ARN to LHR flight delays
3,437 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
84.39%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.87%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
7 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 30 points more punctual than in September — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Flights from Stockholm to London keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 1 point — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, SAS arrived on time most often on ARN to LHR. British Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in September.
Every airline on ARN to LHR
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 1,777 | 84.53% | 1.07% | — | B |
| British Airways | 1,660 | 84.23% | 0.66% | — | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LHR to ARN London back to Stockholm 85.26% on time BOther routes from Stockholm
Common questions
Are flights from Stockholm to London usually delayed?
84.39% of flights on the ARN to LHR route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Stockholm to London?
SAS, at 84.53% on time across 1,777 flights. The least punctual on the route was British Airways at 84.23%.
How often are ARN to LHR flights cancelled?
0.87% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Stockholm to London?
May, when 93.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was September at 63.3%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ARN to LHR during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →