time C CWL → ALC Alicante 555 flights · 74.77% on time C CWL → DUB Dublin 467 flights · 76.02% on time C CWL → EDI Ingliston 432 flights · 78.01% on time B CWL → AGP Málaga 432 flights · 76.1% on time C CWL → TFS Tenerife 307 flights · 81.11% on time B CWL → PMI Palma de Mallorca 183 flights · 87.43% on time A CWL → ACE San Bartolomé 139 flights · 85.61% on time A CWL → FAO Faro 113 flights · 89.38% on time A CWL → LPA Gran Canaria Island 98 flights · 72.45% on time — CWL → DLM Dalaman 92 flights · 76.09% on time — CWL → NBE Enfidha 90 flights · 88.89% on time — CWL → PFO Paphos 87 flights · 67.82% on time — CWL → AYT Antalya 71 flights · 64.79% on time — CWL → RHO Rhodes 68 flights · 35.29% on time — CWL → LCA Larnaca 66 flights · 28.79% on time — CWL → KGS Kos Island 61 flights · 62.3% on time — CWL → CFU Kerkyra (Corfu) 60 flights · 48.33% on time — CWL → HER Heraklion 57 flights · 40.35% on time — CWL → ZTH Zakynthos 56 flights · 67.86% on time — CWL → IBZ Ibiza (Eivissa) 55 flights · 85.45% on time — CWL → DBV Dubrovnik 34 flights · 76.47% on time — CWL → REU Reus 28 flights · 85.71% on time — CWL → FUE El Matorral 28 flights · 50% on time — CWL → EFL Kefallinia Island 27 flights · 62.96% on time — CWL → CMF Chambéry 14 flights · 78.57% on time — CWL → BRS Bristol 13 flights · 23.08% on time — CWL → SZG Salzburg 11 flights · 72.73% on time — CWL → HRG Hurghada 9 flights · 55.56% on time — CWL → BGI Bridgetown 8 flights · 62.5% on time — CWL → CDG Paris (Roissy-en-France 6 flights · 66.67% on time — CWL → MME Darlington 3 flights · 33.33% on time — CWL → TLS Toulouse/Blagnac 3 flights · 33.33% on time — CWL → LYS Colombier-Saugnieu 3 flights · 66.67% on time — CWL → BOD Bordeaux 3 flights · 33.33% on time — CWL → NCL Newcastle upon Tyne 3 flights · 66.67% on time — CWL → HUY Grimsby 3 flights · 33.33% on time — CWL → NWI Norwich 2 flights · 50% on time — CWL → CUN Cancún 2 flights · 100% on time —

Month by month

Jan 2025 peak 88 Jun 2026
On-time departure rate, %