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LGW to YYZ flight delays

London (LGW) Toronto (YYZ)

226 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority

73.21%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.88%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

15 min

Delay per flight

Averaged over every flight flown

What the record says about this route

The two directions do not behave alike. YYZ to LGW arrives on time 18.3 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.

Only Air Transat 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 — 226 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.

Flights from London to Toronto run late more often than the average route, though not severely.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over January 2025 – August 2026, Air Transat arrived on time most often on LGW to YYZ. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in March.

Every airline on LGW to YYZ

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
Air Transat 226 73.21% 0.88% D

Month by month

Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.

Jan 2025 peak 82 Jun 2026
On-time arrival rate, %

Common questions

Are flights from London to Toronto usually delayed?

73.21% of flights on the LGW to YYZ 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 London to Toronto?

Only Air Transat appears in the published record on this route, with 226 flights and 73.21% arriving on time.

How often are LGW to YYZ flights cancelled?

0.88% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

What is the best month to fly London to Toronto?

February, when 82.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 67.4%.

What these figures do and do not tell you

Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LGW to YYZ 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 →