AUH to MAN flight delays
Abu Dhabi (AUH) Manchester (MAN)
328 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
77.99%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.05%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
10 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 3.05%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: June 2026, when 14.71% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 0%. Whatever happened in June was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 55.6 points more punctual than in June — 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.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 17.7 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Only Etihad Airways flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Etihad Airways arrived on time most often on AUH to MAN. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in June.
Every airline on AUH to MAN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etihad Airways | 328 | 77.99% | 3.05% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to AUH Manchester back to Abu Dhabi 78.62% on time DOther routes from Abu Dhabi
Common questions
Are flights from Abu Dhabi to Manchester usually delayed?
77.99% of flights on the AUH to MAN route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Abu Dhabi to Manchester?
Only Etihad Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 328 flights and 77.99% arriving on time.
How often are AUH to MAN flights cancelled?
3.05% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 31 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Abu Dhabi to Manchester?
April, when 95.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 39.7%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on AUH to MAN during January 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 →