LDY to MAN flight delays
253 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
66.27%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.58%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This route does worse than its own airport. LDY as a whole runs 13.6 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Derry to Manchester miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Only Ryanair UK 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 a thin route — 253 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair UK arrived on time most often on LDY to MAN. Flights ran closest to schedule in December and worst in October.
Every airline on LDY to MAN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryanair UK | 252 | 66.27% | 1.19% | — | D |
| Ryanair | 1 | — | 100% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MAN to LDY Manchester back to Derry 69.44% on time DOther routes from Derry
Common questions
Are flights from Derry to Manchester usually delayed?
66.27% of flights on the LDY to MAN 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 Derry to Manchester?
Only Ryanair UK appears in the published record on this route, with 252 flights and 66.27% arriving on time.
How often are LDY to MAN flights cancelled?
1.58% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 16 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LDY to MAN 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 →