JED to LHR flight delays
130 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
84.13%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.08%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 3.08%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: May 2025, when 5% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 0%. Whatever happened in May was an event, not the normal state of this route.
Only British 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.
Flights from Jeddah to London keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, British Airways arrived on time most often on JED to LHR. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in February.
Every airline on JED to LHR
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Airways | 130 | 84.13% | 3.08% | — | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LHR to JED London back to Jeddah 81.75% on time COther routes from Jeddah
Common questions
Are flights from Jeddah to London usually delayed?
84.13% of flights on the JED to LHR 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 Jeddah to London?
Only British Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 130 flights and 84.13% arriving on time.
How often are JED to LHR flights cancelled?
3.08% 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 these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on JED to LHR 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 →