Nottingham (EMA) departure delays

17,431 departures · 90 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

78.81%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.22%

Cancelled

Share of departures

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When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#23

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about EMA

EMA runs about as well as the average airport here.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. Ryanair UK left on time 19 points more often than Blue Islands 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, EMA 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 EMA

Airline	Departures	On time
Ryanair UK	440	81.3%
TUI Airways	3,182	80.2%
Ryanair	7,375	79.5%
Jet2	6,130	79.4%
Emerald Airlines UK	363	77.7%
Aer Lingus	374	75.1%
Blue Islands	493	62.3%

Routes out of EMA

EMA → ALC Alicante 1,482 flights · 83.74% on time B EMA → PMI Palma de Mallorca 1,300 flights · 74.38% on time C EMA → TFS Tenerife 1,227 flights · 84.58% on time B EMA → AGP Málaga 1,132 flights · 87.1% on time A EMA → FAO Faro 906 flights · 87.51% on time A EMA → ACE San Bartolomé 903 flights · 83.06% on time B EMA → DUB Dublin 722 flights · 81.16% on time B EMA → BHD Belfast 686 flights · 75.33% on time C EMA → JER St. Peter 562 flights · 66.24% on time D EMA → LPA Gran Canaria Island 508 flights · 83.66% on time B EMA → RHO Rhodes 430 flights · 66.05% on time D EMA → BFS Belfast 404 flights · 80.85% on time B EMA → KRK Balice 365 flights · 86.85% on time A EMA → DLM Dalaman 360 flights · 59.72% on time F EMA → FUE El Matorral 350 flights · 88% on time A EMA → AYT Antalya 339 flights · 69.62% on time D EMA → BCN Barcelona 328 flights · 72.26% on time C EMA → PFO Paphos 303 flights · 68.32% on time D EMA → IBZ Ibiza (Eivissa) 297 flights · 84.51% on time B EMA → CFU Kerkyra (Corfu) 292 flights · 77.74% on time C EMA → WRO Wrocław 269 flights · 79.93% on time B EMA → HER Heraklion 233 flights · 61.8% on time D EMA → ZTH Zakynthos 220 flights · 65% on time D EMA → NOC Charlestown 217 flights · 85.25% on time A EMA → GRO Girona 209 flights · 80.38% on time B EMA → LCA Larnaca 205 flights · 57.56% on time F EMA → KGS Kos Island 203 flights · 53.2% on time F EMA → REU Reus 200 flights · 89% on time A EMA → RMU Corvera 179 flights · 87.15% on time A EMA → RIX Riga 178 flights · 87.64% on time A EMA → MLA Valletta 161 flights · 90.68% on time A EMA → PRG Prague 161 flights · 80.75% on time B EMA → NBE Enfidha 149 flights · 87.92% on time A EMA → CIA Rome 144 flights · 90.97% on time A EMA → BUD Budapest 135 flights · 89.63% on time A EMA → HRG Hurghada 122 flights · 81.15% on time B EMA → EFL Kefallinia Island 117 flights · 55.56% on time F EMA → BGY Orio al Serio (BG) 117 flights · 82.91% on time B EMA → JSI Skiathos 113 flights · 71.68% on time C EMA → LIG Limoges/Bellegarde 107 flights · 71.7% on time C

Month by month

Jan 2025 peak 91 Jun 2026

On-time departure rate, %