London (LCY) departure delays

32,329 departures · 42 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

72.94%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

1.79%

Cancelled

Share of departures

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When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#101

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about LCY

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. Loganair left on time 33.2 points more often than Swiss International Air Lines 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, LCY 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 LCY

Airline	Departures	On time
Loganair	1,206	78.4%
BA CityFlyer	28,347	76.5%
Aurigny	792	70.4%
KLM	3,406	67.3%
LOT Polish Airlines	321	65.4%
Swiss International Air Lines	1,785	45.2%

Routes out of LCY

LCY → EDI Ingliston 5,496 flights · 79.68% on time C LCY → AMS Amsterdam 5,113 flights · 70.16% on time D LCY → GLA Glasgow 3,694 flights · 79.22% on time C LCY → ZRH Zurich 2,703 flights · 55.07% on time F LCY → DUB Dublin 2,312 flights · 73.52% on time C LCY → BHD Belfast 2,069 flights · 78.03% on time C LCY → BER Berlin 1,477 flights · 73.25% on time C LCY → RTM Rotterdam 1,194 flights · 79.78% on time C LCY → IOM Castletown 1,073 flights · 78.12% on time D LCY → LIN Segrate (MI) 1,036 flights · 79.21% on time C LCY → FLR Firenze (FI) 935 flights · 72.34% on time C LCY → IBZ Ibiza (Eivissa) 742 flights · 68.07% on time D LCY → GCI Saint Peter Port 734 flights · 70.8% on time F LCY → FRA Frankfurt am Main 704 flights · 80.12% on time C LCY → NCE Nice 677 flights · 56.01% on time F LCY → PMI Palma de Mallorca 427 flights · 65.8% on time D LCY → AGP Málaga 389 flights · 58.59% on time F LCY → MAD Madrid 321 flights · 68.44% on time D LCY → VNO Vilnius 279 flights · 64.16% on time D LCY → GVA Geneva 211 flights · 73.33% on time C LCY → BCN Barcelona 211 flights · 60.49% on time F LCY → FAO Faro 148 flights · 72.79% on time C LCY → EGC Bergerac 78 flights · 71.43% on time — LCY → CMF Chambéry 75 flights · 69.33% on time — LCY → JSI Skiathos 60 flights · 58.33% on time — LCY → OLB Olbia (SS) 51 flights · 54.9% on time — LCY → SKG Thessaloniki 33 flights · 75% on time — LCY → SPU Split 30 flights · 50% on time — LCY → INN Innsbruck 14 flights · 85.71% on time — LCY → SEN Southend-on-Sea 13 flights · 38.46% on time — LCY → EXT Exeter 9 flights · ungraded — LCY → PRG Prague 6 flights · 100% on time — LCY → PSA Pisa (PI) 4 flights · 25% on time — LCY → MAN Manchester 3 flights · 33.33% on time — LCY → LEJ Schkeuditz 2 flights · 100% on time — LCY → BIO Bilbao 1 flights · 0% on time — LCY → SZG Salzburg 1 flights · 0% on time — LCY → SOU Southampton 1 flights · 100% on time — LCY → LGW London 1 flights · ungraded — LCY → VIE Vienna 1 flights · 0% on time —

Month by month

Jan 2025 peak 85 Jun 2026

On-time departure rate, %