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London (LGW) departure delays

167,301 departures · 209 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

71.72%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.68%

Cancelled

Share of departures

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When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#97

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about LGW

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. China Eastern Airlines left on time 51.8 points more often than Royal Air Maroc 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, LGW 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 LGW

Airline Departures On time
China Eastern Airlines 974 91.2%
Air China 892 90.9%
Air Malta 470 88.1%
Singapore Airlines 561 84.6%
Condor 273 80.7%
Ethiopian Airlines 311 80.2%
Air Europa 1,093 76.3%
airBaltic 1,048 75.3%
Norwegian 1,757 75.1%
Wizz Air UK 5,314 74.3%
easyJet 100,155 74%
Eurowings 237 73.7%
Turkish Airlines 1,835 73.4%
Air Transat 816 73.3%
British Airways 6,091 72.4%
Icelandair 649 72.4%
Emirates 1,639 72.3%
Qatar Airways 791 71.7%
Aurigny 3,246 71%
Vueling 12,262 70.7%
Ryanair 6,127 69.1%
BA Euroflyer 20,036 68.8%
SunExpress 1,128 67.9%
Wizz Air 1,752 67.1%
Swiss International Air Lines 747 64.5%
TUI Airways 8,542 64.2%
Jet2 1,023 63%
Air India 586 61.8%
Wizz Air Malta 1,942 60.1%
Royal Air Maroc 530 39.4%

Routes out of LGW

LGW → BCN Barcelona 5,391 flights · 68.23% on time D LGW → JER St. Peter 5,335 flights · 81.92% on time B LGW → AGP Málaga 5,143 flights · 71.77% on time C LGW → GLA Glasgow 4,596 flights · 81.15% on time B LGW → DUB Dublin 3,988 flights · 65.15% on time D LGW → EDI Ingliston 3,966 flights · 76.43% on time C LGW → BFS Belfast 3,793 flights · 80.03% on time B LGW → ALC Alicante 3,690 flights · 68.96% on time D LGW → FAO Faro 3,601 flights · 72.15% on time C LGW → GVA Geneva 3,262 flights · 66.93% on time D LGW → PMI Palma de Mallorca 3,100 flights · 62.43% on time D LGW → GCI Saint Peter Port 2,890 flights · 70.89% on time D LGW → MXP Ferno (VA) 2,859 flights · 69.86% on time D LGW → BHD Belfast 2,745 flights · 81.64% on time B LGW → TFS Tenerife 2,666 flights · 70.14% on time C LGW → AYT Antalya 2,487 flights · 59.92% on time F LGW → FCO Rome 2,465 flights · 66.5% on time D LGW → AMS Amsterdam 2,435 flights · 74.04% on time C LGW → NCE Nice 2,350 flights · 63.32% on time D LGW → RAK Marrakesh 2,329 flights · 77.71% on time C LGW → IST Istanbul 2,247 flights · 73.04% on time C LGW → MLA Valletta 2,145 flights · 76.33% on time C LGW → CDG Paris (Roissy-en-France 2,131 flights · 66.1% on time D LGW → SVQ Seville 2,076 flights · 76.28% on time C LGW → ABZ Aberdeen 1,939 flights · 82.67% on time B LGW → ACE San Bartolomé 1,888 flights · 72.38% on time C LGW → IOM Castletown 1,855 flights · 78.93% on time C LGW → DLM Dalaman 1,799 flights · 61.02% on time D LGW → MAD Madrid 1,735 flights · 79% on time B LGW → LCA Larnaca 1,669 flights · 58.32% on time F LGW → PFO Paphos 1,473 flights · 60.41% on time F LGW → DXB Dubai 1,461 flights · 73.2% on time D LGW → ZRH Zurich 1,456 flights · 69.85% on time D LGW → BIO Bilbao 1,423 flights · 78.45% on time C LGW → BOD Bordeaux 1,412 flights · 66.12% on time D LGW → VLC Valencia 1,408 flights · 78.68% on time B LGW → CFU Kerkyra (Corfu) 1,403 flights · 67.43% on time D LGW → PVG Shanghai (Pudong) 1,403 flights · 91.64% on time A LGW → LIS Lisbon 1,398 flights · 65.13% on time D LGW → ATH Spata-Artemida 1,369 flights · 63.36% on time D

Month by month

Jan 2025 peak 87 Jun 2026
On-time departure rate, %