EDI to LCY flight delays
5,492 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
82.56%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.26%
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 season swings this route hard. In January it ran 23.8 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from EDI overall run 9 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion EDI has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only BA CityFlyer 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.
This is one of the heavily flown routes in the record — 5,492 flights in the period. Frequency is itself a form of insurance: when a flight goes wrong there is another one within hours, which is not true of the thin routes elsewhere on this site.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, BA CityFlyer arrived on time most often on EDI to LCY. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in September.
Every airline on EDI to LCY
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA CityFlyer | 5,492 | 82.56% | 1.26% | — | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LCY to EDI London back to Ingliston 79.68% on time COther routes from Ingliston
Common questions
Are flights from Ingliston to London usually delayed?
82.56% of flights on the EDI to LCY 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 airlines fly from Ingliston to London?
Only BA CityFlyer appears in the published record on this route, with 5,492 flights and 82.56% arriving on time.
How often are EDI to LCY flights cancelled?
1.26% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 13 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Ingliston to London?
January, when 93.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was September at 70.1%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on EDI to LCY 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 →