MAD to EDI flight delays
327 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
68.1%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.31%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 36.5 points more punctual than in June — 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.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 15.7 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Flights from Madrid to Ingliston run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
This is a thin route — 327 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 January 2025 – August 2026, Ryanair arrived on time most often on MAD to EDI. easyJet was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in June.
Every airline on MAD to EDI
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 | 188 | 66.31% | 0.53% | — | D |
| Ryanair | 125 | 68.8% | 0% | — | D |
| Iberia | 12 | 91.67% | 0% | — | — |
| Ryanair UK | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | — |
| Smartwings | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
EDI to MAD Ingliston back to Madrid 71.08% on time DCommon questions
Are flights from Madrid to Ingliston usually delayed?
68.1% of flights on the MAD to EDI 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 Madrid to Ingliston?
Ryanair, at 68.8% on time across 125 flights. The least punctual on the route was easyJet at 66.31%.
How often are MAD to EDI flights cancelled?
0.31% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Madrid to Ingliston?
February, when 88.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 51.6%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MAD to EDI 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 →