C
London (LHR) departure delays
308,503 departures · 194 routes · March 2025 – August 2026
76.94%
Left on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.52%
Cancelled
Share of departures
—
When late, late by
Average delayed departure
#60
Rank
Among graded US airports
What the record says about LHR
LHR runs about as well as the average airport here.
The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. China Eastern Airlines left on time 51 points more often than Air India 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, LHR 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 LHR
| Airline | Departures | On time |
|---|---|---|
| China Eastern Airlines | 606 | 95.4% |
| Air China | 1,297 | 90.6% |
| Gulf Air | 1,039 | 88.4% |
| SAS | 5,861 | 87.7% |
| Thai Airways | 1,094 | 84.3% |
| Japan Airlines | 1,094 | 83.6% |
| Icelandair | 1,090 | 82.2% |
| United Airlines | 10,324 | 82% |
| Singapore Airlines | 2,152 | 82% |
| Air Malta | 925 | 81.7% |
| All Nippon Airways | 548 | 81.6% |
| Ethiopian Airlines | 549 | 81.1% |
| Air Canada | 4,379 | 80.7% |
| Vietnam Airlines | 460 | 80.5% |
| Korean Air | 547 | 80.4% |
| Virgin Atlantic | 16,183 | 79.8% |
| Turkish Airlines | 3,404 | 79.7% |
| Aer Lingus | 10,195 | 79.4% |
| KLM | 4,132 | 78.8% |
| Etihad Airways | 2,126 | 78.4% |
| British Airways | 201,944 | 78.1% |
| Iberia | 4,347 | 78.1% |
| American Airlines | 11,073 | 77.3% |
| Oman Air | 703 | 77.2% |
| Loganair | 3,505 | 76.7% |
| Kuwait Airways | 998 | 76.7% |
| Royal Jordanian | 567 | 76.6% |
| Austrian Airlines | 2,411 | 76.2% |
| Emirates | 3,331 | 76% |
| Qantas | 554 | 75.7% |
| Lufthansa | 9,598 | 75% |
| Air France | 3,651 | 75% |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | 356 | 72.8% |
| Aegean Airlines | 1,964 | 72.6% |
| Finnair | 2,772 | 72.5% |
| Eurowings | 6,294 | 71% |
| Qatar Airways | 4,151 | 70.2% |
| Vueling | 2,556 | 69.9% |
| Air Serbia | 633 | 69.1% |
| Swiss International Air Lines | 6,508 | 67.2% |
| LOT Polish Airlines | 1,600 | 67.1% |
| El Al | 906 | 64.9% |
| Royal Air Maroc | 677 | 64.3% |
| Kenya Airways | 546 | 63.8% |
| SriLankan Airlines | 619 | 63.5% |
| Brussels Airlines | 1,769 | 55.5% |
| Air India | 3,576 | 44.4% |
Routes out of LHR
LHR → EDI
Ingliston
10,149 flights · 78.37% on time
C
LHR → GLA
Glasgow
9,444 flights · 79.11% on time
C
LHR → DUB
Dublin
8,169 flights · 76.97% on time
C
LHR → JFK
New York
8,129 flights · 79.23% on time
C
LHR → AMS
Amsterdam
7,531 flights · 78.65% on time
C
LHR → FRA
Frankfurt am Main
6,781 flights · 75.18% on time
C
LHR → MAN
Manchester
6,764 flights · 75.53% on time
C
LHR → MAD
Madrid
6,372 flights · 77.97% on time
C
LHR → CDG
Paris (Roissy-en-France
6,310 flights · 76.54% on time
C
LHR → ABZ
Aberdeen
6,205 flights · 80.38% on time
C
LHR → BHD
Belfast
6,052 flights · 81.5% on time
B
LHR → GVA
Geneva
5,977 flights · 75.32% on time
C
LHR → MUC
Munich
5,676 flights · 77.02% on time
C
LHR → ZRH
Zurich
5,674 flights · 70.64% on time
D
LHR → NCL
Newcastle upon Tyne
4,924 flights · 80.89% on time
B
LHR → BCN
Barcelona
4,689 flights · 75.2% on time
C
LHR → IST
Istanbul
4,354 flights · 79.68% on time
B
LHR → EWR
Newark
4,345 flights · 78.89% on time
C
LHR → DOH
Doha
4,317 flights · 69.29% on time
D
LHR → DXB
Dubai
4,240 flights · 76.04% on time
D
LHR → CPH
Copenhagen
4,170 flights · 83.96% on time
B
LHR → LAX
Los Angeles
4,114 flights · 76.71% on time
C
LHR → ATH
Spata-Artemida
4,107 flights · 73.54% on time
C
LHR → ORD
Chicago
3,951 flights · 77.34% on time
C
LHR → VIE
Vienna
3,935 flights · 78.04% on time
C
LHR → DEL
New Delhi
3,758 flights · 56.47% on time
F
LHR → DUS
Düsseldorf
3,748 flights · 77.8% on time
C
LHR → FCO
Rome
3,652 flights · 76.37% on time
C
LHR → NCE
Nice
3,474 flights · 75.53% on time
C
LHR → ARN
Stockholm
3,435 flights · 85.26% on time
B
LHR → BOM
Mumbai
3,406 flights · 66.83% on time
D
LHR → BRU
Zaventem
3,284 flights · 66.19% on time
D
LHR → BER
Berlin
3,270 flights · 80.21% on time
C
LHR → LIN
Segrate (MI)
3,218 flights · 78.79% on time
C
LHR → OSL
Oslo (Gardermoen)
3,170 flights · 84.65% on time
B
LHR → HAM
Hamburg
3,044 flights · 73.73% on time
C
LHR → YYZ
Toronto
2,992 flights · 74.91% on time
C
LHR → SFO
San Francisco
2,957 flights · 77.55% on time
C
LHR → JER
St. Peter
2,886 flights · 78.88% on time
C
LHR → WAW
Warsaw
2,796 flights · 73.12% on time
C
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Jun 2026