London (STN) departure delays

116,143 departures · 193 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

72.03%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.2%

Cancelled

Share of departures

—

When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#88

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about STN

Departures from London 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. Transavia left on time 41.5 points more often than British Airways 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, STN 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 STN

Airline	Departures	On time
Transavia	263	89.2%
Emirates	992	80.4%
easyJet	8,676	80%
Ryanair UK	13,980	76.7%
Jet2	10,150	76.7%
Turkish Airlines	200	74%
Ryanair	89,808	70.5%
easyJet Europe	789	67.7%
SunExpress	1,150	62.1%
Royal Jordanian	233	60.9%
TUI Airways	1,140	56%
British Airways	249	47.7%

Routes out of STN

STN → EDI Ingliston 5,817 flights · 72.71% on time C STN → BFS Belfast 5,141 flights · 80.77% on time B STN → DUB Dublin 4,023 flights · 66.53% on time D STN → GLA Glasgow 2,330 flights · 82.65% on time B STN → CIA Rome 2,191 flights · 76.39% on time C STN → ALC Alicante 2,038 flights · 70.17% on time C STN → BCN Barcelona 1,992 flights · 65.44% on time D STN → BGY Orio al Serio (BG) 1,957 flights · 65.7% on time D STN → PMI Palma de Mallorca 1,942 flights · 70.38% on time C STN → TFS Tenerife 1,880 flights · 79.35% on time B STN → AGP Málaga 1,837 flights · 68.68% on time D STN → BUD Budapest 1,828 flights · 71.6% on time C STN → MAD Madrid 1,802 flights · 58.27% on time F STN → OTP Otopeni 1,760 flights · 79.01% on time B STN → FAO Faro 1,686 flights · 75.79% on time C STN → LIS Lisbon 1,596 flights · 71.58% on time C STN → BER Berlin 1,590 flights · 71.46% on time C STN → CPH Copenhagen 1,531 flights · 76.71% on time C STN → OPO Porto 1,456 flights · 72.7% on time C STN → EIN Eindhoven 1,432 flights · 75.93% on time C STN → MXP Ferno (VA) 1,410 flights · 69.75% on time D STN → VIE Vienna 1,408 flights · 55.48% on time F STN → KRK Balice 1,394 flights · 69.4% on time D STN → VCE Venezia (VE) 1,387 flights · 66.26% on time D STN → ORK Cork 1,372 flights · 74.27% on time C STN → CGN Köln (Cologne) 1,364 flights · 69.7% on time D STN → PSA Pisa (PI) 1,326 flights · 64.86% on time D STN → PRG Prague 1,248 flights · 74.36% on time C STN → TIA Rinas 1,210 flights · 76.86% on time C STN → SOF Sofia 1,205 flights · 64.81% on time D STN → AYT Antalya 1,181 flights · 62.22% on time D STN → ACE San Bartolomé 1,170 flights · 75.38% on time C STN → RAK Marrakesh 1,094 flights · 80.71% on time B STN → SNN Shannon 1,083 flights · 76.89% on time C STN → IBZ Ibiza (Eivissa) 999 flights · 76.88% on time C STN → GDN Gdańsk 996 flights · 77.91% on time B STN → VLC Valencia 980 flights · 67.52% on time D STN → MRS Marignane 957 flights · 60.06% on time F STN → GOT Göteborg 950 flights · 74% on time C STN → LPA Gran Canaria Island 925 flights · 79.35% on time B

Month by month

Jan 2025 peak 80 Jun 2026

On-time departure rate, %