🇯🇵 Flight delays in Japan
2 graded routes · 0 airports · March 2025 – August 2026
Where these figures come from
Japan’s own regulator does not publish punctuality data
These figures come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — whichever airline operates it. So this is not a picture of all air travel in Japan — domestic flights within Japan, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.
What the record shows
On Japan routes the airlines separate clearly: All Nippon Airways arrived on time 7.8 points more often than British Airways. Both fly the same corridors into the same airports, so the difference is in how each is run rather than where each flies.
Because these flights are counted at the other end of the route, the picture is partial by construction. Domestic flying inside Japan does not appear, and neither do its routes to countries that publish nothing. What is here is accurate; it is simply not everything.
Airlines flying to and from Japan
Ranked by flights on Japan routes. The on-time rate here is each airline's record on those routes only — not its record everywhere, which is on its own page.
| Airline | Flights | On time on these routes |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Airlines | 1,952 | 80.9% |
| British Airways | 1,719 | 75.3% |
| All Nippon Airways | 976 | 83.1% |
Busiest Japan routes
Common questions
Which airline is most punctual on Japan routes?
All Nippon Airways, at 83.1% on time across 976 flights on those routes. The least punctual was British Airways at 75.3%.
Does Japan publish flight delay data?
No. Japan publishes no punctuality data of its own. The figures here come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — so domestic flying inside Japan is not covered.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Japan?
There is no statutory compensation scheme for flights departing Japan. A cancellation normally entitles you to a refund under the airline's own conditions of carriage, and European rules may still reach your flight if the journey ends in the EU or UK on a European carrier.