GLA to DXB flight delays
486 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
70.44%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.85%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
13 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 45.7 points more punctual than in March — 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 worse than its own airport. GLA as a whole runs 9.6 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Only Emirates 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.
Flights from Glasgow to Dubai run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Emirates arrived on time most often on GLA to DXB. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in August.
Every airline on GLA to DXB
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emirates | 486 | 70.44% | 1.85% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DXB to GLA Dubai back to Glasgow 72.23% on time DCommon questions
Are flights from Glasgow to Dubai usually delayed?
70.44% of flights on the GLA to DXB route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Glasgow to Dubai?
Only Emirates appears in the published record on this route, with 486 flights and 70.44% arriving on time.
How often are GLA to DXB flights cancelled?
1.85% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 19 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Glasgow to Dubai?
May, when 93.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 47.8%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on GLA to DXB 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 →