LHR to JED flight delays
131 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
81.75%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.82%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.82% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
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.
The London to Jeddah route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, British Airways arrived on time most often on LHR to JED. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in May.
Every airline on LHR to JED
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 | 131 | 81.75% | 3.82% | — | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
JED to LHR Jeddah back to London 84.13% on time COther routes from London
Common questions
Are flights from London to Jeddah usually delayed?
81.75% of flights on the LHR to JED 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 London to Jeddah?
Only British Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 131 flights and 81.75% arriving on time.
How often are LHR to JED flights cancelled?
3.82% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 38 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 LHR to JED 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 →