MAN to AUH flight delays
Manchester (MAN) Abu Dhabi (AUH)
930 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
70.08%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
5.48%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 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: 5.48% 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.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 74.2 points more punctual than in March — 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 18.3 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.
Only Etihad 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Etihad Airways arrived on time most often on MAN to AUH. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in November.
Every airline on MAN to AUH
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etihad Airways | 930 | 70.08% | 5.48% | — | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
AUH to MAN Abu Dhabi back to Manchester 68.44% on time FOther routes from Manchester
Common questions
Are flights from Manchester to Abu Dhabi usually delayed?
70.08% of flights on the MAN to AUH 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 Manchester to Abu Dhabi?
Only Etihad Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 930 flights and 70.08% arriving on time.
How often are MAN to AUH flights cancelled?
5.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 55 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Manchester to Abu Dhabi?
April, when 93% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 18.8%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MAN to AUH 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 →