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EXT to NCL flight delays

Exeter (EXT) Newcastle upon Tyne (NCL)

502 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority

83%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.4%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

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 February it ran 50 points more punctual than in January — 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 8.8 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.

This route does better than its own airport. Departures from EXT overall run 10.4 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion EXT has, this route is largely escaping it.

Only Loganair 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 March 2025 – August 2026, Loganair arrived on time most often on EXT to NCL. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in September.

Every airline on EXT to NCL

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
Loganair 502 83% 0.4% B

Month by month

Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.

Jan 2025 peak 100 Jun 2026
On-time arrival rate, %

Common questions

Are flights from Exeter to Newcastle upon Tyne usually delayed?

83% of flights on the EXT to NCL 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 Exeter to Newcastle upon Tyne?

Only Loganair appears in the published record on this route, with 502 flights and 83% arriving on time.

How often are EXT to NCL flights cancelled?

0.4% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

What is the best month to fly Exeter to Newcastle upon Tyne?

February, when 100% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 50%.

What these figures do and do not tell you

Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on EXT to NCL 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 →