LGW to HER flight delays
1,333 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
51.36%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.68%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. easyJet arrived on time 20.6 points more often than TUI Airways 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 April it ran 52.9 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 Heraklion arrive late more often than they arrive on time. At this rate lateness is the normal outcome, not the exception, and the schedule is better read as an aspiration than a plan.
This route does worse than its own airport. LGW as a whole runs 20.4 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, easyJet arrived on time most often on LGW to HER. TUI Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in September.
Every airline on LGW to HER
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 | 717 | 56.98% | 1.12% | — | F |
| BA Euroflyer | 399 | 48.87% | 0% | — | F |
| TUI Airways | 187 | 36.36% | 0% | — | F |
| Jet2 | 27 | 44.44% | 0% | — | — |
| British Airways | 3 | 50% | 33.33% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
HER to LGW Heraklion back to London 55.12% on time FOther routes from London
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LGW to HER 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 →