LGW to ALC flight delays
3,690 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
68.96%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.11%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. TUI Airways arrived on time 27.4 points more often than Ryanair over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 30.4 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.
Flights from London to Alicante run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, TUI Airways arrived on time most often on LGW to ALC. Ryanair was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in September.
Every airline on LGW to ALC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 1,958 | 72.62% | 0.2% | — | C |
| Vueling | 568 | 64.44% | 0% | — | D |
| BA Euroflyer | 556 | 69.06% | 0% | — | D |
| Ryanair | 460 | 58.26% | 0% | — | D |
| TUI Airways | 105 | 85.71% | 0% | — | A |
| Jet2 | 42 | 33.33% | 0% | — | — |
| British Airways | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ALC to LGW Alicante back to London 70.25% on time COther routes from London
Common questions
Are flights from London to Alicante usually delayed?
68.96% of flights on the LGW to ALC 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 airline is most on time from London to Alicante?
TUI Airways, at 85.71% on time across 105 flights. The least punctual on the route was Ryanair at 58.26%.
How often are LGW to ALC flights cancelled?
0.11% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly London to Alicante?
February, when 81.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was September at 51%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LGW to ALC 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 →